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April 29, 2013
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week launched a new online resource where it will house information for tank owners regarding the compatibility of underground storage tank system components with E-15.
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April 29, 2013
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the lastest group to call for an increase in the fuel tax.
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April 22, 2013
The NATSO Foundation is accepting applications for the 2013 Bill Moon Scholarship until next Wednesday, May 1. All truckstop and travel plaza owner/operators, their employees and their families are eligible.
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April 19, 2013
One of NATSO’s primary roles is to deliver solutions to members’ challenges. Each day members tap into the expertise of NATSO’s staff for answers to some of their most pressing questions. Stop Watch compiled some recent member inquiries and sat down with Darren Schulte, NATSO’s vice president of membership, for detailed answers.
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April 18, 2013
From rfid to paypal, truckstop operators are giving customers more ways to pay while moving them in and out of the location faster
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April 18, 2013
South Carolina-based Garvin Oil has the best practices of a large company and the speed, flexibility and southern hospitality of a small company.
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April 18, 2013
Attending the International Study Tour in person is the best way to gather valuable business insights abroad, but as a distant second best, Darren Schulte, NATSO’s vice president of membership, is providing readers with a virtual tour of his trip through pictures he gathered last fall.
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April 18, 2013
Losses from theft—also called shrink—are a part of life for retailers. Shrink will never be completely eliminated, but truckstop and travel plaza operators can take steps to minimize it.
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April 15, 2013
Love’s Travel Stops announced it is completing the addition of a radio frequency ID, or RFID, -enabled payment system at its travel stop locations.
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April 15, 2013
The NATSO Foundation has created the Truckstop Superhero award to recognize those truckstop and travel plaza employees who go above and beyond the call of duty. When you know of, witness, or experience an exceptional act of kindness or courtesy by a travel plaza or truckstop employee, please take the time to fill out and submit the Truckstop Superhero Nomination Form.
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April 15, 2013
NATSO now offers a Truckstop and Travel Plaza Training Manual. The manual, which is available at a discounted rate to NATSO members, is designed to help operators create their own store- and company-specific operations training manual.
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April 8, 2013
When the President signed the healthcare bill into law, the clock started to tick on a variety of changes. Whether it is new taxes or new mandated requirements on the insurance purchased in the small group and individual insurance markets, this timeline developed by the National Federation of Independent Businesses provides a quick glance at ch
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April 1, 2013
Attention fuel retailers: It has been brought to NATSO's attention that a device promoting fuel theft is being sold on eBay.
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April 1, 2013
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it will move forward with its Tier 3 rule that will limit the amount of sulfur in U.S. gasoline by two-thirds and impose fleetwide pollution limits on new vehicles by 2017. EPA aims to reduce the allowable sulfur content in gasoline from 30 parts per million to 10 ppm.
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March 18, 2013
Writing a new menu labeling law has gotten "extremely thorny," according to the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as the agency tries to figure out who should be covered by it.
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March 18, 2013
The NATSO Foundation Bill Moon Scholarships have been increased to $5,000. Five $5,000 scholarships now will be awarded this year.
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March 11, 2013
For the third year, NATSO is partnering with Insight to offer NATSO members a phenomenal learning trip to Europe. This year's International Study Tour, Sept. 22 - 27, begins in Amsterdam with hosted retail study tours and ends in London with the ‘Future of Convenience’ conference and exhibition.
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March 10, 2013
Industry suppliers know that understanding their customers increases service levels in addition to profits. While no two days are ever exactly the same for truckstop and travel plaza operators, Highway Business Matters sat down with Mark Russell, director of operations for Russell’s Truck and Travel Center 2, near Amarillo, Texas to learn about a typical day.
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March 1, 2013
NATSO operators share who they look up to in the industry and why.
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March 1, 2013
Russell’s Truck and Travel Center 2 has it all—a business built on Christian values, a one-in-a-million car museum, a family of owners skilled in grocery items and even a director of operations that sleeps on location.
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