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Mindy Long

Mindy Long is a journalist and editor specializing in the logistics, transportation and fueling industries. She has been writing professionally for more than 25 years and launched her freelance business in 2008. Prior to going freelance, she served as editor of Stop Watch, a staff reporter at Transport Topics, and a Washington correspondent for WCAX-TV in Burlington, Vermont. Her work appears in a variety of media outlets. 

Davis Travel Centers Gives Back

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For Davis Travel Centers, which operates three locations in Virginia, community ties run deep. Every year, the staff and owners support a number of causes to benefit the local hospitals and schools.

Minimize Losses by Donating Expired Foods

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For Doug Rauch, former president of the Trader Joe’s grocery chain and an upcoming speaker at The NATSO Show, food waste is a top concern. Not only is underutilizing food wasting our country’s resources, business owners that aren’t donating food that is past its use-by date or produce that isn’t at its best are losing money.

Sacramento 49er Does it Again, Serving More of Those Who Serve

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In the July/August issue of Stop Watch, we told you about the awesome service Sacramento 49er Travel Plaza in Sacramento provided earlier this year to about 2,000 soldiers that were en route to an Army base in Washington State.

The location did it again over the summer, with 600 members of the military stopping in over a three-day period while they were on their way to training.

{NATSO News Weekly} December 9, 2013

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As the intermediate editor of NATSO News Weekly (NNW), NATSO’s electronic newsletter, I invite you to join me in consuming this week’s updates on government and business issues affecting the truckstop and travel plaza industry. This week, we wrote about:

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