Topics: Toolkit

Key Considerations in Selecting a Site for a New Travel Center Build

There is a lot to consider when embarking on a new build, starting with the location. Selecting the best site for a truck stop requires careful consideration of various factors. This excerpt from the NATSO Foundation's Travel Center and Truck Stop New Build Toolkit covers key considerations for when you first start looking for your ideal side. More

Professional Driver Demographics are Shifting

The NATSO Foundation identified eight key trends expected to shape the truck stop and travel center industry in 2024. A trend with a big impact on the travel center industry is the demographic of professional drivers. Trucking companies are tapping into underrepresented pools of candidates to help attract new entrants to the industry. These include younger drivers, women and minorities. Truck driver demographics are important because they influence the products and services drivers need. More

NATSO Foundation Creates a Travel Center and Truck Stop New Build Toolkit

The truck stop and travel center industry is unique, which means travel centers need unique guidance when planning a new build. The NATSO Foundation has created a toolkit to help travel center operators develop new locations. Chapters include Initial Planning Considerations, Deciding on Your Architecture and Design, and Creating Your Convenience Store. More

A Look at Shortening Length of Hauls

The NATSO Foundation identified eight key trends expected to shape the truck stop and travel center industry in 2024. One trend with a big impact on the travel center industry is shorter lengths of haul. More

2024 Trend: Travel Center Face Increased Competition

Truck stop and travel center operators face competition from a wide range of industries, including traditional convenience stores that are now focusing on truck traffic, grocery stores and restaurants that are installing fuel pumps, and big-box stores that are adding quick-service food offerings. More

Eight Trends Shaping the Travel Center Industry in 2024: New NATSO Foundation Toolkit

The NATSO Foundation identified eight key trends expected to shape the truck stop and travel center industry in 2024. Download a copy of the new toolkit from the NATSO Foundation to identify and adapt to emerging trends, whether in consumer behavior, drivers’ needs, or industry practices. More

Key Findings in New Study of Professional Driver Behavior at Truck Stops and Travel Centers

Gather the key findings on how often professional drivers fuel, rest and shop at travel centers during their work week, what brings them inside and their expectations around wait times, employee interaction, and food and loyalty preferences. More

New Toolkit: Opportunities Abound at Travel Centers to Serve Professional Drivers and Grow Wallet Share

A new toolkit from the NATSO Foundation looks at how often professional drivers fuel, rest and shop at travel centers during their work week, what brings them inside and their expectations around wait times, employee interaction, and food and loyalty preferences. More

Professional Driver Buying Behavior at Travel Centers Toolkit Metrics-at-a-Glance

The NATSO Foundation's Professional Driver Buying Behavior at Travel Centers Toolkit covers several critical areas, including fueling payment options and factors influencing drivers’ fueling decisions. See key truckstop and travel plaza metrics-at-a-glance for the toolkit in this new infographic. More

10 Ideas for Hiring at Your Truckstop

Finding and hiring quality staff is especially tough right now. To help truckstops succeed, NATSO has many hiring resources in our archives. More

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