Take a Trip up North to a PetroCanada Travel Center

Sometimes it is fun to see what our neighbors to the north are doing. Earlier this year I was able to visit a PetroCanada location just outside Calgary operated by the husband and wife team of Allan and Kathy Neuauter.
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Editor's note: Darren Schulte, NATSO vice president of membership, frequently visits NATSO members to review their locations and offers impactful merchandising and operations improvements. Contact Schulte at dschulte@natso.com or (915) 526-5820 to learn more about the costs and details of this service.

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Sometimes it is fun to see what our neighbors to the north are doing. Earlier this year I was able to visit a PetroCanada location just outside Calgary operated by the husband and wife team of Allan and Kathy Neuauter.

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The location has a strong female customer base and the location does a very nice job providing merchandise (apparel, high-end gifts and healthy food options) and services, such as their large clean restrooms, that meets that demographics preferences. And for the professional driver there is plenty of parking, a driver lounge, showers, quality restrooms, merchandise and multiple food options that meet their needs.

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A fun fact that I always find interesting is that fountain drinks do not sell well in Canada, but Icees and Slushies do. I never saw a fountain drink area in any of the Canadian interstate stores we visited other than U.S. based chain locations.

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Join me on a virtual tour of the location. 

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/// Did you know most weeks can find Darren Schulte, NATSO's Vice President of Membership, visiting a NATSO member truckstop location, spending three to four days, using his merchandising and operations expertise to help them grow their business? Learn about NATSO’s Profitable Retail Review program here.

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Photos Credit: Darren Schulte/NATSO

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