Journals By Industry - Oil & Lube Shops

HEADNOTE The most successful businesses are those\ft^h earn the trust of then customers and benefit from the word-of-mouth recommendations that naturally follow. I've witnessed itfirsthand...twice! Shortly after moving to the Detroit area in...

-- 2011 ZX190 Skeeter([R]) Bass Boat and Other Prizes Awarded -- SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Chevron Lubricants, maker of the Delo([R]) brand of technologically advanced engine oils, lubricants and coolants, today announced the...

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MIAMI -- Trivest Partners ("Trivest") today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Take 5 Oil Change, Inc. ("Take 5" or the "Company"), a differentiated fast lube chain with 26 locations throughout...

A Metairie-based auto service chain is now in the hands of new owners in Florida. Trivest Partners, a Miami-based private equity firm, has acquired Take 5 Oil Change. The company began operations in...

Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreen Co. has submitted preliminary plans to construct a Walgreens pharmacy and retail store along Hamilton Street, near Gonzaga University. Conceptual plans on file with the city of Spokane show the...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/acc3c0/automotive_repair) has announced the addition of the "Automotive Repair & Maintenance Services" report to their offering. The US automotive repair and maintenance services industry includes about 165,000 establishments...

American Trucking Association's Technology & Maintenance Council Competition Pits the Best against the Best; TA Turns out Champion Tech for Fifth Straight Year WESTLAKE, Ohio -- TravelCenters of America LLC ("TA"), has announced...

HEADNOTE Jiffy Lube University offers 10 certifications-including training courses on customer service, management, technical procedures, and service standards - to prepare 21,000 employees to serve 22 million customers each year. IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 1...

The new LStIi Edition of the Automotive Workplace Guide to EPA 6 OSHA was released last month by Blue Gavel Press. The guide, which is updated annually, addresses the hazardous waste and safety...

HEADNOTE EZ Lube Aims to Get Over Stumbles, Back to Growth There's nothing easy about the turnaround facing Costa Mesa-based EZ Lube LLC. The quick oil change company is looking to start a...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Even the least mechanically-inclined car owners can save time and money by performing simple tune-ups on their vehicles, reports Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information.Edmunds' Senior Consumer...

Emily Bryant has two jobs she loves. Less than a year after graduating from Baldwin-Wallace College, Bryant, 23, is the sustainability coordinator for Lube Stop Inc. and a sustainability specialist for Energizer. She...

KPC keeps a low profile in North and South Americas, with a limited investment portfolio in the US. Most units of Santa Fe Int'l, which KPC bought for $2.5bn in late 1981, were...

HEADNOTE Extended new-car warranties and free maintenance programs would appear to pose a threat to independent shops. Rather than panic, let's try to gauge how big the threat really is and what can...

WESTLAKE, Ohio -- TravelCenters of America LLC ("TA") announced today that it has entered into a multi-year supply agreement with Continental Tire the Americas, LLC ("Continental") for commercial truck tires. TA will supply...

HEADNOTE A faulty knock sensor wont necessarily cause a huge loss of engine performance. But without this sensor's input, the PCM must rely on default values to decide how far it can advance...

HEADNOTE Modeling a business begins with its vital statistics. Once that data has been collected, it's used to produce a side-by-side comparison with the business in perfect balance. Problems can then be identified...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/eaa500/automobile_dealers) has announced the addition of the "Automobile Dealerships" report to their offering. Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: The US automobile dealer industry includes about 45,000 new...