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Love's Travel Stops to acquire competitor
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is expanding its footprint. The chain has reached an agreement to purchase Speedco, a national network of trucking-focused service locations from Bridgestone Americas. Speedco has 52 locations. The acquisition will bring the number of Love’s operated tire service and lube facilities to 323. Terms of the deal, subject to regulatory approval, were not disclosed. -
Fast-growing Love’s Travel Stops supports store growth with SAP
Oklahoma City, Okla. –- With plans to open 28 stores by the end of 2014, 30 or more new stores during 2015 and 50-plus stores every year thereafter, the 300-plus-unit convenience and fuel chain Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores needs a robust platform. As Love’s executives explained during a session at the recent SAP Retail Forum in New York, the retailer is turning to SAP to provide that platform.