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Buffett's Pilot Explores Sale of Water Management Unit

Berkshire Hathaway’s Pilot Travel Centers is considering the sale of its water-management services unit, as the truck-stop chain focuses on its primary businesses, according to sources.

July 25, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Natso Names Ex-RaceTrac Chief Executive McBrayer CEO

Max McBrayer became CEO of Natso on July 1, the trade association for truck stop and fuel retailers said.

July 10, 2025
BusinessFuel

7-Eleven Owner Gets Takeover Bid From Canada’s Couche-Tard

The owner of 7-Eleven convenience stores and other retail chains has received a buyout offer from Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard.

August 19, 2024
GovernmentBusiness

British Columbia Opens High-Tech Truck Station

British Columbia has opened a new commercial vehicle inspection station and rest area with parking for short-term and longhaul truckers on western Canada’s Highway 16.

July 30, 2024
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Truck Stops Continue Juicing Alternative Fuel Options

Truck stop operators continued to ramp up initiatives to diversify customers’ fueling options over the past month. But which technologies should they focus on?

April 27, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment

WattEV Plans Solar-Powered Truck Stop

LONG BEACH, Calif. — WattEV Inc. is set to receive a $5 million grant from the California Energy Commission to build the state’s first solar-powered truck stop dedicated to heavy-duty electric trucks.

September 7, 2021
Business

Walcott Truckers Jamboree to Welcome Over 40,000 Attendees

The 40th anniversary event will be held July 11-13 at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, I-80 Exit 284. Festivities will include concerts, carnival games, firework shows, an antique truck display and a super truck beauty contest.

July 10, 2019
GovernmentBusiness

Truck Stop Gambling Heading to Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Oct. 30 signed into law a major gambling expansion bill that allows qualifying truck stops to house up to five video gambling terminals.

November 1, 2017
BusinessFuelLogistics

Some Gas With That Sandwich? Convenience Dominates Fuel Market

Motorists who once scoured American roadways for Exxon’s tiger or Texaco’s star now search for Buc-ee’s beaver or Wawa’s Canada goose. And millennials value the quality of food in their gas stations just as much as the price at the pump.

August 18, 2017
TCA

Celebrity Chef Tim Love to Plan Truck Stop Menus

Tim Love will create new menu items for the Knoxville, Tenn.-based Pilot Flying J truck stops, the company announced June 12.

June 14, 2017