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Trucking Companies to Receive Added Convenience Through Trimble and TravelCenters of America Software Integration
Add-On Module Directly Connects Fleets with Nearly 250 Service Locations Throughout North America
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WESTLAKE, Ohio and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ TravelCenters of America (NASDAQ: TA) and Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) today announced a software integration, which will offer a more convenient and more efficient way for major fleet companies to receive truck maintenance. Fleets tracking their needed repairs and maintenance in Trimble s TMT Fleet Maintenance software will now be able to leverage an add-on module to connect and schedule their work order at a TA Truck Service center with ease.
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WESTLAKE, Ohio With its current focus on growth, TravelCenters of America Inc. (TA) is expanding its travel center network, while also exploring new opportunities in the areas of foodservice and fuels.
TA is making progress in its restaurant pact with IHOP Restaurants. The retailer is currently converting five full-service restaurants at its travel center locations to the IHOP brand, and could begin 10 more conversions this year.
TA and IHOP Restaurants entered into a franchise development agreement in the fall of 2019 to open up to 94 IHOP locations inside TA and Petro branded locations across the United States over a five-year span.
President and CEO Jonathan Pertchik
WESTLAKE, Ohio One year after taking the helm of TravelCenters of America Inc. (TA), President and CEO Jonathan Pertchik reflected on the beginning of the company s transformation during TA s latest earnings call. 2020 was primarily a year of planning and preparation, a year with the three Ps: people, plan and purse, Pertchik said during TA s fourth-quarter 2020 earnings call, held Feb. 26. We put the team of people together through our reorganization. We developed our transformation playbook or plan, and we developed the purse through our $85-million equity and $200-million debt raise, as well as the installation of a newfound and aggressive cost discipline. We end 2020 prepared to invest capital in growth and remediation, as well as to execute on our broader transformation plans, he added.