The city is reviewing permit applications for the proposed Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores location and Speedco Tire Shop on 16.65 acres at 12921 Duval Road at a combined cost of almost $4.56 million.
Bojangles Inc. will operate a restaurant in the travel stop. Harrison French & Associates Ltd. of Bentonville, Arkansas, is the architect and engineer.
Oklahoma City-based Love’s Travel Stops plans a convenience store, restaurants and fuel services for cars and tractor-trailers at Duval Road and Interstate 295, near the Amazon fulfillment center.
RaceTrac at Pritchard
RaceTrac Petroleum Inc. is moving ahead on plans to build an 8,100-square-foot gas station and convenience store with 20 fueling positions on 4.39 acres at Perimeter Industrial Parkway West at northeast I-295 and Pritchard Road.
Love s Details 2021 Growth Plans
OKLAHOMA CITY Love s Travel Stops & Country Stores has an ambitious growth plan for 2021 that includes the opening of up to 50 travel stops and the addition of more than 3,000 truck parking spots and 3,000 jobs.
The plan expands on the travel stop operator s 2020 growth, which included 38 new locations and more than 3,000 truck parking spaces. 2020 was difficult, but our teams worked together to open new locations, add parking spaces and serve customers despite the pandemic, said Love s President Shane Wharton. In 2021, we ll grow our travel stop network where our customers have asked us to, add new products and services and open new truck care centers to get professional truck drivers back on the road quickly and safely.
Love s Extends Wage Increase for Store Associates
OKLAHOMA CITY As the COVID-19 pandemic wages on, Love s Travel Stops is extending its wage increase and temporary sick pay related to the coronavirus through March 31, 2021.
The extension of benefits, which were introduced this March, include a $2-an-hour pay increase for hourly store employees; temporary sick pay related to COVID-19; and guaranteed quarterly bonuses for current store managers.
Customer-facing hourly employees at Love s-owned hotels, Speedco and Love s Truck Care are included in the extended benefits.
The Team First initiative comes as dedicated team members continue to serve customers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company stated.
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