Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores
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| Private | |
| Industry | Energy, Retail (Convenience stores), Hospitality, Storage |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Founder | Tom Love |
| Headquarters | The Village, Oklahoma, United States |
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Number of locations
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420+ (2017) |
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Key people
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Tom Love, Executive Chairman Greg Love, co-CEO Frank Love, co-CEO Doug Stussi, CFO |
| Services | Diesel fuel and gasoline Truck / tire repair and maintenance Restaurants Convenience stores Driver amenities Hospitality Storage |
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Number of employees
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17,000 (2016) |
| Website | www |
Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores (commonly referred to as Love's) is a family-owned chain of more than 420 truck stop and convenience stores in 40 states. The company is privately owned and headquartered in The Village, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City. Love’s is currently ranked No. 14 on the Forbes list of America’s largest private companies. Love’s has two primary kinds of stores: country stores and travel stops. Country stores are fueling stations with a convenience store attached. The larger travel stops are located along highways and offer additional amenities such as food from restaurant chains like Subway, Arby’s, Baskin Robbins, Bojangles', Burger King, Chester's, Dairy Queen, Del Taco, Denny's, Dunkin' Donuts, Friendly's, Godfather's Pizza, Green Burrito, Hardee's, IHOP Express, McDonald's, Sonic, Carl’s Jr., Taco Bell, Taco John's, Wendy's, trucking supplies, showers and RV dump stations. Love’s has approximately 17,000 employees.
In 1964, Tom and Judy Love spent $5,000 to lease an abandoned service station in Watonga, Oklahoma, an hour northwest of Oklahoma City. They named their company Musket Corporation. Over the next eight years, Musket opened 40 additional gas stations. All of them operated under the Kerr-McGee gasoline brand.
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