OKLAHOMA CITY -- Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc. said that it has opened new travel stops in Little Rock, Ark., at Interstate 30, Exit 128, and Dwight, Ill. at Interstate 55, Exit 220. Love's will close 2011 having added 23 new travel stops spanning from Napavine, Wash., to Ocala, Fla., during the year.
The Love's in Little Rock includes Subway and Hardee's restaurants and features 80 truck spaces. The Love's in Dwight includes a Hardee's restaurant and features 90 truck spaces. Each location has DEF dispensers at the diesel islands, five showers, a game room and other amenities.
A Love's Truck Tire Care center is located on site at both travel stops. Love's Truck Tire Care centers are open 24/7 and are equipped with state-of-the-art tools and equipment to meet truck care needs.
In January, founder and CEO Tom Love made an announcement the company would spend $240 million on enhancements to current locations and new construction throughout the year.
Love's aggressively expanded its truck tire care concept with 46 truck tire care centers added to new and existing travel stops. In addition, Love's added 100 new locations offering bulk DEF at the pumps.
Love's added its first compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Kingfisher, Okla., this year and announced a partnership with Chesapeake Energy to add 10 more CNG fueling stations throughout Oklahoma.
"We are proud of the growth we achieved this year with the new locations we have built and the enhancements we made to our travel stops," said Tom Love; "2011 was an exceptional year for Love's. We will continue to grow throughout the country, offering accessible locations and the clean places and friendly faces Love's is known for."
Founded in 1964 by Tom Love, Love's Travel Stops is based in Oklahoma City, and remains entirely family-owned and -operated. With more than 280 locations and 120 truck tire care centers in 39 states, Love's approximate growth rate is 20 stores per year.
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