CHICAGO —Pilot Flying J and Circle K are both celebrating National Road Trip Day, May 28, with deals and promotions running through the summer.
Pilot Flying J
Pilot Flying J's offers include the chance to win $5,000 in free fuel with the Summer is a Go Road Trip Giveaway.
This giveaway kicked off May 24 and runs through Sept. 5, with a grand prize of $5,000 in free fuel and three-monthly prizes of $250 gift cards. To be entered to win, Pilot Flying J is encouraging participants to share pictures of their adventures on the brand’s Facebook page or by posting on Instagram and Twitter with #SummerIsAGoGiveaway and tagging @PilotFlyingJ.
Participants can double their chances and earn an additional entry by including any Pilot-branded cup in their photo.
Pilot Flying J is offering a summer of deals through the myRewards Plus app to save travelers money on the best road trip essentials:
- Beginning May 24, enjoy buy-one-get-one (BOGO) drinks all summer long with deals on popular brands available in the app.
- Stock up and save on drinks and snacks for the road with an in-app offer for $5 off purchases $15 or higher from May 28 to 31.
- Fill up on the new Southern or spicy chicken sandwich with $2 off in the app from May 24 to 30 at any participating Pilot Flying J location.
- Get ready for a summer in the sun with BOGO 50% off on all sunglasses from May 31 to June 6 when using the offer in the app.
- Cool down with 99-cent fountain or frozen drinks with the purchase of any hot food item at the register through Aug. 31.
Based in Knoxville, Tenn., Pilot Co. is the largest network of travel centers in North America, and it has grown to more than 1,000 retail and fueling locations. Its Pilot Flying J Travel Center network includes more than 750 locations in 44 states and six Canadian provinces. Pilot is No. 13 on CSP’s 2021 Top 40 update to the Top 202 ranking of c-stores by store count.
Circle K
Circle K, meanwhile, has launched two new programs for summer travelers in honor of National Road Trip Day. Both run through July 5.
Scan To Win is a summer fuel promotion in which consumers have a chance to save up to 99 cents per gallon and win other prizes. In this at-the-pump digital game that started May 26, customers have a chance to save up to 99 cents per gallon on their next fill and win thousands of instant daily prizes. Customers can play the game by scanning the campaign QR code at participating stations, including branded fuel partners and Circle K Fuel branded locations.
Sip & Save is a new monthly beverage subscription program where customers can choose any one of Circle K’s beverages—including iced tea, iced or hot sustainably sourced coffee, Polar Pop and Froster—in any size cup, each day for just $5.99 a month. Consumers are encouraged to sign up with a mobile number at checkout to start sipping and saving.
To entertain and bring to life the new beverage offering, Circle K is partnering with orange-soda lover, actor and comedian Kel Mitchell. “I am so excited to partner with Circle K for their new Sip & Save program for the summer," he said. "It felt like a natural fit to help them promote their new beverage subscription which, of course, includes orange soda Polar Pop.”
Circle K is Laval, Quebec-based Couche-Tard’s global c-store brand outside of Quebec. Couche-Tard's full network includes approximately 9,300 c-stores in North America, with more than 7,100 in the United States under the Circle K and Holiday Stationstores banners and approximately 2,100 in Canada under the Circle K, Mac's and Couche-Tard banners. It has a worldwide total network of approximately 14,200 mostly Circle K-branded c-stores in 26 countries.Couche-Tard is No. 2 on the 2021 Top 40 Update to CSP’s 2020 Top 202 ranking of U.S. c-store chains by size.
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