Pilot Travel Centers LLC has surpassed the 100 mark in its $1 billion New Horizons initiative—and celebrated with events for professional drivers and community members at the recently overhauled Flying J travel center in Salt Lake City and at the newly rebuilt Pilot travel center in Greenfield, Indiana.
Pilot launched its multiyear New Horizons initiative in 2022 to improve the customer experience and meet the needs of interstate drivers.
“Reaching 100 remodeled locations since launching our New Horizons initiative is a proud milestone for our teams and a reflection of our commitment to enhance the travel experience for everyone on the road,” said Allison Cornish, senior vice president of store modernization at Knoxville, Tennessee-based Pilot Travel Centers, which just opened the first 17 EV charging stations in an alliance with GM and EVgo. “These upgrades are an investment in our teams, in our guests and in our communities, making our locations a great place to work and shop.”
The celebration at the Salt Lake City location, the 100th completion, included television personalities The Diesel Brothers, travel-influencer family The Jurgys, local officials and school district leaders for a day of music, games and giveaways. It kicked off with a ribbon cutting and $20,000 check presentation to West High School’s health clinic and also included food sampling, gas card giveaways and meet-and-greets with the Diesel Brothers by their iconic BroDozer and Freedom Bus.
In Greenfield, there was a grand re-opening ribbon cutting, two $10,000 check presentations to each local school district, prize giveaways, Pilot swag, food sampling and an appearance by social media influencer Clarissa Rankin.
“We received many requests from drivers to renovate the Greenfield, Indiana, store and its amenities, which is why we completely tore down and rebuilt a brand-new travel center with sparkling restrooms and more fresh food options,” Cornish said. “The feedback from our guests has been key to the New Horizons program, helping us evaluate which locations and what upgrades we will make as we continue to enhance our travel center network.”
The Pilot and Flying J travel centers in Greenfield and Salt Lake now offer several updated features, including renovated restrooms and showers, a new kitchen and expanded freshly prepared foods, self-checkouts, laundry facilities and an upgraded lounge for professional drivers.
Pilot has more than 800 retail and fueling locations and supplies more than 14 billion gallons of fuel per year to the market. Its Pilot and Flying J travel center network includes more than 750 locations in 44 states and six Canadian provinces with more than 790 restaurants, 75,000 truck parking spaces, 5,300 showers, 6,200 diesel lanes and truck maintenance and tire services with Southern Tire Mart at Pilot Flying J. The One9 Fuel Network connects a variety of fueling locations to provide smaller fleets and independent professional drivers with value, convenience, credit and perks.
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