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The “Street Talk” is that Love’s Truck Stop has signed a real estate deal to purchase property on the south side of Tractor Supply! Oh my, now we will have big trucks and buses…just saying.
Love’s website gave the following information about the company: Who We Are
Clean Places, Friendly Faces. It’s been a guiding principle at Love’s for more than 50 years, and it’s leading us into the future. We’re passionate about serving drivers with clean, modern facilities stocked with plenty of fuel, food and supplies.
Love’s has two primary kinds of stores. Our ‘Country Stores’ are fueling stations with a convenience store attached. The larger Love’s Travel Stops are located on interstate highways and offer additional amenities such as food from restaurant chains such as Subway, Arby’s and Carl’s Jr., trucking supplies, showers and RV dump stations.
Love’s has been at the forefront of the convenience store and travel center industry for half a century. We were among the first to offer self-serve gasoline and groceries at the same time. We led the way on fresh deli sandwiches, quick-service restaurants and gift and novelty items, too.
And we’re searching for new ways to serve drivers through innovations such as our Truck Tire Care centers with roadside assistance service and getting drivers paid for their freight bills through our freight factoring group: Love’s Financial.
How We Started:
Tom and Judy Love opened a single gas station in far western Oklahoma back in 1964. A few short years later (1972), Love’s opened its first convenience store in Guymon, Okla., and soon after (1981), its first travel stop in Amarillo, Texas.
Since that time, Love’s chain of convenience stores and travel centers has expanded to more than 340 locations in 40 states nationwide.
What we Value:
We value all-things local. Local stores across the country contribute to local nonprofits each year, and the Love’s corporate office in Oklahoma City gives at least two percent of its net profits to local charities.
Each September, we raise money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. This campaign has raised more than $12 million over 16 years, helping 94 member hospitals across the country.
One situation with the truck stop is the height of the sign. Love’s wants a huge tall sign…Magee has zoning laws on the height of a sign. In fact, when McDonald’s rebuilt the store several years ago, Larry Partridge, owner, purposely did not change the golden arches because his sign requirements would have been much “shorter”…so our McDonald’s was “grandfathered in” before an ordnance was placed on the height of signs.
I’m just saying, do we change now just because a big chain demands their way??? I say no…look at Madison and how they handled the business that came into their city. Those business obeyed Mayor Mary Butlter Hawkins …she was a bulldog and didn’t budge…and Madison got pretty much everything they’ve wanted. Also, we have held other businesses to the restrictions…doesn’t seem fair to change just because a company is a big dog.
You may say yes, we change…anything to get business. Express yourself!!! The height of the sign will come before the Zoning Commission…let them know how you feel. Comment on this article or on our FB page…I want to know what you think!
I’m just saying, what will happen with the traffic now? Who plays a big roll in this? Is it MDOT or the City of Magee? (Lots of unanswered questions) I will be contacting different city officials for interviews concerning these issues. I have been told that a red light will be placed in the area kind of near the “speck” building on the highway. Love’s requires a red-light to eliminate the back up of trucks…hey, this could help with the bus situation…because “we” don’t have the pull or funds to require a red-light (kind of weird that we protect trucks and not buses…just saying…I’m sure that is not how it works but makes me think???
I’m just jumping around in this article…but today that is how my brain is working (if you call that working!). Here we are now with a possible giant truck stop and an elementary school all trying to get to and from their destination. I am for and have been for a consolidated county high school. I think maybe we should re-look at the entire situation under a new administration…back up and take a good look at where and how our county should move forward. We are at a crossroads, and we don’t need to take a wrong turn.
