TravelCenters of America
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| Traded as | : TA |
| Industry | Truck stops |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Founder | Phil Saunders |
| Headquarters | Westlake, Ohio, U.S. |
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Number of locations
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249 (as of July 2014) |
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Area served
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United States, Canada |
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Key people
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| Services | Diesel fuel and gasoline, truck repair and maintenance, restaurants, convenience stores, driver amenities |
| Revenue | US$6,166,200,000 (2008) |
| Owner | National Auto/Truck Stops |
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Number of employees
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15,562 |
| Parent | National Auto/Truck Stops |
| Divisions | T/A, Petro Shopping Centers |
| Website | www |
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Footnotes / references Number of locations |
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TravelCenters of America LLC (TravelCenters), headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, is the largest full-service travel center company in the United States. The company operates locations in 43 states and Canada under the TA and the Petro Stopping Centers brand. As a full-service chain, the company offers more amenities and services to all customer segments than other travel center chains.
The TA Truck Service network is a division of TravelCenters and includes nearly 250 truck service facilities, over 1,000 repair bays, nearly 3,000 technicians, a fleet of more than 1,600 RoadSquad Connect™ emergency roadside assistance vehicles and a growing fleet of RoadSquad OnSite™ mobile maintenance vehicles. TA Truck Service technicians are distinguished by more than 2,000 ASE certifications.
The TA Restaurant Group, another division of TravelCenters, includes more than 785 quick service, full service restaurants and other food outlets located within the travel center properties. Among the proprietary dining brands the company operates are Iron Skillet and Country Pride restaurants. In 2016, the company purchased the Quaker Steak & Lube restaurant chain which operates 50 locations in 14 states, The Quaker Steak & Lube, established in 1975, is known for award winning chicken wings, sauces, and its unique automobile and racing décor.
TravelCenters also operates gasoline/convenience stores primarily under the Minit Mart brand name. Minit Mart offers customers clean restrooms, a wide variety of quick dining options, branded gasoline, and our signature World Blends® Coffee. At present, Minit Mart standalone c-stores are located in 10 states. The Minit Mart brand is also featured in a large number of the travel center properties on the interstate highway system.
The Company is publicly traded under the NYMEX symbol TA. For more information the following web sites can be of additional assistance: www.ta-petro.com, www.minitmart.com, www.thelube.com.
TA was founded in 1972 by Phil Saunders under the name Truckstops of America. The chain was purchased later that year by the Ryder Corporation. The chain changed owners throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1984, TA was bought by Standard Oil of Ohio, which was bought by BP in 1987. BP later sold the chain to The Clipper Group in 1993. In 1997, Truckstops of America merged with the National Auto/Truck Stops chain, adding 112 sites, while changing its name to TravelCenters of America. Also that year, TA bought out the first chain of national truckstops, Union 76, and closed/sold most of the old truckstops. TA kept a few and changed them over to TA locations.
TA acquired a few smaller chains of stores in 1998. On August 25, 1998, the company announced it would acquire 19 Burns Bros. Travel Stops and would close two of the locations. TA also acquired the 16-location Travel Ports chain of truck stops in the Eastern United States. In the early 2000s, TA became an international chain with the acquisition of a truck stop in near Highway 401. To this date, it is the only international location.
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