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Grease Pig Lube & Tune: New Venture Brings Couple Back Home

Jan. 17, 2025
After years of helping service chains improve their stores, Will Helton has taken over a well-known quick lube in Arkansas alongside his wife, Bernadette Helton.

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Shop Look: Auto Ace Express Lube

Jan. 13, 2025
This business has been on a roll, going from one successful Duluth, Minnesota, location to launching another in nearby Superior, Wisconsin.
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Johnson: No Plan Means Paying for Someone Else’s Mistakes

Dec. 2, 2024
As repair costs climb, wise service providers prepare for customers with a track record of inadequate maintenance.
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Shop Look: Benny’s Mobil 1 Express Lube

Oct. 1, 2024
First opening as a car wash in 1951, Benny’s expanded into quick lube 40 years ago and has been committed to improvement ever since.
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Hempy: Driving Your Car Count

Oct. 1, 2024
Taking steps to grow shop car count.
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Tatum: Harness Your Best Self

Oct. 1, 2024
Finding your place in the shop.
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Photos: Victory Lane Quick Oil Change Annual Meeting

Sept. 16, 2024
A photo gallery from some of the happenings at the Victory Lane Quick Oil Change annual meeting in Michigan.
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A Life in Quick Lube: Award Runner-Up Joe Benza

Sept. 3, 2024
For Joe Benza–owner of Carolina Quick Lube and runner-up for this year’s Operator of the Year award–thriving in the auto service field is all he’s ever known.
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Safe and Secure: Award Runner-Up Tyson Daniels

Sept. 3, 2024
A Grease Monkey franchisee with 11 shops takes the lead on child passenger safety.
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Tatum: Are You Winter Ready?

Sept. 3, 2024
Things that you can do now to prepare for the cold.
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Hempy: Selling Your Service Center

Sept. 3, 2024
Preparing for when the time is right to sell.
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