The Flying J brand is being absorbed by the Pilot brand and they’ll disappear where ever there is duplication of the two fuels stops. They’ll have to do it sooner than later with a $92 million payout.
The largest fleets are probably steaming anyway knowing they were rooked out of their discounts. When this all went down back before I retired I recall the fuel department at my company went into hysteria as they thought Pilot was going to be shuttered. That would have been a calamity as they tried to carve-out discounts at other chains which we shed years ago because they wouldn’t discount deeply enough.
So, who is their top competition now??
Well, yeah, Flying J, Pilot - whatever - that wasn’t the point. They all suck.
There used to be real truck stops, local, etc. Flying J, Pilot, who cares, it’s still nothingness.
One would think but actually the opposite is the case.
I see town after town where one has a presence and they’ve bought or built the other label to capitalize on each ones followers
The biggest problem is that they’ve ALL seen the cash cow of tourism and become travel centers instead of truck stops
Fortunately for me I’m 4th qtr in my career and only work 4 days a week so I don’t have to live out there anymore