Thomas E. Love is the founder of a chain of truck stops and covenience stores headquartered in what state?
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Tom Love Thomas E. Love (born October 1937) is an American entrepreneur. He is the owner, founder and executive chairman of Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores.
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Love's Travel Stops &amp; Country Stores Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores (commonly referred to as Love's) is a family-owned chain of more than 430 truck stop and convenience stores in 41 states. The company is privately owned and headquartered in The Village, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City. Love's is currently ranked No. 14 on the Forbes list of America's largest private companies. Love's has two primary kinds of stores: country stores and travel stops. Country stores are fueling stations with a convenience store attached. The larger travel stops are located along highways and offer additional amenities such as food from restaurant chains like Subway, Arby's, Baskin Robbins, Bojangles', Burger King, Chester's, Dairy Queen, Del Taco, Denny's, Dunkin' Donuts, Friendly's, Godfather's Pizza, Green Burrito, Hardee's, IHOP Express, McDonald's, Sonic, Carl's Jr., Taco Bell, Taco John's, Wendy's, trucking supplies, showers and RV dump stations. Love's has approximately 17,000 employees.
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O'Reilly Auto Parts O’Reilly Auto Parts is an American auto parts retailer that provides automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment, and accessories in the United States serving both the professional service providers and do-it-yourself customers. Founded in 1957 by the O’Reilly family, the company operates more than 4,970 stores in 47 states.
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Olathe, Kansas Olathe ( ) is a city in, and is the county seat of, Johnson County, Kansas, United States. Located in northeastern Kansas, it is also the fourth most populous city in the state, with a population of 125,872 recorded by the 2010 census. Olathe is also the fourth-largest city in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is bordered by the cities of Lenexa to the north, Overland Park to the east, De Soto to the northwest, and Gardner to the southwest.
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John Dowd (CEO) John Dowd (born December 11, 1966) is an American-born executive. He is the CEO and co-founder of Sundance Vacations, a wholesale vacation company based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and is also a very active member of the community, serving on the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce, as the chair of the grants committee for the Luzerne Foundation and the Parent Advisor for the Youth Advisory Committee. He also serves on the board of trustees for Wyoming Seminary.
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Hy-Vee Hy-Vee is an employee-owned chain of more than 240 supermarkets located throughout the Midwestern United States in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Hy-Vee was founded in 1930 by Charles Hyde and David Vredenburg in Beaconsfield, Iowa, in a small brick building known as the Beaconsfield Supply Store, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Braum's Braum's (pronounced "br-ah-ms") is a family-owned and operated chain of fast-food restaurants and grocery stores based in Tuttle, Oklahoma.
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Blackwell, Oklahoma Blackwell is a city in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States, located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 177 and State Highway 11 along Interstate 35. The population was 7,092 at the 2010 census. Blackwell was established following the September 16, 1893 Cherokee Outlet land run by A. J. Blackwell. Blackwell has an agricultural and fossil fuel based economy.
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England Furniture Incorporated England, Inc. is an American manufacturer of upholstered furniture. It is based in New Tazewell, Tennessee, and was founded in 1964 by Charles England and sons Eugene and Dwight “whose goal was to provide an employment alternative for the people in their region of Appalachia.” England is well known in the industry for pioneering a method of rapid delivery of custom furniture through its proprietary transportation system. England Inc. sells its furniture through furniture stores (some with galleries called Custom Comfort Centers) across America and Canada. In 1995 England was acquired by La-Z-Boy.
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Truck stop A truck stop, also known as a transport cafe in the United Kingdom and as a travel center by major chains in the United States, is a commercial facility which provides refuelling, rest (parking), and often ready-made food and other services to motorists and truck drivers. Truck stops are usually located on or near a busy road.
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Essex, Vermont Essex is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. With an estimated population of 20,946 in 2015, Essex is the 2nd largest municipality in the U.S state of Vermont. It is home to the village of Essex Junction, which includes the state of Vermont's busiest Amtrak station and largest private employer, GlobalFoundries. Vermont Route 289 crosses the town from east to west.
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Roady's Truck Stops Roady's Truck Stops is the largest group of independently owned truck stops in the United States. As of October 2016, 216 locations were in operation in the United States. It is headquartered in New Plymouth, Idaho.
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Go-Mart Go-Mart, Inc. is a convenience store chain based in Gassaway, West Virginia. The company currently operates over 100 stores in most of the state of West Virginia, and border areas of Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. All Go-Mart stations are unbranded. Go-Mart is the 53rd-largest convenience store chain in the United States.
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Love, Arizona Love is a populated place in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. It is located on Urea Ranch Road, 5 mi northeast of Wenden. A mainline of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) runs through Love.
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Gerrity's Supermarkets Gerrity's Supermarkets is a chain of grocery stores in Pennsylvania, United States.
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GPM Investments GPM Investments LLC (GPM) is a convenience store owner and operator based in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 2003, it originally operated the Fas Mart and Shore Stop brands of convenience stores, and decided to expand.
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Thornburg, Virginia Thornburg is an unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County in the U.S. state of Virginia. Thornburg is centered on the intersection of the Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) with Morris, Mudd Tavern, and South Roxbury Mill Roads. According to the Geographic Names Information System, Thornburg has also been known as Mudd Tavern and Thornsburg throughout its history. The town is located near Interstate 95 exit 118, where several motels and travel-related businesses exist.
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Endurance International Group Endurance International Group (EIG), formerly BizLand, is a web hosting company. The company was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. It achieved its size by acquiring a large number of smaller companies, which it continues to operate under the original brand names.
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Buc-ee's Buc-ee's is a chain of convenience stores located in the Central, North, South, and Southeast regions of Texas. The company is owned by Arch "Beaver" Aplin III and Don Wasek and has its headquarters in Lake Jackson, Texas.
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Pilot Corporation Pilot Corporation (or simply Pilot) is a petroleum corporation in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Pilot operates the Pilot Food Mart convenience stores in Tennessee. Along with FJ Management, Pilot is joint-owner of Pilot Flying J, the largest truck stop chain in the United States.
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Hugo's Hugo's (or Hugo's Family Marketplace) is a family-owned chain of supermarket grocery stores located in the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota. It was founded by Hugo and Dorothy Magnuson in 1939. Hugo's is headquartered in the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. The chain's stores have been supplied by the Nash Finch Company since 1939. Nash Finch was once headquartered in Grand Forks, but moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1919.
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Online Stores Inc. Online Stores, Inc. is an e-commerce company based in New Stanton, Pennsylvania, specializing in retail niche markets that has been in operation since 2001. Its best-selling products are American flags. The privately owned company employs approximately 100 people and includes eight stores: United States Flag Store, English Tea Store, Discount Safety Gear Store, Safety Girl Store, Imprinted Store, Mobile Cases Store, ToySplash, Construction Gear Store.