Article: Energy capital of the world. (Houston, Texas).

Article: Don't get soaked: Adding a car wash can lead to dynamic profits, but it has to be done right. (Store Equipment).
National Petroleum News;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...As a profit center, adding a car wash can really pay off for the retailer facing...require a significant investment. Adding a car wash can start at $60,000 and run into several...per month. The revenue stream from our car wash operation is phenomenal, said Jeffry Armbruster...

Article: More profit for your store. (Industry Voices).(advice on how to decide if a car wash is right for conveience store operators)
National Petroleum News;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......or operator should or should not add a car wash to his existing store or include one in...including whether or not they should include a car wash in their plans. Due to shrinking fuel...operators should seriously consider is a car wash. Car washes generate incremental income...

Article: Car wash owners seek edge as competition heats up.
National Petroleum News;  January 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ...With competition in the car wash business escalating at a frenetic pace, particularly in urban markets where car wash penetration has reached the saturation...edge that they can to separate their car wash product from their competitors'. The...

Article: Car wash cleaning up in downtown
Deerfield Review (IL);  February 15, 2001 ;     589 words ...STAFF WRITER A car wash where you can see an actual part of a race car...marketing maven for Deerfield's newest and only car wash. It was another such Jacobs' idea, holding a haunted car wash at their original Buffalo Grove location, that...

Article: NPN's 2006 Profit Center Survey: car wash; Differentiate your site from competitors through car-wash offerings.(MARKETING STRATEGIES)(Survey)
National Petroleum News;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......survey results, the average monthly sales per wash is $6,789 and the average monthly wash volume the...year's figure. The average monthly profit per wash is $3,794 and the average number of car washes...10. I think (a car wash) enhances your...going to go ...

Article: Start your engines: a look at new developments in the car wash industry.
National Petroleum News;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...A look at new developments in the car wash industry. Touchless automatic. Self-service...don't sound familiar, you're probably not in the car wash business. Learn them anyway. Because the car wash, snubbed for years as a distinctly unglamorous...

Article: Driver forced to flee burning van - in car wash.
Shoreham Advertiser (Worthing, England);  January 18, 2008 ;     360 words ......his van in the middle of an automatic car wash after smoke started billowing from the...Johnson stopped off at the Arc drive-through car wash in Brighton Road, Lancing, after finishing...Saturday afternoon. Shortly after the car wash started, he saw a wisp of smoke come from...

Article: Panels turn thumbs down on car wash
Elk Grove Times (IL);  March 28, 1996 ;     456 words ......a request by Mobil Oil Corp. to add a car wash at its existing location at 1600 Nerge...amend the ordinance language to allow the car wash on the property. The Zoning Board of Appeals...to grant a zoning variation because the car wash is designed to fall within the 75 feet...

Article: Two car wash outlets here sever Kar-Brite affiliation
Journal of Business;  November 23, 2005 ;     252 words ...Two car wash operations here have severed ties with...business under the new name Inside-n-Out. Car Wash Enterprises, of Spokane, and KBFB LLC...last month, says Jeff Cushman, who owns Car Wash Enterprises and is the operations manager...

Article: Car wash water records alarm board of health; Officials investigating reports of dirty water in street near business
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  April 26, 2005 ;     377 words ......gallons of water that went into the Kingston Car Wash but apparently did not come out? This...it meets with representatives from the car wash May 9. The board is investigating residents...running into the street from the side of the car wash last month. When the board met with ...

Article: RESIDENTS SAY CAR WASH WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE
The Boston Globe;  September 22, 2002 ;     558 words ......Northborough are trying to prevent a car wash and retail store from locating in a quaint...Shrewsbury, the proposal calls for a three-bay car wash and an occupant for 3,500 square feet of retail space. The car wash would operate from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m...

Article: P&G ups loyalty with Mr. Clean car wash.
DM News;  August 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Procter & Gamble recently opened its first car wash bearing the Mr. Clean moniker, the company...brand manager for Mr. Clean Performance Car Wash. Which is why P&G has devised a marketing...understand that Mr. Clean Performance Car Wash isn't a product for their cars but an...

Article: Car wash given a directive and a deadline; Health board takes steps in attempt to prevent more water overflows
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  April 12, 2005 ;     457 words ......wants people who live near a Route 3A car wash to keep an eye on the business and trust...that wastewater tanks at the Kingston Car Wash be pumped out periodically. It also gave...prevented Tenore from attending. The Kingston Car Wash is at the corner of Spring Street and...

Article: Car wash settles harassment suit
Glenview Announcements (IL);  July 13, 2006 ;     561 words ...Owners of Glenview Car Wash have agreed to pay $125,500 to settle...and former employees and enjoined the car wash, at 1820 Waukegan Road, from discriminating...harassment. The decree also requires the car wash to post a notice regarding the consent...