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🔦TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT🔦

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✂️SHORTCUTS✂️

   Editor’s Picks 👇

• Tidal Wave Auto Spa hits 290 locations with new Florida site: Tidal Wave Auto Spa remains one of the fastest-growing express car wash companies in the United States with the addition of another Florida location. Tidal Wave is celebrating the grand opening this week of its 290th location this week in Sebring, Florida, which is its 23^rd in the Sunshine State. To celebrate the grand opening, the Sebring location has been offering free premium car washes (which include Graph-X4), which continues through today (March 19). Read more here.

   Express Hits  🎯 

• Express Wash Concepts continues its expansion in central Ohio with the grand opening of its latest Moo Moo Express Car Wash location in Columbus. Currently, EWC operates 36 Moo locations in central Ohio and a total of 108 across Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Dayton, Columbus, Hampton Roads and Pittsburgh. The new location will offer free car washes through March 23.  For every Unlimited Wash Club sign-up, Moo Moo Express will donate $10 to the central Ohio-based non-profit Growlers Dog Bones.  

• A fundraising event, Shine for Shelter Car Wash, to support Rapid Shelter Columbia’s mission of assisting individuals experiencing homelessness is scheduled to be held on April 25 at Riverfront Park in Columbia, South Carolina. All proceeds will directly support client services and initiatives that aid individuals experiencing homelessness and the dedicated service providers who support them. Monetary donations will go directly toward essential services and Rapid Shelter Columbia residents.

• The city council of Kimball, Nebraska, has given final approval to provide a $25,000 grant to Patriot Car Wash. The grant was approved in January 2024. A letter from Jeff and Shellon Anderson, the car wash owners, said the car wash is currently operating at 50 percent. They are waiting for the automatic wash bay to be completed, but the self-wash and vacuum bays are open. Issues arising from an electrical inspection have delayed the project.

  👉 More updates here.

   Making Waves Around the World  🌊 

• Immigration officers arrest worker at West Lothian car wash

  Immigration officers recently arrested an illegal worker at the Bathgate Hand Car Wash in the West Lothian area of Scotland in the United Kingdom. The Home Office reported a 32-year-old Iraqi male asylum seeker without “permission to work” was apprehended. The individual was later bailed. A civil penalty referral notice was issued to the company with a potential value up to £60,000. In recent months, the Home Office has been undertaking an increased crackdown on businesses utilizing illegal workers. Read more here.

   What’s Coming Up  📅

• Heartland Carwash Association 2025: The organization’s annual product and equipment show will take place March 24-26, 2025, at the Mid America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. More info here.

• Midwest Petroleum & C-Store Tradeshow 2025: With over 300 exhibitors, “M-PACT” will showcase the latest products, services and technologies April 1-3 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind. More info here.

• Upper Midwest Convenience Store and Energy Convention 2025: UMCS is a collaboration between FUELING MINNESOTA and FUELIowa trade associations and held April 7-9, 2025, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. More info here.

• ICA Car Wash Show 2025: The ultimate gathering for car wash pros returns to the Las Vegas (Nevada) Convention Center April 26-28, 2025. More info here.

• 12th Women in Carwash Conference: The biannual conference’s second event of the year is set for Jun 8-10, 2025, at The Charter Hotel in Seattle, Washington. The three-day event includes presentations, hands-on workshops, discussion groups, open forums, networking opportunities, and entertaining experiences. More info here.

• Southwest Fuel & Convenience Expo 2025: The premier event for fuel, food and convenience retailers in the Southwest United States is set for June 9-11, 2025, in Fort Worth, Texas. More info here.

• Car Wash Show Europe 2025: The leading car wash trade fair in Europe takes place Sept. 24-25, 2025, at EXPO Greater Amsterdam in the Netherlands. More info here.

• Northeast Regional Carwash Convention 2025: The NRCC, scheduled for Oct. 6-8, 2025, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, includes educational seminars, keynote speakers, and a large trade show. More info here.

❓DID YOU KNOW❓

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