👋Good morning! In this issue of the Car Wash Daily News email newsletter, we examine Prestige Car Wash’s recent purchase of four Ernie’s Auto Wash locations in Massachusetts in a $3.41 million deal.

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Report: Prestige Car Wash purchases four car washes for more than $3.4 million

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✂️SHORTCUTS✂️

   Editor’s Picks 👇

• SECWA hosting ‘Wash Talk’ Webinar this week: The Southeastern Car Wash Association will host a ‘Wash Talk Webinar’ on Wednesday (April 2) on “How to retain the value of your car wash.” The Webinar will feature Bruce Arnett Jr., CEO/ President of Mr. Clean Carwash; Lanese Barnett, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Sonny’s Enterprises; and Brian Snyder of Wash Associates. Brian Lancaster will moderate, posing questions from a car wash owner/operator point of view. To register for this event, go here. The SECWA helps connect owners, operators, manufacturers, distributors, real estate professionals and financial institutions to make the car washing industry the best it can be.

   Express Hits  🎯 

• A Rhode Island Superior Court judge earlier this month issued an opinion upholding the decision of the City of North Providence’s planning board, which granted preliminary approval of a combined master plan by Scrub-A Dub Auto Wash Centers, Inc. and Richkess LLC to build a site on Mineral Springs Avenue. The property, which has been vacant for several years, sits adjacent to an apartment building owned by appellants, who claimed the planning board did not follow proper procedures and failed to significantly address noise concerns.

• Demolition crews recently tore down the former Fatz Café building on Overmountain Drive in Elizabethton, Tennessee, to make way for a new RipTide Car Wash. The site had been vacant since the Fatz location closed in August 2023. RipTide plans to build a 6,605-square-foot facility on the 1.8-acre lot which includes 30 vacuum stations. RipTide has approximately 20 sites open or planned in North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. The site does not yet have a set date for opening.

• The car detailing service industry has become an integral part of the automotive aftercare sector. According to a recent report by Persistence Market Research, the global car detailing service market is set to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.1 percent and is expected to reach $5.09 billion by 2031. The demand for detailing services has risen as consumers are increasingly looking to maintain the value of their vehicles, making car detailing services an essential aspect of regular vehicle care.

  👉 More updates here.

   Making Waves Around the World  🌊 

• Canterbury car wash of 12 years ‘given a month to leave’: For 12 years, Blair Isufi has run his own hand valet car wash site in Morrisons car park in Canterbury, a city in Kent, England. However, he recently received an email from the retailer’s parking firm, Motor Fuel Group, ordering him to clear off the site by April 12 to make way for the installation of new electric vehicle charging stations. Isufi signed a new five-year deal with the grocery firm to continue operations in January but the retailer, without warning, elected to trigger a 30-day termination clause. Read more here.

   What’s Coming Up  📅

• 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. 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.

• NACS Show 2025: The National Association of Convenience Stores trade show, scheduled for Oct. 14-17, 2025, Chicago, Illinois, brings together convenience and fuel retailing industry professionals for learning, buying and selling and networking. More info here.

❓DID YOU KNOW❓

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