👋 Good morning and Merry Christmas 🎄We hope you have a wonderful holiday season. In this issue of the Car Wash Daily News email newsletter, we take a look at a new partnership between Sonny’s, a leading car wash parts supplier, and Fiserv, a global leader in financial technology.

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Jim Utter
Director of Journalism/Editor in Chief
CW Daily News

Today's issue is sponsored by NXT — Helping You Secure Your NXT Payment.

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🔦TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT🔦

Sonny’s, Fiserv combine to offer new enhanced payment processing options

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  Editor’s Picks 👇

• Helping out injured high school QB: Big Peach Car Wash in Bremen, Georgia, recently hosted a successful fundraiser for a local high school athlete who suffered a serious spinal cord injury in a football game earlier this year. Carson Kimball, an 18-year-old quarterback for Bremen High School, underwent surgery in early September to replace a crushed C6 vertebra. The fundraiser on Dec. 21 saw more than 500 cars visit the site and more than $5,000 was raised. Read more here.

  Express Hits  🎯 

• Express Wash Concepts announced its continued expansion with the grand opening of its 34^th Central Ohio Moo Moo Express Car Wash location in Columbus, Ohio. Express Wash operates more than 100 express wash locations across Detroit, Toledo, Daytona, Columbus, Hampton Roads, Va., and Pittsburgh. An additional 35 EWC locations are scheduled to open through 2025.

• The Henrico Fire Marshal is investigating a Dec. 16 morning fire at the Splash In car wash on East Parham Road in Henrico County, Virginia. Firefighters were called to the car wash at about 10:06 a.m. ET and marked the fire under control about 50 minutes later. No one was hurt but the facility suffered significant damage.

• Water Works Express in Kyle, Texas, raised more than $5,000 in cash donations and toys for local children and families in need as part of its annual Blue Santa Toy Drive, which benefits the Kyle Law Enforcement Association’s Blue Santa Program.

• McClean Solutions LLC’s Take-A-Towel invention - a disposable alternative to cloth drying towels - received the “Most Innovative New Product” award during the recent ROADMAP show hosted in Austin, Texas, by the International Carwash Association.

  👉 More updates here.

  Making Waves Around the World  🌊 

• ‘Out of this world’ car wash in England: A car wash facility in the city of York in Yorkshire, England, damaged by fire has reopened and rebranded as Planet Wash. The site has a space theme and includes new wash technology from a Croatian company called Adriateh. The system uses hot water in the jet wash lances and brushes. The soft wash brush is made from Scandinavian hogs’ hair, which doesn’t hold particles and prevents scratching of the car. There are self-service bays and an automatic tunnel. Read more here.

  What’s Coming Up  📅

• Women in Car Wash Conference: The 11^th bi-annual Women in Carwash Conference is scheduled for Jan. 19-21, 2025, at the Mills House Charleston in Charleston, S.C. More info here.

• AHR Expo: More than 1,800 HVACR exhibitors are expected at the AHR Expo Feb. 10-12, 2025, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. More info here.

• Southwest Car Wash Association: The organization will hold its annual convention and expo Feb. 26-28, 2025, at the Fort Worth (Texas) Convention Center. More info here.

• Convenience U CARWACS Show 2025: The Convenience U CARWACS Show – Canada’s largest convenience, gas and car wash industry event – is set for March 4-5, 2025, at the International Centre Hall 5 in Mississauga, Ontario. More info here.  

• APEC 2025: The leading conference in North America for power electronic professionals will take place March 16-20, 2025, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. More info here.

❓DID YOU KNOW❓

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