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The quick services industry's leading trade journal for more than 30 years, National Oil and L**e News is the leading progressive media brand exclusively serving oil change and quick automotive maintenance shop owners and operators through examining in-depth real world challenges, successes and solutions from the industry.

13/01/2025

Though Maine and Massachusetts have passed their own Right to Repair laws, they have yet to be implemented over confusion on how the laws should be upheld—however, some recent developments suggest these states may soon receive answers.

Maine and Massachusetts both passed Right to Repair laws, but there have been continual roadblocks in actually implementing them.

13/01/2025

Driven Brands has taken a slightly new direction with its advertising for not only Take 5 Oil Change, but all its brands, with several additions to its agency roster.

After a four-month search for creative agencies, Driven Brands has enlisted Dagger for Take 5 Oil Change's marketing and to create a strategy for all its brands.

11/01/2025

The first step in the 7 Habits of an Effective L**e Manager: be proactive in all that you do. Look for ways to eliminate issues in advance; look for the next talented employee and train them up. Adam Tatum shares more in his latest column for NOLN.

Being proactive through strategic planning and risk management can set operators on a path to success.

10/01/2025

A customer losing control of their vehicle at a Eugene, Oregon, quick l**e has led to the driver and a shop employee injured.

A driver at Pit Stop USA in Eugene lost control, crashing into the worker waving them in and through the bay doors.

10/01/2025

Take 5 Oil Change is now offering differential fluid service at participating locations across the U.S.

The new service is now available at participating Take 5 locations across the U.S.

10/01/2025

Scott Just, general manager of eight SpeeDee Oil Change & Auto Service locations in the New England area, joins the NOLN Podcast to explain how he stays in the loop at each of the locations he oversees.

SpeeDee Oil Change & Auto Service GM Scott Just explains how he keeps things running smoothly at eight locations across New England.

10/01/2025

Sun Auto Tire & Service donated more than $17,000 to food banks across the U.S. as part of its Giving Tuesday initiative last month.

A portion of every oil change performed on Dec. 2 was contributed to the fundraiser as part of Sun Auto's Giving Tuesday campaign.

09/01/2025

Jiffy L**e franchisee Stonebriar Auto Services LLC is expanding its partnership with Revmo AI, a company that has fielded over 50,000 inbound phone calls for Stonebriar since October.

The Jiffy L**e franchisee is expanding its partnership with Revmo, which has answered over 50K inbound phone calls for the company since October.

09/01/2025

Gregg Rainville, SVP of Steer CRM, joins the NOLN Podcast to share some best practices for evaluating your marketing plan.

Steer CRM Senior VP Gregg Rainville recommends KPIs to watch and shares the questions shop owners should be asking when looking for a CRM vendor to make their marketing soar.

08/01/2025

A lawsuit surrounding Ford’s EcoBoost engines that was recently revived has now been followed up with a separate class action over another alleged issue with the engines.

A recent lawsuit surrounding Ford’s EcoBoost engines has now been followed up with another class action.

07/01/2025

The Auto Care Association is holding a webinar this week on what the aftermarket can expect from tariffs proposed by the incoming Trump administration.

The webinar this week will cover the impact of tariffs on U.S. industries, consumers, and global supply chains.

07/01/2025

Forbes’ Best Customer Service 2025 list that was recently released saw several quick l**e and auto maintenance brands make their spot in the top 300 brands named.

Forbes’ Best Customer Service 2025 list saw several quick l**e and auto maintenance brands make their spot in the top 300.

07/01/2025

The Vice President of Franchise Development and Operations at Rad Air Complete Care joins the NOLN Podcast to talk about caring for your team.

The Vice President of Franchise Development and Operations at Rad Air Complete Care joins the show to talk about caring for your team.

07/01/2025

It may not be next year, or even the next decade, but we can expect to see more hybrid and EVs on the road in the not-too-distant future. For preventative automotive maintenance shops, now is the time to think about going electric as well.

As the automotive world moves toward hybrid and electric vehicles, preventative auto maintenance shops should think about doing the same.

07/01/2025

Stacy Kildal of Kildal Services LLC is a bookkeeper and QuickBooks Online expert. She shares expertise and advice about bookkeeping strategies that is relevant all year long, including tax season and beyond.

Bookkeeper and QuickBooks Online expert Stacy Kildal joins the show to share her expertise.

06/01/2025

Excessive oil consumption in a vehicle can be stressful for drivers, leading to an increase in required maintenance to avoid engine damage. Recently, we covered a class action lawsuit accusing a certain Volkswagen model of excessive oil consumption—take our quiz to see if you're up-to-date!

Think you know which Volkswagen vehicle is allegedly consuming excessive oil? Take our quiz to find out.

06/01/2025

Ford has filed yet another patent related to fluid storage containers and systems—this time, for a system that would help avoid improper fluids being released in a vehicle.

Ford has filed a patent for a system that would help avoid improper fluids being released in a vehicle.

06/01/2025

Ford has issued a recall for 295,449 vehicles over a defective fuel pump.

The defective fuel pumps are prone to biodiesel deposits forming on the drivetrain roller components.

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