I had no idea that the J was in trouble. I always thought they were the most profitable of the truck stops, but I guess not.

Oil firm Flying J files for bankruptcy protection - Yahoo! Finance

 

I honestly have never had any use for the hooks. Both companys I've worked for used comdata and the J don't accept them. I never understoood that because it can't be good for their business.

IMO they suck anyways. They have the absolute worst food at any TS.

 

The J is not going away they're just reorganizing there debt. Unfortunately the bad food is here to stay LOL !!!

 

Food at the J is no different than most of the Petro or T/A ...the petro might have a better buffet ,but I never ate at the buffets ...mainly b/c of all the unwashed hands at the buffet ...And the J can't possibly have worse food than the PILOT ,which is usually Arby's or Wendy's ...and of course Subway.

 

I used to stop at the Flying J in Napanee on my way to Montreal, thought the waffles were pretty good, it was usually 3 a.m. though that may have had something to do with it

 

flying j isn't that bad... by far the worst of the restaurant food has to be TA.. best of the chains has to be Petro.

 

Today, their website shows many locations that are critically low or completely out of fuel. I'm not sure if there is any relationship to their current Chapter 11 filing, but I can't see any reason all these locations should be having fuel supply issues.

Check it out: Flying J

 

Flying J does not accept Comdata or other fuel cards because they do not want to have to pay the fee associated with those cards. They use TCH, which is owned by Flying J. They (other truck stops, because the J quit allowing this completely at the commercial diesel fuel islands) also (illegally, I believe) charge more for fuel being purchased with a credit card because the credit cards charge merchants a fee based on a percentage of the purchase. These fees are customarily 1.5% to 3% of the total purchase price. When fuel was $4.50 a gallon, that would cost the truck stop as much as $33.75 for one 250 gallon fill up. The J stopped accepting credit cards completely because of proposed lawsuits by OOIDA and others, because the credit card companies (specifically Master Card) make their merchants sign agreements that state that the merchant will not charge credit card customers any more than cash paying customers.

 

I use a EFS card at the J's and get cash price plus a quarterly rebate check.

 

the best food is by far many mom and pops types. Uncle pete's and shenandoah are two that come to mind right off the top of my head