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Scott Quick Lube

Scott Quick Lube is a small-town oil change shop in Scott, Louisiana. Scott Quick Lube opened in 2000 on Apollo Dr. in Scott, Louisiana. It is located right off of I-10.

In 2010 the owners, Ray and Earleen Wirtz, sold it to Ken Simerol.

Growth According to Mrs. Wirtz when Scott Quick Lube was opened it had seven customers a day and now, ten years later, it averages about twenty. They almost tripled in profits/customers in ten years. According to Small Business Week 69% of small businesses survive for two years, 49% fail in five years, and 31% survive at least seven years. She also said in an interview that they did not advertise their business at all other then their sign on their building and through their sponsored baseball team.

Services Scott Quick Lube does the basic things most small oil change shops do. In 1995 65% of people changed their own oil and today about 70% get someone else to do it for them. They do oil changes, provide basic lube services, transmission flushes, change windshield wiper blades, put air in tires and clean the windows and vacuum the cars out. However, they do not do inspections and they do not change tires. However one of the draw backs to going here is that they only have the capacity to service two cars at a time.

Other Scott Quick Lube sponsored one of the children's city baseball teams in the town of Scott that they operate in. Scott Quick is not the only small business that gives back to the community. According to the BusinessNewsDaily many small businesses are dedicated and committed to giving back to the community. Some small businesses even have a win-win strategy for giving to charities, by the advertising benefits that come with it. Scott Quick Lube did have the advertising strategy with the baseball team, because they printing their name on the back of the kids uniform shirts.

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