Grease Monkey Franchise News

RICHMOND, Va., March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Local Grease Monkey franchisees, F. Champe Granger and Roger L. Bouchard, are celebrating the one-year anniversary of their recycling initiatives and providing an environmentally friendly motor oil, EcoPower, as an option to customers. In Richmond, EcoPower is only available at these two Grease Monkey locations, 3308 N Boulevard/804-353-0521 and 8509 Staples Mill Road/804-264-8789.
"Through our partners Safety-Kleen and Allied Waste, we recycle approximately 98% of the shop's waste products annually including used oil, used coolant, oil filters, air filters, cabin air filters, fuel filters, plastic bottles, paper, cardboard, brake rotors and other vehicle components," says Roger. "We even recycle our used oil drums and wood pallets...

October 12, 2011 // Franchising.com // Greenwood Village, Colorado – Grease Monkey International, Inc., franchisor of automotive maintenance centers in the U.S., Mexico and China, has announced its top franchisee award winners for outstanding performance in the prior year.
Top individual center sales honors were presented to: Steve and Beth Barrett, Ron Damiana, Wayne and Angie Glasser, Michael Glasser, Sue Stenstrom and Kate Stenstrom of Denver, Colorado-based Oilex, Inc.; Patrick and Valinda Dattilio and Randy Fraley of Hagerstown, Maryland; Al and Lisa Miller and Jeremy Noe of Bothell, Washington; Doug and Loraina Hall, Lou Gellner and Terrance Brooks of Edmonds, Washington. Ron Morrow of Longmont, Colorado-based ROSBRO Corp...

March 21, 2011 // Franchising.com // Highlands Ranch, CO – Grease Monkey International (GMI) President Rex Utsler, GMI Marketing VP Lori Schneider, Senior VP & CFO Ron Smith, and VP of Franchise Development Mike Brunetti were joined by Ironstone Bank VP Kim Geiger, Owner of Arcodev Architects Norm Herman and CALCON Constructors, Inc. representative Mike Lowrimore on March 3rd at the ceremonial groundbreaking of Grease Monkey's newest, state-of-the-art auto maintenance facility. The new building is next door to the current Grease Monkey location behind Michael's at 9295 South Broadway in the Town Center Shopping Center in Highlands Ranch.

Grease Monkey has long served the Highlands Ranch community and is expanding to better serve their customers and the residents in the area...

New EcoPower motor oil now available at all four Lee County Grease Monkey locations PLANO, Texas, Jan. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Grease Monkey, a leading Fast Lube franchise, is "going green" with EcoPower, a new high-quality motor oil that is environmentally friendly and comparably priced with standard motor oils. EcoPower is now available in all four Lee County Grease Monkey locations.

"EcoPower uses much less energy to produce than oil refined from crude," said Grease Monkey franchisee Anthony Zimbicki. "We're excited about offering EcoPower because it conserves resources and reduces dependence on foreign crude."

EcoPower is premium-quality oil produced by re-refining used motor oil and it is certified to meet or exceed the quality standards set by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Society of Automotive Engineers for new motor oil...