One of the top 10 largest school supply companies in the U.S. has moved its Bowling Green store to a new location. At the same time, it celebrates its 10-year anniversary in Bowling Green.

Parent-Teacher Store USA is based here, with its main distribution center on Vanderbilt Court acting as the supply hub for all its stores.

The move came for two reasons: The store on Campbell Lane wasn’t big enough after nine years of growth and there was too much traffic, according to owner and president Stan Young.

&#8220A lot of people want traffic, especially your hamburger places,” Young said. &#8220We’re a destination location for people who shop with us.”

The old store closed June 5 and the new store at 1945 Scottsville Road opened June 7.

&#8220We’re just tickled to death to be there; we just feel like it will be better for (customers),” he said.

The amount of inventory will stay the same, but customers will notice a more spacious layout.

The new store is 25 percent larger than the store on Campbell Lane, Young said.

The Parent-Teacher store will have its grand opening the last week of July.

There are also four stores in the Nashville area, as well as in Lexington, Cross Lanes, W.Va., and Hoover, Ala.

Young has been in the educational business since 1973. His wife, Cody, is retired after working in the field for 30 years.

Young said most people don’t buy educational materials, and that it’s a small industry.

The success of the business doesn’t have Young tempted to franchise the business or even have the Parent-Teacher Store go public.

His company has 175 years of combined staff experience of loyal employees who grew with the business over time.

Parent-Teacher Store USA has 25 full-times and 75 part-time employees.

&#8220They’re the reason we’re successful,” he said. &#8220We feel like we’re all just family.”

And employees get to share in that success. Full-time employees receive a percent of the company’s profits.

Chief Financial Officer Dan Jones believed in personal ownership of the company enough to invest his adult life to running the store, he said.

But the company’s success can also be attributed to keeping operational expenses low and delayed invoicing with suppliers.

&#8220There’s not a lot of fat here,” Young said.

Scot Market gas prices a relief

Driving down Russellville Road, I had to stop by Scot Market thanks to an unusual sight.

The store had the same price for all three grades of gas – premium, plus and unleaded.

Supervisor Fleeta Craft said the price leveling was done to build sales volume.

&#8220(Customers) just can’t believe it,” she said.

Craft said a while back, the Swifty gas station in Bowling Green did the same thing.

Scot Markets is owned by Consumers Gasoline Stations, which owns 60 stores, mostly in Tennessee. Other Kentucky gas stations are in Glasgow, Russellville and Cadiz.

It’s great to know someone had the wallets of Bowling Green residents in mind.

Every little bit of savings helps.

There is no set date for the promotion to end, Craft said.

Craft doesn’t know why Bowling Green was chosen.

&#8220(Bowling Green is) just one of the lucky ones,” she said.

Steve Robertson, who lives in Bowling Green, was delighted to see the store’s efforts.

&#8220I wish I could stop using (gas), but I’ve got to go to work every day,” Steve Robertson said.

He wishes gas prices could decrease and believes gas prices should be the same no matter where you go in the U.S.

&#8220If you give the consumer a fair price … you’ll make more money in the long run,” he said.

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