“Let’s just say we plan to make it as big as we can, nationally. “We haven’t said publicly how many we’d like to in places,” he said in an e-mail. P&G spokesman Jeff LeRoy, declined to say how many stores the company plans to build in Atlanta, but he said P&G already sold franchises and plans to open at least three more locations here. “Clean Cars Fast, Delivered With Fantastic Quality and Southern Hospitality.” “We still have the same philosophy and slogan as Carnett’s,” he said.

Clean on Duluth Highway in Lawrenceville. “The only thing we really do different now is we spray the inside with Febreze” air freshener, a P&G product, said Brian Lancaster, who worked for Carnett’s eight years and now manages the Mr. and Bruce Arnett Jr., who moved to Atlanta from the Midwest in 1987 to build a car wash empire, stayed on as CEO and COO, respectively, after selling to P&G, to maintain the continuity of management and the standards that first caught the eye of P&G, the Cincinnati-based consumer good’s company renowned for its market research. Clean chain nationwide, so far has changed little about the Carnett’s formula, which like Autobell’s is a mixture of high-tech and high-touch, with humans toweling off, vacuuming and cleaning the interiors of vehicles that have been machine washed and waxed.īruce Arnett Sr. P&G moved into Atlanta when it purchased the 13-store Atlanta chain of Carnett’s Car Washes’ in February and in July officially converted them to Mr.

Autobell has three car washes in metro Atlanta so far, with plans to add another seven or eight, said Howard.

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