“We never envisioned that we would need to stop cars from driving across the front sidewalk, through the glass, and into the stores,” Joe recalls. The original Git’N Go that later burned Lessons LearnedĪll 4 new locations were built with all-glass storefronts – leading to Joe’s next unforeseen challenge and Git’N Go’s next failure. With a new design in mind, he not only rebuilt, but built an additional 3 stores throughout the Anderson County community! A “sure-fire” failure, some may call it! But you can bet your bottom dollar it didn’t keep Joe down. That’s right, the original store caught fire and burned to the ground due to a subcontractor’s faulty electric wiring. Git’N Go has taken Joe on one helluva roller-coaster ride - and where there’s hell, there’s fire. Since Garrett, you could say a lot has happened. Today, a big orange “G” stands where Garrett stood, but his spirit is always alive in our Git’N Go pride. With just a pencil in hand and an idea in mind, Joe came up with Garrett as a way to represent the simplicity of small-town life.

Garrett was born out of love and onto a napkin. In the beginning, Git’N Go was represented by our logo, Garrett, who if you are old enough you probably saw in all our original signs and advertisements and who stood for more than just a brand name. He combined two names from pioneer convenience stores and just like that, Git’N Go was born with nothin’ more than one cashier leftover from Penny Profits and an old shoebox as a cash register. With no promise of income in sight, he pondered over what to do for 3 hours before it dawned on him… This was a failure for Penny Profits, but an opportunity for him and his building! Joe flipped through the Atlanta Yellow Pages in search of inspiration and convenience store names. The keys to the store were dropped into his lap and, in turn, so was the store. The owner of the building, Joe Hollingsworth found himself in an unexpected pickle. On September 4th, 1974, an innovative company called Penny Profits closed its doors and left Anderson County after a 90-day business venture and attempt at introducing the new “convenience store” concept to the area. We conduct routine evaluations as well as waste audits and invoice auditing to confirm the status of this compliance and to monitor all of our Client’s environmental management systems.Original Store Git’N Go #1, December, 1974

Lincoln Waste Solutions carries out its business in compliance with the environmental, health, and safety principles of the American Forest and Paper Association.

Lincoln Waste partners with organizations such as the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, the Sierra Club, the National Recycling Foundation, and the American Council on Recycling and Repurposing. In continuing efforts to promote environmental sustainability throughout the industry, Lincoln Waste Solutions is a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), an organization that provides a medium for companies to share knowledge and experience, expand sustainable development, and voice company positions on relevant issues. However the need to offer recycling in such high traffic areas, such as convenience stores, is increasingly evident and convenient stores will need managed haulers to provide consolidating billing after a cost savings analysis to insure rate control by the waste broker and trash brokers.

There has long been a concentration on residential recycling and this is moving over to convenience stores where they are learning the art of trash management and waste optimization.

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