Leading National Retail & Business to Business Franchise Adapts Model to Bring Batteries, Light Bulbs and Supporting Services to Rural Communities.

Batteries Plus Bulbs, the nation's largest and fastest-growing franchise, announced today the opening of a first-of-its-kind, corporate-owned store in Owatonna, at 1100 West Frontage Road, Suite 150. As part of a company initiative designed to meet the battery and light bulb needs in more communities across the country, the Owatonna location will provide local consumers and businesses with access to the franchise's same extensive variety of high-performance batteries, light bulbs and accessories, but it will also deliver new and expanded services such as a convenient mobile "on call" installation and repair services. The store's comprehensive product and service offering, as well as the expertise provided by its associates, is designed to create a specialized experience for consumers that big box retailers in the area simply cannot match.

"This new store model, which bolsters Batteries Plus Bulbs' level of services, is more in-tune with how we can better serve markets like Owatonna," said Rich Reynolds, President of Batteries Plus Bulbs Stores Group. "Our goals are to provide a welcoming destination that offers high-quality products, services and unmatched expertise, educate the Owatonna community on reducing energy costs, and bring new job opportunities to the town."

The Owatonna store's new mobile services are specifically designed to meet and service the broadest range of customers for both their personal and business needs. Owatonna's mobile service will provide auto, truck, commercial fleet and farm equipment battery installations along with smartphone and tablet repair services directly to community residents and businesses, fulfilling on-call appointments seven days a week from 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. Mobile services for programmable key cutting and programming and repairing key fobs will be available to business customers.

Batteries Plus Bulbs of Owatonna will offer a wide assortment of batteries for common devices, such as watches, cars and trucks, ATVs, tractors, digital cameras, laptops and cell/smartphones, as well as batteries for business applications, including floor scrubbers, exit signs, UPS back-ups, and heavy duty equipment, among others.  In addition to its extensive battery offering, Batteries Plus Bulbs' light bulb products will include; common recessed and track lighting, energy-saving CFL and LED options, automotive bulbs, projector bulbs, emergency exit signs and many other home and business applications. Business account programs will offer commercial customers volume discount opportunities, onsite needs analysis, energy savings programs, online ordering, and delivery and recycling services.

In- store services will include:

• Free car or truck battery test and electrical systems check
• Battery installation services for many applications including cars, trucks and smartphones
• Laptop battery testing/analysis
• Recycling of batteries, bulbs and select small electronics
• Assembly and repair of power tool, razor and scooter battery packs as well as many others
• Automobile bulb, battery and windshield wiper replacements
• Smartphone and tablet screen, charge port, button and antenna repairs, as well as screen protector and OtterBox^® installation
• Programmable key cutting and programming and repairing key fobs

Batteries Plus Bulbs' Owatonna store opens its doors Nov. 15. Store hours of operation will be 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.-Sat. and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sun. On-call mobile services will be available seven days a week from 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. As part of the Grand Opening, customers who come in to the store between Nov. 15 and Dec. 13 for a FREE car battery test will be entered to win FREE car batteries and installations for the life of their vehicle.

ABOUT BATTERIES PLUS BULBS
Batteries Plus Bulbs is the nation's first, largest and fastest growing battery and light bulb franchise with a nationwide network of stores. Batteries Plus Bulbs is owned by Roark Capital Group opens in new window, an Atlanta-based private equity firm. With access to more than 45,000 types of batteries, light bulbs and accessories, Batteries Plus Bulbs has the widest selection of battery and light bulb products available and offers unmatched service to retail and business consumers at the national and local levels. Batteries Plus Bulbs also offers on-site repairs for Apple^® devices, including iPhones^®, iPads^® and iPods^®, most Samsung^® devices and many more. Batteries Plus Bulbs continues its reign as the undisputed leader in the expanding $30.7 billion U.S. battery replacement market and in the rapidly growing U.S. light bulb replacement market estimated at $17 billion*. To learn more about our exciting franchise opportunities please visit www.batteriesplus.com/franchise for more information.  *Freedonia Research Study

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