Les Schwab Tire Centers celebrating 70 years

Published 4:30 pm Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Les Schwab Tire Centers, which was founded in Prineville, will celebrate its 70th anniversary in business with a contest earning 70 winners $700 in service certificates, the company announced Tuesday.

The contest, which encourages customers to swap tire stories, runs now through Feb. 28. Customers can enter by going to lesschwab.com/70-anniversary/.

The company sells tires, brake service, alignment and shocks. The company was sold in 2020 to Meritage Group, a San Francisco-based investment firm, ending family ownership of one of Oregon’s best-known businesses. It now employs over 7,000 people in more than 500 locations, according to the company.

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