Beans Talk

- Automotive Group announces 2025 Veterans Day discounts -

​Doylestown, Pa. – The Fred Beans Automotive Group is once again offering Veterans Day discounts on automotive services, including a free oil change, to both retired and active military personnel. The offers are valid throughout the day on Tuesday, Nov. 11.

In addition to a free oil change and a filter, the Fred Beans Automotive Group is offering 20 percent off labor for automotive services up to $150. Fred Beans dealerships are also doubling the military rebate on new vehicle purchases. The rebates vary by manufacturer.

Fred Beans Parts, Inc. was recently recognized by Toyota Motor Corporation for ending 2024 as the top wholesaler of Toyota parts in the country. Fred Beans remains in the top spot for 2025 to date.

Twelve representatives from Toyota’s New York Regional office traveled to Beans’ Parts Distribution Center for a celebratory luncheon involving 160 Fred Beans team members. Fred Beans accounts for 10 percent of Toyota parts sales in the New York Region.

The Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation’s Driving Away the Cold delivery truck carries coat donations made by Fred Beans Automotive Group dealerships. 

Doylestown, Pa – The Fred Beans Automotive Group has once again partnered with the Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation to provide brand-new winter coats to children who need them most. As part of the annual Driving Away the Cold program, Fred Beans dealerships purchased more than 800 coats to distribute across Bucks, Chester and Montgomery counties to help local children stay warm this winter.

Fred Beans, founder and president of Fred Beans Automotive Group, recently became the third recipient ever of the Ford Motor Company’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Beans purchased his first dealership, a Ford store, 50 years ago. That same dealership, Fred Beans Ford of Doylestown, remains at the heart of the Beans operation, which has grown to include 30 dealerships - eight of which are Ford stores - and additional automotive-related operations.

Fred Beans Hyundai of Doylestown contributed to a $300,000 grant distributed through Hyundai Hope on Wheels to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Fred Beans Hyundai of Doylestown General Manager Paul Zolnierz recently joined other Greater Philadelphia area Hyundai dealers to present the funding to Dr. Haley Newman, an attending physician with the Cancer Center at CHOP, in support of pediatric cancer research.

The Beans Bronco helps mark 50 years of the Fred Beans Automotive Group with appearances at Peddler’s Village this summer and planned stops in the coming months throughout the region.

Doylestown, Pa. - Fred Beans moved his family to Doylestown 50 years ago this August, shortly after purchasing Mel Harris Ford in Doylestown in April 1975. To commemorate not only 50 years in business, but the growth of the Fred Beans Automotive Group in the Greater Philadelphia Region, a special Beans Bronco has hit the road. The community is invited to follow its journey and snap a few pictures with…

Fred Beans Automotive Group is now a seven-time recipient of the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Best Places to Work award. This year, Fred Beans placed third among the select group of “extra-large” organizations (those with 300+ employees) honored.

The Doylestown-based automotive group has earned the Best Places to Work award every year since initially entering the contest in 2019. However, founder Fred Beans has long understood that the company would only ever be as good as its people. His focus on the Fred Beans team has helped him steadily grow the Fred Beans Automotive Group...

Doylestown, Pa. – Fred Beans Automotive Group recently presented the inaugural Marc Kulp Memorial Scholarship to Payton McGarry, a senior studying automotive service technology at the Technical College High School Brandywine Campus. McGarry became a clear choice for the scholarship, demonstrating her passion for the automotive industry through her resume, multiple recommendations and scholarship application.

Fred Beans Automotive Group Today Operates Eight Ford Dealerships

Photo Caption - From left to right: Fred Beans Automotive COO Chris Gilbert with Andrew Frick and Fred Beans Automotive Group Vice President Beth Beans Gilbert and Fred Beans

Doylestown, Pa. - Fred Beans, founder and president of Fred Beans Automotive Group, purchased his first dealership in 1975 - a Ford dealership in Doylestown. Fifty years later, that dealership remains the heart of the Fred Beans organization. This is where Beans has his office and walks the floor, greeting customers and handing out his personal cell.

Abington, Pa. – More than 60 Scouts from Cub Scout Packs in the Washington District recently competed in the Pinewood Derby held at Fred Beans Honda of Abington. A new location for this year’s race, the Fred Beans dealership provided a fitting setting for the miniature car race and additional STEM activities for young racers and their families to explore the scientific principles of automotive engineering.

As the host, Fred Beans Automotive Group also provided trophies and t-shirts for participants.