Beans Talk

The Bucks County Children’s Museum recently reopened after refurbishing half of its 10,000-square-feet of exhibit space. Among the brand-new spaces to open is a pretend place service station that represents Fred Beans’ earliest business venture as owner of the Big Oak service station in Yardley. The exhibit debuted at the 50th anniversary mark of the Fred Beans Automotive Group - an ideal time to reflect on the past.

Seeing the re-created service station was especially emotional for the Beans family. The attention to detail jogged fond memories of the station and Fred’s...

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Free photos with the whole family, including pets, for a good cause

Doylestown, Pa. – The Fred Beans Automotive Group invites customers to enjoy free photos and fun with Santa Claus at select Pennsylvania and New Jersey locations. When you stop by, bring a canned good or another nonperishable food item to help fight hunger in the community.

Starting Black Friday, all Fred Beans locations will once again donate a portion of each sale to food pantries serving areas where the automotive group operates.

Doylestown, Pa. – Fred Beans Automotive Group once again dedicated a portion of October vehicle sales and service bills to support organizations dedicated to helping local women navigate breast and ovarian cancers and champion new treatments and cures for these diseases.

The company’s 2025 Breast Cancer Awareness campaign raised $30,000, with funding split evenly between Unite for HER and the PA Breast Cancer Coalition. All Fred Beans dealerships hosted tables throughout October to raise additional funds and share important information to promote early detection of cancer...

- 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...