Fred Beans and Beth Beans Gilbert Share Tips on Building a Family Legacy in Auto Retail
The Car Dealership Guy recently interviewed three families in automotive retail - the Beans family being one of them - to share tips for building legacies while maintaining relationships.
Doylestown, Pa. – Fred Beans Ford of Doylestown is now a Ford Pro Top 50 Volume Dealer in back to back years, 2024 and 2025. The dealership recently accepted two plaques, one for each year.
Cynthia Dobbins, commercial business manager in the NY/Philadelphia Market for Ford Pro, participated in the award presentation and commended the Ford Doylestown team for receiving the top 50 Volume Dealer award ranking in 2024 at #18 and again in 2025, moving up in the ranks to # 6 in the nation.
Fred Beans Volkswagen of Devon named to Wolfsburg Crest Club
for Ninth Time
-Devon dealership once again recognized for outstanding sales and service-
Devon, Pa. - Fred Beans Volkswagen of Devon earned its ninth invitation to the prestigious Wolfsburg Crest Club, an annual recognition program that highlights the best-performing Volkswagen dealerships in the country. Only an elite group of dealerships are named to the Wolfsburg Crest Club for meeting the highest standards in sales, marketing, customer experience and facility management and presentation.
Boyertown, Pa. – Fred Beans Ford of Boyertown finished last year in the top 10% of all Ford dealerships in terms of performance and earned the 2025 President’s Award.
This is an impressive 20th President’s Award for the dealership and reflects the Ford Boyertown team’s achievements in both sales and service in automotive retailing.
After 50 years of owning and operating the Fred Beans Automotive Group, Fred Beans recently talked about the importance of succession planning on an episode of Daily Dealer Live.
He was joined by daughter, Beth Beans Gilbert, who is vice president of the automotive group, and consultant Hugh Roberts, partner at The Rawls Group.
Together, they give a broad overview of Beans' succession planning and emphasize why succession planning matters for the long-term success of a business - especially when family is involved.
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...