[1] Following disagreements with Tosco over business practices—including its decision to abandon the chain's employee uniforms—Odermat terminated the leases and reassumed control of the company in 2003.

[5] Odermat reintroduced military-style practices and uniforms, which caused some staff to quit, though in several cases long-time employees who had left the company during Tosco management returned.

[9] During the pandemic, Odermat was named to a task force to devise Washington state government guidelines for operation of car washes.

[13] In 2009, the company began a process of beautifying its physical properties with the installation of life-sized bronze grizzly bear statues at each of its locations.

[3] Most sites have a family group consisting of a female bear and three cubs installed, though select locations are adorned with a towering, 4,000-pound (1,800 kg), 12-foot (3.7 m) sculpture of a rearing male grizzly.

[3] The sculpture molds were designed by Lorenzo Ghiglieri, whose work has also been installed at the Royal Palace of Madrid and the White House.