Using an old '66 Ford pickup truck[citation needed], they performed moves to earn extra spending money.

Their mother, Mary Ellen Sheets, obtained the sketch for the logo for their new company from Sharleen Humes Johnson of Warren, Ohio through a mutual friend of Mary Ellen Sheets, Mr Joseph D'Amore, also of Michigan.

The simple line drawing with the two stick-figures logo still represents Two Men and a Truck today.

Initial investment: Mini-market start-up costs typically run between $100k and $192k and standard market start-up costs run between $179k and $585k depending on several variables including authority fees which vary by state, store location and trucks.

Standard marketing area capital requirement is $150,000 in liquid assets and $400,000 in net worth.