2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest Private Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
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Rankings
Current Rank Company Tractors
1
Agrium Inc.
3,930
2
Dean Foods
2,135
3
Tyson Foods
2,122
4
Frito-Lay North America
1,726
5
CHS Inc.
1,376
6
Prairie Farms Dairy
1,104
7
Darling Ingredients
1,016
8
Kellogg Snacks/Godfrey Transport
710
9
Mondelez International
680
10
ADM Logistics
602
11
Nestle Transportation Co.
596
12
JBS Carriers
569
13
Perdue Farms Inc.
567
14
Foster Farms
507
15
Sanderson Farms
469
16
J.R. Simplot Co.
408
17
Bimbo Bakeries
399
18
Valley Proteins
385
19
RWI Transportation
373
20
Gilster-Mary Lee Corp.
359
21
Pinnacle Agriculture Distribution
351
22
McKee Foods Corp.
340
23
Wilbur-Ellis Co.
296
24
Borden Dairy
290
25
Cargill Meat Solutions
245
26
Boise Cascade
237
27
Wayne Farms
216
28
International Paper Co.
197
29
Goya Foods
170
30
Earthgrains Baking Co.
152
31
Franz Family Bakery
152
32
Dairy Farmers of America
138
33
BCT Inc.
135
34
ConAgra Foods
101
35
Mid-South Baking
54
36
Land O'Lakes Inc.
44
37
National Food Corp.
41
38
Golden Flake Snack Foods
40
39
Brakebush Transportation
38
40
Giorgio Foods
26
41
Mennel Milling
24
42
Hillyard Inc.
23
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Private Carrier News
Business, Technology, Private

Amazon Scraps Planned Merchant Fee

Amazon.com Inc. is scrapping a planned fee on merchants that don’t use its shipping services, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg.

Spencer Soper | Bloomberg News
September 20, 2023
Business, Equipment, For-Hire, Private

Experts: Freight Environment Unlikely to Improve Much Soon

Executives across multiple segments of the trucking industry expect the freight environment to take considerable time to improve substantially.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 20, 2023
Business, Fuel, For-Hire, Private

Love’s Travel Stops No. 1 on Happiest Employees List

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, a family-run chain of truck stops founded nearly 60 years ago, topped storied firms like IBM, Nike and Apple in a new ranking of employee well-being.

Matthew Boyle | Bloomberg News
September 20, 2023
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private

Amazon to Hire 250,000 for Holidays, Boost Wages

Amazon.com Inc. will hire 250,000 employees this holiday shopping season and boost average pay for logistics personnel as it seeks to recruit and retain workers amid a labor shortage.

September 19, 2023
Business, Technology, Private, TCA

Walmart Now Offers Late-Evening Delivery, Pickup

Walmart is now offering express home delivery until 10 p.m. on orders placed by 9:30 p.m. so that “last-minute needs are delivered to your doorstep just in time,” the company said.

Leada Gore | al.com
September 12, 2023
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private

Amazon Service Lets Merchants Deliver to Physical Stores

Amazon.com Inc. is offering a new service that will let its 2 million merchant partners deliver inventory directly to physical retail stores and warehouses.

Spencer Soper | Bloomberg News
September 12, 2023
Government, Business, Private

Kroger and Albertsons to Sell 413 Stores to C&S

Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. agreed to sell 413 stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers in a divestiture designed to help win antitrust approval for their $24.6 billion merger.

September 8, 2023
Government, Business, Private

Kroger, Albertsons In Talks to Sell Stores to C&S, SoftBank

Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. are selling some of their stores in an effort to win regulatory approval for their $25 billion merger, according to people familiar with the matter.

September 7, 2023
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private

Amazon, Shopify Open Amazon Logistics Resources to Sellers

Amazon .com Inc. and Shopify Inc. have struck a deal to allow merchants who pay for Shopify’s e-commerce tools to use Amazon’s logistics network.

Matt Day | Bloomberg News
August 31, 2023
Business, Logistics, Private

Tyson Foods Reorganizes, Appoints New Supply Chain Chief

Tyson Foods will centralize areas such as transportation and warehousing under fresh meats head Brady Stewart in the food giant’s latest effort to restore profits.

Gerson Freitas Jr. | Bloomberg News
August 30, 2023