2017 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest Private Carriers in North America
Up Front
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Rankings
Current Rank Company Tractors
1
Pepsi Beverages
8,578
2
Coca-Cola Refreshments
5,487
3
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
2,331
4
Femsa Logistica
1,500
5
Reyes Beverage Group
1,120
6
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United
806
7
Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution
795
8
Anheuser-Busch Cos.
714
9
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
699
10
Swire Coca-Cola USA
664
11
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
461
12
Columbia Distributing
402
13
Silver Eagle Distributors
363
14
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida
292
15
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
249
16
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Northern New England
213
17
Gulf Distributing
189
18
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country
148
19
Nestle Waters North America
140
20
Clark Beverage Group
129
21
Odom Corp.
98
22
Clare Rose Inc.
97
23
Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
93
24
Upstate Niagara Cooperative
91
25
North Florida Sales
88
26
Virginia Eagle Distributing
80
27
Pepsi MidAmerica
77
28
Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
75
29
Republic National Distributing Co.
74
30
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Hickory, N.C.
71
31
Pepsi Cola Newburgh Bottling Co.
60
32
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of New York
52
33
Brown Bottling Group
47
33
Carolina Beverage Corp.
47
35
Long Beverage
45
36
Anheuser-Busch Distribution of New York
33
36
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Corbin
33
38
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of New Haven
32
38
Quality Beverage
32
40
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. (Virginia)
30
41
Anheuser-Busch Sales of Washington
29
42
Birrell Brothers Co.
28
43
Lane Sales
25
44
Anheuser-Busch Sales of Hawaii
24
44
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. (Logansport
24
44
Shore Point Distributing
24
47
House of Schwan
23
47
Western Wyoming Beverages
23
49
Allen Beverages
22
50
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Mansfield
21
51
Chesterman Co.
20
52
Corwin Beverage Co.
18
52
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Lincoln
18
52
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Rochester
18
Extras
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Private Carrier News
Business, Private

Walmart Adds Stock Grants as Perk in Manager-Retainment Push

NEW YORK — Walmart is further sweetening the perks for its U.S. store managers as it seeks to retain its leaders and attract new ones in a still competitive job market.

Anne D’Innocenzio | Associated Press
January 29, 2024
Business, Equipment, Private

United Rentals Q4 Profit Rises 6.3% on Broad Demand Strength

United Rentals reported net profit of $679 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, a 6.3% year-over-year increase compared with $639 million in the year-ago period.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
January 26, 2024
Business, Technology, Autonomous, For-Hire, Private

Kodiak Opens Truck Port at Ryder Facility in Houston

Kodiak Robotics opened a second truck port for its autonomous semis at a Ryder System Inc. fleet maintenance facility in Houston, the companies said Jan. 23.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
January 25, 2024
Business, Equipment, Fuel, Private

Hyzon Sends Four Hydrogen FCEV Trucks to PFG in California

Hyzon delivered four trucks to Performance Food Group’s Vistar facility in Fontana, Calif., the first deliveries of the hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle to its largest U.S. customer.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
January 25, 2024
Government, Business, Private

ADM Shares Plunge After Accounting Probe Places CFO on Leave

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. plunged after the U.S. agricultural trading giant suspended its CFO and cut its earnings outlook pending an investigation into its accounting practices.

January 22, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

Red Sea Attacks Disrupt Food Trade, Risk Higher Grocery Costs

Chaos in the Red Sea is starting to disrupt shipments of produce from coffee to fruit — and threatening to halt a slowdown in food inflation that brought some relief to strained consumers.

January 19, 2024
Business, Private

Walmart Boosts Managers’ Base Pay, Redesigns Bonus System

NEW YORK — Walmart Inc. is raising the starting base pay for store managers, while redesigning its bonus plan that will put more of an emphasis on profits for these leaders.

Anne D'Innocenzio | Associated Press
January 18, 2024
Government, Business, Private

Washington State Sues to Block Kroger-Albertsons Merger

SEATTLE — Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Jan. 15 sued to block the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons, two of the nation’s largest grocery chains.

January 16, 2024
Business, Technology, Autonomous, Private

Walmart Expands Rollout of Generative AI Search on App

Walmart Inc. opened up access to a generative artificial intelligence tool that allows shoppers to search for products by specific use cases rather than look up one item at a time.

Ed Ludlow and Jaewon Kang | Bloomberg News
January 10, 2024
Technology, Logistics, Private, TCA

Walmart Announces Dallas Drone Deliveries Covering Millions

Walmart says drone deliveries are no longer a futuristic idea, as it will be able to make drone deliveries with its partners Wing and Zipline to 75% of Dallas-Fort Worth by the end of this year.

Maria Halkias | The Dallas Morning News
January 10, 2024