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Top Beverage Carriers
Current Rank | Company | Tractors |
---|---|---|
1 | Pepsi Beverages |
8,578 |
2 | Keurig Dr Pepper |
2,331 |
3 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,427 |
4 | Femsa Logistica |
1,102 |
5 | Reyes Coca Cola Bottling |
947 |
6 | Reyes Beverage Group |
907 |
7 | Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution |
836 |
8 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits |
702 |
9 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Northern New England |
672 |
10 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
669 |
11 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. |
666 |
12 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages |
620 |
13 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
598 |
14 | Pepsi Bottling Ventures |
441 |
15 | Columbia Distributing |
424 |
16 | Silver Eagle Distributors |
357 |
17 | Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
285 |
18 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated |
236 |
19 | Clark Beverage Group |
187 |
20 | Breakthru Beverage Group |
175 |
21 | Gulf Distributing |
170 |
22 | Odom Corp. |
154 |
23 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country |
148 |
24 | Nestle Waters North America |
140 |
25 | Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
100 |
26 | Clare Rose Inc. |
97 |
27 | Upstate Niagara Cooperative |
90 |
28 | North Florida Sales |
88 |
29 | Republic National Distributing Co. |
85 |
30 | Virginia Eagle Distributing |
84 |
31 | Pepsi MidAmerica |
77 |
32 | Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
75 |
33 | Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Hickory, N.C. |
71 |
34 | Pepsi Cola Newburgh Bottling Co. |
60 |
35 | Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of New York |
52 |
36 | Carolina Beverage Corp. |
47 |
37 | Brown Bottling Group |
46 |
38 | Long Beverage |
45 |
39 | Birrell Brothers Co. |
34 |
40 | Anheuser-Busch Distribution of New York |
33 |
40 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Corbin |
33 |
42 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of New Haven |
32 |
42 | Quality Beverage |
32 |
44 | Anheuser-Busch Sales of Washington |
29 |
45 | Lane Sales |
27 |
46 | Corwin Beverage Co. |
25 |
47 | Anheuser-Busch Sales of Hawaii |
24 |
47 | Shore Point Distributing |
24 |
49 | House of Schwan |
23 |
49 | Western Wyoming Beverages |
23 |
51 | Allen Beverages |
22 |
51 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. (Virginia) |
22 |
53 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Mansfield |
21 |
54 | Chesterman Co. |
20 |
55 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Rochester |
19 |
56 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Lincoln |
18 |
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