2019 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America
Up Front
Competition has heated up in food and oil sectors.
Find out where the Top 100 are located by U.S. region.
Private fleets are expanding to meet consumer expectations for e-commerce.
Rankings
Current Rank Company Tractors
1
Nutrien
4,349
2
Tyson Foods
3,233
3
CHS Inc.
1,826
4
Dean Foods
881
5
Darling Ingredients
797
6
Nestle Transportation Co.
789
7
Mondelez International
779
8
Prairie Farms Dairy
762
9
JBS Carriers
726
10
ADM Logistics
700
11
Sanderson Farms
500
12
Valley Proteins
488
13
Foster Farms
440
14
McKee Foods Corp.
346
15
Bimbo Bakeries USA
343
16
Pinnacle Agriculture Distribution
309
17
Gilster-Mary Lee Corp.
303
18
Wilbur-Ellis Co.
300
19
Borden Dairy
295
20
Goya Foods
264
21
Dairy Farmers of America
255
22
Boise Cascade
253
23
J.R. Simplot Co.
213
24
America's Service Line
194
25
Wayne Farms
188
26
International Paper Co.
177
27
American Proteins
157
28
Cargill Meat Solutions
141
29
Franz Family Bakery
125
30
BCT Inc.
110
31
Sunrise Transport
99
32
Co-Alliance
97
33
Upstate Niagara Cooperative
90
34
Brakebush Transportation
73
35
MFPS Transport
70
36
Umpqua Dairy Products Co.
64
37
Castellini Co.
58
38
Giorgio Foods
47
39
Land O'Lakes Inc.
43
40
Perdue Farms Inc.
41
41
Golden Flake Snack Foods
35
42
National Food Corp.
33
43
RWI Transportation
26
44
ConAgra Foods
23
44
Hillyard Inc.
23
46
Mennel Milling
20
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Private Carrier News
Business, Technology, Equipment, Private, Top 100

Walmart Canada Adds 60-Foot Multizone Refrigerated Trailer

Walmart Canada has expanded its fleet to include for the first time in North America a 60-foot multitemperature-zone refrigerated trailer, built by Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
July 25, 2022
Business, Private

PepsiCo Boosts Outlook After Increasing Prices

PepsiCo Inc. is winning the inflation battle so far, successfully passing on surging commodity costs by persuading consumers to pay more for their soda and chips.

Brett Pulley | Bloomberg News
July 12, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private

Amazon Prime Day Comes Amid Slowdown in Online Sales Growth

Amazon is heading into its annual Prime Day sales event today much differently from how it entered the pandemic.

Haleluya Hadero | Associated Press
July 12, 2022
Business, Logistics, Private, TCA

Walmart Expands Program That Delivers Right to Your Fridge

Walmart can now drop off groceries right into customers’ refrigerators via its InHome delivery service in several large metropolitan areas, the retailer announced July 6.

Bernadette Berdychowski | Tampa Bay Times
July 7, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private

Amazon Will Take Stake in Grubhub, Offer Prime Users Membership

Just Eat Takeaway.com NV’s shares jumped the most in almost four years after Amazon.com Inc. agreed to take a stake in its Grubhub business.

Amy Thomson | Bloomberg News
July 6, 2022
Business, Logistics, Private

Walmart Announces New Charges for Suppliers

Walmart Inc. is hitting some suppliers with two new charges as it struggles to soften the blow of surging transportation costs.

Brendan Case | Bloomberg News
July 6, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private

Amazon Names New Head for Troubled Retail Business

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on June 21 named a new head for the company’s troubled retail business, which is dealing with a glut of warehouse space after a massive expansion during the pandemic.

June 21, 2022
Business, Equipment, Private

Walmart to Add Four E-Commerce Warehouses to Speed Deliveries

Walmart Inc. announced plans to build what it said would be a “high-tech” fulfillment center in Joliet, Ill., which is 45 miles southwest of Chicago.

June 3, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private

Walmart, Others Amass $45 Billion in Extra Stuff to Sell

Big retailers rushed to build up inventories last year amid soaring consumer demand and transportation bottlenecks — going so far in some cases as to rent their own cargo ships. Now, they’re trying to figure out how to sell all their stuff.

May 31, 2022
Business, Technology, Autonomous, Private, TCA

Walmart Expands Drone Delivery in Six States

Walmart soon will expand its drone delivery program across six states: Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, Texas, Utah and Virginia. Drone hubs will be set up at 34 sites by the end of the year.

Bernadette Berdychowski | Tampa Bay Times
May 25, 2022
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