2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest Private Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
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Rankings
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1
Pepsi Americas Beverages
8,224
2
Coca-Cola Refreshments
5,664
3
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
2,293
4
Femsa Logistica
1,920
5
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United
806
6
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
802
7
Swire Coca-Cola USA
496
8
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
468
9
Anheuser-Busch Cos.
452
10
Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution
385
11
Silver Eagle Distributors
358
12
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
309
13
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida
292
14
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Northern New England
219
15
Nestle Waters North America
139
16
Odom Corp.
98
17
Upstate Niagara Cooperative
91
18
Pepsi MidAmerica
88
19
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country
85
20
Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
75
21
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of New York
69
22
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Central Virginia
57
22
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Hickory, N.C.
57
24
Brown Bottling Group
47
25
Long Beverage
40
26
Clark Beverage Group
37
27
Anheuser-Busch Distribution of New York
33
28
Anheuser-Busch Sales of Washington
29
29
Anheuser-Busch Sales of Hawaii
24
30
House of Schwan
23
31
Chesterman Co.
20
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Private Carrier News
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

Amazon Sees Strong Q1 Results Driven by Cloud-Computing Unit

NEW YORK — Amazon reported strong results for the first quarter, driven by growth in its cloud-computing unit and a new surge of advertising dollars from its Prime Video streaming service.

Haleluya Hadero | Associated Press
April 30, 2024
Business, Private

ADM Shares Fall as CEO Cites Transition From Boom Years

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.’s shares slumped as the agribusiness giant warned of pressured margins for the remainder of the year, even as quarterly earnings beat estimates.

Gerson Freitas Jr. | Bloomberg News
April 30, 2024
Business, Technology, Fuel, Private

Air Products Plans Alberta Hydrogen Truck Refueling Network

Air Products plans to build a network of hydrogen refueling stations between Edmonton and Calgary in Alberta for trucks, the industrial gas giant said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
April 30, 2024
Business, Private

PepsiCo Beats Q1 Revenue Forecasts

PepsiCo reported better-than-expected revenue in the first quarter on strong international demand for its snacks and beverages.

Dee-Ann Durbin | Associated Press
April 23, 2024
Government, Business, Private

Kroger, Albertsons Agree to Divest More Stores

Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. agreed to divest more stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers, seeking to make their planned $24.6 billion merger more appealing to antitrust authorities.

John J. Edwards III | Bloomberg News
April 22, 2024
Business, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

Amazon Prime Memberships in US Gain 8% to New High

Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime subscription service hit a new high of 180 million U.S. shoppers in March, up 8% from a year earlier, according to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners.

Spencer Soper | Bloomberg News
April 16, 2024
Business, Private, Global Freight

Amazon Eyes Record High

Wall Street investors are finally doing what analysts have been recommending all along: buying Amazon.com Inc.

Subrat Patnaik | Bloomberg News
April 8, 2024
Business, Logistics, Private, TCA

Inside an Amazon Last-Mile Delivery Station

Take a look inside one of Amazon's newest delivery stations, where 40,000 to 50,000 packages a day are sorted and handed off to drivers to take them to their final destination. 

Angela Palermo | The Idaho Statesman
April 3, 2024
Government, Business, Private

Lawmakers Urge FTC to Take Action on Grocery Profits

A group of lawmakers wants the FTC to take action against large retailers, such as Amazon and Walmart, that increased profits during the COVID-19 pandemic and have kept prices high since.

Leah Nylen | Bloomberg News
March 28, 2024
Business, Private

Kroger Closing Three E-Commerce Facilities in Texas, Florida

NEW YORK — Kroger is shuttering three spoke facilities in its Texas and Florida e-commerce operations, the grocery chain confirmed this week.

March 28, 2024