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Top Beverage Carriers
Current Rank | Company | Tractors |
---|---|---|
1 | PepsiCo North America Beverages |
9,512 |
2 | Reyes Beer Division |
1,680 |
3 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,595 |
4 | Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling |
931 |
5 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
867 |
6 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits |
823 |
7 | Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution |
795 |
8 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. |
758 |
9 | Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast |
644 |
10 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
574 |
11 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages |
504 |
12 | Columbia Distributing |
486 |
13 | Pepsi Bottling Ventures |
336 |
14 | Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
327 |
15 | Buffalo Rock Co. |
289 |
16 | Breakthru Beverage Group |
215 |
17 | Manhattan Beer Distributors |
190 |
18 | BlueTriton Brands |
186 |
19 | JJ Taylor Distributing |
170 |
20 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country |
164 |
21 | Gulf Distributing Holdings |
155 |
22 | Odom Corp. |
154 |
23 | Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. |
150 |
24 | Republic National Distributing Co. |
143 |
25 | Chesterman Co. |
137 |
26 | Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
124 |
27 | Clark Beverage Group |
119 |
28 | Virginia Eagle Distributing |
101 |
29 | North Florida Sales |
94 |
30 | Long Beverage Inc. |
78 |
31 | Anheuser-Busch Sales Pomona (Calif.) |
72 |
32 | Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Hickory |
71 |
33 | Pepsi MidAmerica |
64 |
34 | Pepsi Cola Newburgh Bottling Co. |
60 |
34 | Quality Beverage |
60 |
36 | Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of New York |
52 |
37 | Brown Bottling Group |
47 |
38 | Birrell Bottling Co. |
38 |
39 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Corbin |
33 |
40 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of New Haven |
30 |
40 | Shore Point Distributing Co. |
30 |
42 | Pepsi Cola Bottling of Ogden (Utah) |
27 |
43 | Anheuser-Busch Sales of Washington |
25 |
44 | House of Schwan |
23 |
44 | Western Wyoming Beverages |
23 |
46 | Interactions Inc. |
22 |
47 | Corwin Beverage Co. |
20 |
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