The carriers on the TT100 list have kept busy despite a softer freight environment
Private carriers are placing increasing focus on asset utilization, costs and service
Find out where the Top 100 Private carriers are located by region
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Top Beverage Carriers
Current Rank | Company | Tractors |
---|---|---|
1 | PepsiCo North America Beverages |
10,567 |
2 | Reyes Beverage Group |
1,945 |
3 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,747 |
4 | Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling |
931 |
5 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
881 |
6 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits |
851 |
7 | Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution |
795 |
8 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
773 |
9 | Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast |
644 |
10 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. |
522 |
11 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages |
504 |
12 | Columbia Distributing |
432 |
13 | Pepsi Bottling Ventures |
336 |
14 | Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
327 |
15 | Buffalo Rock Co. |
289 |
16 | Breakthru Beverage Group |
249 |
17 | Admiral Beverage |
221 |
17 | Republic National Distributing Co. |
221 |
19 | JJ Taylor Distributing |
217 |
20 | Manhattan Beer Distributors |
190 |
21 | Chesterman Co. |
179 |
22 | C.C. Clark |
177 |
23 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country |
166 |
24 | Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. |
158 |
25 | Odom Corp. |
154 |
26 | BlueTriton Brands |
142 |
27 | Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
125 |
27 | Gulf Distributing Holdings |
125 |
29 | Virginia Eagle Distributing |
101 |
30 | North Florida Sales |
94 |
31 | Long Beverage |
78 |
32 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Hickory |
71 |
33 | Anheuser-Busch Sales Pomona (Calif.) |
65 |
33 | Pepsi MidAmerica |
65 |
35 | Pepsi Cola Newburgh Bottling Co. |
60 |
35 | Quality Beverage |
60 |
37 | Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of New York |
52 |
38 | Shore Point Distributing Co. |
50 |
39 | Brown Bottling Group |
47 |
40 | Birrell Bottling Co. |
40 |
41 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Corbin |
33 |
42 | Anheuser-Busch Sales of Washington |
25 |
43 | House of Schwan |
23 |
44 | Interactions Inc. |
22 |
45 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Lincoln |
21 |
45 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Mansfield |
21 |
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