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
McLane Grocery
1,905
2
Albertsons
1,420
3
United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI)
1,355
4
Ahold Delhaize Group
1,052
5
Kroger Co.
867
6
Publix Super Markets
625
7
H-E-B Grocery Co.
530
8
SpartanNash
525
9
C & S Wholesale Grocers
490
10
Bozzuto's Inc.
251
11
Unified Grocers
245
12
Meijer Inc.
240
13
Hy-Vee Inc.
237
14
Wegmans Food Markets
174
15
Save Mart Supermarkets
115
16
Willow Run Foods
88
17
Smart & Final
81
18
Schnuck Markets
69
19
Golub Corp./Price Chopper
68
20
U R M Stores
60
21
The Grocery Supply Co.
55
22
Tops Friendly Markets
50
23
Brookshire Brothers
45
24
Amazon/Whole Foods
24
25
Eastland Food Corp.
16
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Private Carrier News
Business, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

Online Holiday Spending Projected to Rise 8.4%

Steep discounts and easing inflation will compel U.S. shoppers to spend $240.8 billion online in November and December, up 8.4% from last year’s holidays and the biggest increase since 2021.

Spencer Soper | Bloomberg News
September 25, 2024
Business, Technology, Private

PepsiCo Expands EV Fleet to Boost Cost Savings

HANOVER, Germany — Electrification within the PepsiCo fleet is creating cost savings, and the company has plans to scale electric trucks across North America. 

Mindy Long | Special to Transport Topics
September 20, 2024
Business, Safety, For-Hire, Private, Top 100

ATA Honors Professional Drivers During Weeklong Celebration

Top commercial drivers highlighted the trucking workforce’s role in promoting transportation safety and economic prosperity nationwide at an event near the U.S. Capitol.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
September 20, 2024
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

Amazon Launches AI Assistant to Help Online Merchants

Amazon.com Inc. is launching an artificially intelligent assistant designed to help online merchants manage their businesses.

Matt Day | Bloomberg News
September 19, 2024
Business, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

Amazon Boosts Warehouse Worker Pay by at Least $1.50 an Hour

Amazon.com Inc. is raising the pay of its hourly warehouse workers by at least $1.50 an hour and tacking on Prime memberships to their benefits package.

Matt Day | Bloomberg News
September 18, 2024
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

Intel to Make Custom AI Chip for Amazon, Delay German Plant

Intel and Amazon’s AWS will co-invest in a custom semiconductor for artificial intelligence computing — what’s known as a fabric chip — in a “multiyear, multibillion-dollar framework.” 

Ian King | Bloomberg News
September 17, 2024
Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

PepsiCo, Maersk, Others Team Up on Electric Truck Pilot

A high-powered coalition is spearheading efforts to electrify the Interstate 10 trucking corridor.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 17, 2024
Government, Business, Private, Top 100

Washington State Moves to Block Albertsons-Kroger Deal

Albertsons and Kroger insist a merger would help them lower prices and better compete with big rivals such as Walmart, Costco and Amazon.

Dee-Ann Durbin | Associated Press
September 16, 2024
Business, Logistics, Private

Amazon Contract Drivers Organize With Teamsters in New York

Hundreds of Amazon contract-delivery drivers at a New York City warehouse are organizing with the Teamsters, demanding that the company bargain with them over wages and working conditions.

Matt Day | Bloomberg News
September 16, 2024
Business, Technology, Private

Jimmy Haslam Backs Initiative to Cut Heavy Industry Emissions

Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam’s family office HF Capital has committed $725 million to help launch an initiative aimed at decarbonizing heavy industry, it announced Sept. 16.

Michelle Ma | Bloomberg News
September 16, 2024