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2024 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America
Up Front

The retail giant’s investments in its private fleet lift it to the top spot on the Top 100 Private Carriers list.

Even with favorable rates available from for-hire carriers, many shippers are expanding their private fleets.

Find out where the Top 100 Private Carriers are headquartered by region; hover over a region to view all companies located there.

Rankings
Current Rank Company Tractors
1
United Natural Foods Inc.
2,212
2
McLane Retail
1,923
3
The Kroger Co.
1,396
4
Ahold Delhaize USA
1,243
5
Albertsons Cos.
1,094
6
Publix Super Markets
938
7
H-E-B Grocery
689
8
SpartanNash
639
9
C&S Wholesale Grocers
406
10
Hy-Vee Inc.
280
11
Meijer Inc.
248
12
Bozzuto's Inc.
229
13
Wegmans Food Markets
220
14
Price Chopper Supermarkets/Tops Markets
110
15
Willow Run Foods
86
16
Grocery Supply
85
16
Smart & Final
85
18
Save Mart Supermarkets
79
18
URM Stores
79
20
Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company
75
21
Schnuck Markets
69
22
Indianapolis Fruit
57
23
Brookshire Brothers
42
24
Eastland Food
22
Extras

Investments in electrification and alternative fuels are helping private fleets reach corporate sustainability targets.

The e-commerce giant has installed more than 17,000 chargers at 120 warehouses in the U.S.

Fleets across numerous industries have spent the past year growing in size and expanding operations.

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Drone developers gain approval to operate in shared airspace for package deliveries in the Dallas area.

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Private Carrier News
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
Business, Private, Top 100

Kroger Ups Full-Year Sales Forecast on Grocery Spending

Kroger Co. lifted its full-year sales guidance as the grocery-store operator benefits from consumers prioritizing spending on groceries and other essentials.

Jaewon Kang | Bloomberg News
September 12, 2024
Business, Private, Top 100

Private Fleets Ship Record 75% of Owners’ Outbound Freight

Prior to the past two years, the in-house market share had remained steady at the 67% level throughout the survey’s history, NPTC said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 5, 2024
Government, Business, Private

Kroger, Albertsons CEOs in Court to Defend Merger

PORTLAND, Ore. — The CEOs of Kroger and Albertsons were set to testify in federal court Sept. 4, midway through a three-week hearing in which the grocery chains have defended their proposed merger.

Claire Rush and Dee-Ann Durbin | Associated Press
September 4, 2024
Business, Private

Tyson Foods Names Calaway CFO, Replacing Heir

Tyson Foods said Curt Calaway has been named chief financial officer, replacing company heir John R. Tyson.

Gerson Freitas Jr. | Bloomberg News
August 29, 2024
Government, Business, Private

Kroger-Albertsons Deal Heads to Court With Food Price Focus

Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. are finally getting their day in court. Nearly two years after the acquisition was announced, the grocery giants on Aug. 26 started a federal court hearing in Portland, Ore., on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s bid to block the $24.6 billion deal.

Leah Nylen and Jaewon Kang | Bloomberg News
August 26, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Fuel, Private

Halliburton Warning Oil Clients After Cybersecurity Attack

Halliburton, the world’s biggest provider of fracking services, said it is alerting customers and other stakeholders after an unauthorized third party gained access to some of its systems.

August 23, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Private

Albertsons Sued for Allegedly Copying Startup’s Software

Albertsons Cos. was sued by an e-commerce software maker that claims the grocery chain conducted trials with its product for three years only to steal its trade secrets to build its own system.

Spencer Soper | Bloomberg News
August 19, 2024
Government, Business, Private

Kroger Plans Minimum 7-Tranche Bond Sale for Albertsons Deal

Kroger is poised to sell investment-grade bonds in at least seven parts to help fund its proposed acquisition of Albertsons as antitrust scrutiny continues to hang over the plan.

Emma Sanchez | Bloomberg News
August 19, 2024
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