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Top Beverage Carriers
| Current Rank | Company | Tractors |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pepsi Beverages |
9,100 |
| 2 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,437 |
| 3 | Solistica |
1,102 |
| 4 | Reyes Beverage Group |
1,018 |
| 5 | Reyes Coca Cola Bottling |
931 |
| 6 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
838 |
| 7 | Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution |
795 |
| 8 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits |
719 |
| 9 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. |
687 |
| 10 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Northern New England |
677 |
| 11 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages |
611 |
| 12 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
598 |
| 13 | Columbia Distributing |
450 |
| 14 | Pepsi Bottling Ventures |
397 |
| 15 | Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
285 |
| 16 | Nestle Waters North America |
182 |
| 17 | Breakthru Beverage Group |
179 |
| 18 | JJ Taylor Distributing |
170 |
| 19 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country |
155 |
| 20 | Odom Corp. |
152 |
| 21 | Ozarks Coca-Cola Dr Pepper Bottling Co. |
150 |
| 22 | Chesterman Co. |
135 |
| 23 | Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
118 |
| 24 | Virginia Eagle Distributing |
106 |
| 25 | Upstate Niagara Cooperative |
90 |
| 26 | North Florida Sales |
88 |
| 27 | Clark Beverage Group |
87 |
| 28 | Republic National Distributing Co. |
85 |
| 29 | Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
75 |
| 30 | Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Hickory, N.C. |
71 |
| 31 | Gulf Distributing |
67 |
| 32 | Pepsi MidAmerica |
61 |
| 33 | Pepsi Cola Newburgh Bottling Co. |
60 |
| 34 | Canada Dry Potomac Corp. |
53 |
| 36 | Brown Bottling Group |
46 |
| 37 | Anheuser-Busch Sales of Washington |
45 |
| 37 | Long Beverage |
45 |
| 39 | Quality Beverage |
40 |
| 40 | Birrell Brothers Co. |
34 |
| 41 | Anheuser-Busch Distribution of New York |
33 |
| 41 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Corbin |
33 |
| 43 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of New Haven |
30 |
| 44 | Shore Point Distributing |
28 |
| 45 | DBI Beverage Napa |
27 |
| 45 | Lane Sales |
27 |
| 47 | Corwin Beverage Co. |
25 |
| 48 | Anheuser-Busch Sales of Hawaii |
23 |
| 48 | House of Schwan |
23 |
| 48 | Western Wyoming Beverages |
23 |
| 51 | Allen Beverages |
22 |
| 51 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. (Virginia) |
22 |
| 53 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Mansfield |
21 |
| 54 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Rochester |
19 |
| 55 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Lincoln |
17 |
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The state alleged JBS misled the public about reducing the impact of its operations on the environment. JBS said the settlement “does not reflect an admission of wrongdoing.”
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