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Top Beverage Carriers
| Current Rank | Company | Tractors |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PepsiCo North America Beverages |
9,308 |
| 2 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,595 |
| 3 | Reyes Beer Division |
1,270 |
| 4 | Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling |
931 |
| 5 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
853 |
| 6 | Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution |
795 |
| 7 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. |
759 |
| 8 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits |
721 |
| 9 | Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast |
644 |
| 10 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
574 |
| 11 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages |
553 |
| 12 | Columbia Distributing |
478 |
| 13 | Pepsi Bottling Ventures |
336 |
| 14 | Buffalo Rock Co. |
287 |
| 14 | Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
287 |
| 16 | Breakthru Beverage Group |
213 |
| 17 | JJ Taylor Distributing |
205 |
| 18 | BlueTriton Brands |
186 |
| 19 | Gulf Distributing Holdings |
168 |
| 20 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country |
159 |
| 21 | Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. |
150 |
| 22 | Republic National Distributing Co. |
142 |
| 23 | Odom Corp. |
141 |
| 24 | Manhattan Beer Distributors |
139 |
| 25 | Chesterman Co. |
137 |
| 26 | Clark Beverage Group |
126 |
| 27 | Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
124 |
| 28 | Virginia Eagle Distributing |
100 |
| 29 | North Florida Sales |
89 |
| 30 | Long Beverage Inc. |
78 |
| 31 | Anheuser-Busch Sales of 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 |
48 |
| 38 | Western Wyoming Beverages |
47 |
| 39 | Birrell Bottling Co. |
37 |
| 40 | Anheuser-Busch Sales of Hawaii |
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 |
| 43 | Shore Point Distributing Co. |
30 |
| 45 | Lane Sales |
27 |
| 45 | Larsen Beverage Inc. |
27 |
| 47 | Corwin Beverage Co. |
26 |
| 48 | Anheuser-Busch Sales of Washington |
25 |
| 49 | House of Schwan |
23 |
| 50 | Interactions Inc. |
22 |
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