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Walmart Awards Transportation Carrier of the Year Honors
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Feb. 25, 2014— Walmart Transportation is honoring more than a dozen trucking and
transportation partners as Carriers of the Year. Each year, the retailer names the best of the best out of more
than 400 third party carriers servicing the company. Additionally, Walmart recognizes an individual as
Transportation Carrier Representative of the year.
“When Walmart chooses a carrier partnership, we look for companies who provide outstanding service,
effective communication, and for a company that will exemplify Walmart’s mission to ‘Save people money so
they can live better,’” says Kevin X. Jones, Vice President of Walmart Inbound Transportation. “Walmart is
fortunate to have worked with many companies that have accomplished this task.”
Walmart awards the designation each year to companies who provide support to the retailer’s Walmart Stores,
Sam’s Club’s and distribution facilities located throughout the continental United States.
The Walmart Carriers of the Year, for services provided during 2013:
Small Parcel
FedEx Corporation
LTL Regional
Averitt Express
LTL National
SAIA
Grocery Dedicated
Swift Transportation
Intermodal
Hub Group
Diversity
Go To Transport, Inc.
Temperature Control Gold
Decker Truck Line, Inc.
Temperature Control Platinum
Prime, Inc.
Sams Club Carrier of the Year
Legacy Supply Chain Services
General Merchandise Gold
Tango Transport
General Merchandise Platinum
Celadon
General Merchandise Diamond
Heartland Express
Innovation
United States Postal Service
Carrier Representative of the Year
Charlie Crawford, UPS
* Gold and platinum designations are relative to fleet size, smallest to largest, respectively.
** “LTL” refers to “Less than Truckload,” or smaller load sizes
About Walmart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world save money and live better – anytime and anywhere –
in retail stores, online, and through their mobile devices. Each week, more than 200 million customers and members visit
our 10,300 stores under 69 banners in 27 countries and e-commerce websites in 10 countries. With fiscal year 2012 sales
of approximately $444 billion, Walmart employs more than 2 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues to be a
leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity. Additional information about Walmart can be
found by visiting http://corporate.walmart.com, on Facebook at http://facebook.com/walmart and on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/walmartnewsroom. Online merchandise sales are available at http://www.walmart.com and
http://www.samsclub.com.
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