COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (May 6, 2011) — In the wake of recent tornado disasters across the South, the associates of Averitt Express recently made a $20,000 donation to the American Red Cross National Disaster Relief Fund.

The Red Cross is currently using the funds to provide food and shelter to people who were forced to flee their homes due to the weather-related disasters.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (May 4, 2011) — Handy Hardware, a cooperative of independent hardware supply retailers headquartered in Houston, Texas, has selected Averitt Express to provide dedicated contract carriage services.

Under the terms of the contract, Averitt is now providing Handy Hardware with dedicated local and over-the-road transportation of hardware products to retail stores located throughout a five-state region from one of Handy Hardware’s distribution centers located in Houston.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 11, 2011) — Averitt Express continues to expand the flatbed operation it launched in early 2009.

At that time, Averitt’s flatbed presence existed only in eight key markets, including Birmingham, Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville, Ky.; and Nashville, Tenn. During the past 22 months, however, growing customer demand has spurred the transportation and supply chain management provider to quickly double its flatbed presence, resulting in a current total of 16 markets. Some of Averitt’s newest flatbed markets include Decatur, Ala.; Bowling Green and Lexington, Ky.; Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn.; and Tupelo, Miss. Averitt also provides dedicated flatbed service to one of its customers in Indianapolis, Ind., and Columbus and Springfield, Ohio.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 15, 2010) — Averitt Express announced the winners of its recent “F-150 4x4 Fuel Duel” challenge at a surprise ceremony held at its Greensboro, N.C., service center.

Driver Marty Robbins was randomly selected as the winner of the grand prize, a 2010 Ford F-150 4x4 pickup truck, from a pool of hundreds of eligible associates. In addition, 20 other Averitt associates each won a $500 fuel card after their names were selected from a random drawing.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 7, 2010) — It was a clean sweep for Averitt Express, as all six Tennessee Trucking Foundation Scholarships for the 2010-2011 school year were awarded to the transportation provider’s associates or family members.

Each year, the Tennessee Trucking Foundation, the charitable arm of the Tennessee Trucking Association, awards six scholarships to children, spouses or employees of TTA member organizations. This is the first time in the program’s seven-year history that all six scholarships have been awarded to Averitt associates or members of their families.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 27, 2010) — Averitt Express, one of the nation’s leading freight transportation and supply chain management providers, announced it has added online invoices to its robust suite of tools available at AverittExpress.com.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 3, 2010) — Averitt Express, a leading provider of freight transportation and supply chain management, was recently recognized as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s Employee Giving Partner of the Year during the presentation of the ALSAC/St. Jude Volunteer Appreciation Awards at a ceremony held on June 25 in Memphis, Tenn.

The award was presented to Averitt in recognition of its associates' support of St. Jude throughout the past twenty years.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (July 16, 2010) — Averitt Express was recently selected as a ‘Green 50 Supply Chain Partner’ by Inbound Logistics magazine. Each year, the magazine publishes a list of those supply chain partners which it determines exhibit excellence in supply chain sustainability.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (June 16, 2010) — Averitt Express was recently honored with two different awards from Dollar General: ‘LTL Carrier of the Year 2009’ and ‘Carrier Partner of the Year 2009.’ The awards were presented to Averitt at Dollar General’s headquarters in Goodlettsville, Tenn.