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The Evolution of Schwan’s Home Delivery Propane Autogas Trucks
Schwan’s Home Delivery operates more than 3,000 delivery trucks, with 78% of them powered by propane.
By Todd Mouw - February 16, 2022
To hear David Mann put it, Schwan’s Home Delivery was green before it was fashionable to be green – all due to its commitment to propane autogas.
Mann, Schwan’s Home Delivery’s senior director of fleet operations, says the frozen grocery delivery company has been using propane autogas delivery trucks since the 1970s. Back then, during the first U.S. energy crisis, company founder Marvin Schwan came to his fleet team and told it to find an alternative to gas and diesel.
That alternative was propane, and today, the company operates in excess of 3,000 delivery trucks, with 76% powered by propane.
“We have 304 locations nationwide, and they’ll use anywhere from eight to 20 trucks,” Mann says. “A couple depots don’t have propane currently, but we are committed to buying more propane vehicles.”
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