Greatwide Dedicated Transport Courts Owner Operators Through Music of Country Super-Star Travis Tritt

July 10, 2006

Greatwide Dedicated Transport – a division of Dallas-based Greatwide Logistics Services, a provider of non-asset-based transportation, 3PL, warehouse/distribution and truckload brokerage services – garnered applause of its own at the Warren County Fair Grounds in Front Royal, VA on Sunday, July 9th as the sponsor of a Travis Tritt concert/recruitment drive for its Front Royal facility.  The company is recruiting 300 new drivers and Greatwide was on hand to accept and process applications with approved drivers on site.  The company also wanted to recognize the 140 owner operators and fleet drivers currently leased to the facility.

The event proved to be a huge recruiting success for the company with drivers filling out applications on the spot.  As part of its recruitment promotion, Greatwide hosted a large hospitality tent featuring free drinks and BBQ for Front Royal contractors, family members and applicants.  Current Greatwide contractors who referred an applicant received free concert tickets, as did those drivers who completed an application.  As a result, some 300 of the 3,000 concert goers were guests of Greatwide Dedicated Transport.

Throughout the night Mr. Tritt had the crowd on its feet as he belted out some of his greatest hits, including “Here’s A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)” and “I’m Gonna be Somebody.”

Greatwide Dedicated Transport also used the concert to further publicize and promote its ongoing initiative to re-brand the company under the Greatwide Logistics Services corporate umbrella.  As part of this effort, the company posted numerous signs and banners around the fairgrounds and many concert attendees could be seen wearing Greatwide/Travis Tritt t-shirts specially created for the event.  

Formerly Brisk Transportation, Greatwide Dedicated Transport provides transportation services to Front Royal’s Baugh Northeast, with planned dedicated operations to exceed 4,000 dispatches and 2.3 million miles per month to the Northeast operating area.

“Many folks don’t know that Greatwide Dedicated Transport – one of the best trucking companies in the country – is located right here in Front Royal,” said Bob Peters, of Greatwide Dedicated Transport.  “We sponsored this concert not only to show our owner operators how much we appreciate them, but also to let the local community know that we’re growing and need its support to attract more drivers. Greatwide offers competitive pay, weekly settlements, flexible work schedules, and a firm commitment to helping our team members improve the community in which they live and operate.”

Interested applicants can contact Greatwide at 877.242.6457.

About Greatwide Logistics Services
Formed in 2000, Greatwide Logistics Services is a privately held $1+ billion third party logistics services company based in Dallas, Texas.  Greatwide is ranked #25 on the Transport Topics 100 and is one of the fastest growing companies in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.  The company has four primary lines of business:  Greatwide Dedicated Transport, Greatwide Truckload Management, Greatwide Truckload Brokerage and Greatwide Distribution Logistics.   With clients that include Wal-Mart, Target, IBM, Sysco, UPS, Dow, Ford Motor, GM and General Tire, Greatwide is one of the nation’s leading non-asset-based logistics providers of transportation, third-party logistics, warehouse/distribution and truckload brokerage solutions. For more information, visit www.greatwide.com.