Knoxville Book of Lists

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Knoxville-Area Distribution Centers Ranked According to Number of Employees

Rank '13	'12	Company	Phone Website County	Local employees Facility sq. ft.	Industries served	Parent company	Top local executive Year founded
1	1	United Parcel Service (UPS) 500 Callahan Drive Knoxville, TN 37912	865-219-6613 ups.com Knox	1,450 NA	All	NA Atlanta, Ga.	Scott Nicley Tim Long Division manager HR Director 1967
2	2	Koch Foods1 123 S. Fairmont Ave. Morristown, TN 37815	423-586-5722 kochfoods.com Hamblen	1,087 NA	Poultry processing	NA Park Ridge, Ill.	Joe Grendys Owner NA
3	3	Green Mountain Coffee Roasters 3109 Water Plant Road Knoxville, TN 37914	865-824-4600 gmcr.com Knox	950 355,000	Food and beverage	NA Waterbury, Vt.	Mike Brennan Director of operations 1981
4	NR	FedEx (Express, Freight and Ground)2 3610 Hacks Cross Road Memphis, TN 38125	865-546-0294 fedex.com Knox	745 NA	All	FedEx Corp. Memphis, Tenn.	NA NA 1998
5	4	Monterey Mushrooms 19748 Highway 72 North Loudon, TN 37774	865-458-4611 montereymushrooms.com Loudon	585 350,000	Retail, food service	NA Watsonville, Calif.	Dirk Cox General manager 1977
6	5	Coca-Cola Bottling Co.3 807 N. 21st St. Knoxville, TN 37921	865-546-6020 cokecce.com Knox	540 NA	Beverage	Coca-Cola Enterprises Atlanta, Ga.	John Jiga Vice president, sales operations 1902
7	6	CVS/Pharmacy Distribution Center 10008 Parkside Drive 4 Knoxville, TN 37922	865-670-1758 cvs.com Knox	500 442,0005	Retail pharmacy	CVS Caremark Woonsocket, R.I.	David Cole Manager 19676
8	7	Melaleuca 5301 N. National Drive Knoxville, TN 37914	865-523-6600 melaleuca.com Knox	392 397,0007	Personal care, household cleaning, wellness products	NA Idaho Falls, Idaho	Teri Williams Vice president, East Coast operations 1985
9	8	American Book Co. 403 E. Old Andrew Johnson Highway Jefferson City, TN 37760	865-262-0204 americanbookco.com Jefferson	375 900,000	Distributor of closeout, remainder and bargain-priced books to bookstores, supermarkets, drug and dollar stores, book fairs, colleges	NA Knoxville	Patrick O'Connor President 1997
10	10	Pepsi Beverages Co.8 3501 Middlebrook Pike 9 Knoxville, TN 37921	865-523-9145 pepsico.com Knox	356 NA	Beverage	PepsiCo Purchase, NY	David Rookstool Regional sales director NA
11	11	International Muffler Co.10 2400 Maremont Parkway Loudon, TN 37774	865-458-4681 imcoweb.com Loudon	350 600,00011	Aftermarket exhaust systems	NA NA	Jim Kozar VP, general manager 1968
12	15	House-Hasson Hardware Co. 3125 Water Plant Road Knoxville, TN 37914	865-525-0471 househasson.com Knox	260 390,000	Hardware distribution	NA NA	Don Hasson President 1906
13	12	The H.T. Hackney Co.12 2500 Buttermilk Road W. Lenoir City, TN 37771	865-717-6800 hthackney.com Roane	246 350,000	Grocery stores, convenience stores, food service	NA Knoxville	William B. Sansom Chairman 1891
14	14	Sysco Knoxville 900 Tennessee Ave. Knoxville, TN 37921	865-545-5600 syscoknoxville.com Knox	226 353,000	Food service	NA Houston, Texas	Lisa Healy President 2008
15	NR	Reinhart FoodService 4721 Singleton Station Road Lousiville, TN 37777	865-970-7800 rfsdelivers.com Blount	220 180,000	Restaurant	Reyes Holdings Rosemont, Ill.	Keith Bowen Division president 1946
16	18T	Alba Health13 425 N. Gateway Ave. Rockwood, TN 37854	865-354-0410 encompassgroup.net Roane	163 NA	Health care products	Encompass Group McDonough, Ga.	Bill Ott Steve Anderson President Plant manager 1902
17	18T	Cherokee Distributing Co. 200 Miller Main Circle Knoxville, TN 37919	865-588-7641 cherokeedistributing.com Knox	150 120,000	Malt beverage distribution	NA NA	George B. Sampson President 1958
17	NR	Performance Foodservice14 5262 Air Park Blvd. Morristown, TN 37813	423-318-8700 pfghale.com Hamblen	150 110,000	Restaurants, schools, healthcare, catering, churches, food manufacturers, social services, away-from-home dining venues	Performance Food Group Richmond, Va.	Ron Melcher President 1925
17	17	Wallace Hardware Co. 5050 S. Davy Crockett Parkway Morristown, TN 37813	423-586-5650 wallacehardware.com Hamblen	15015 300,000	Retail hardware stores, lumber yards	NA NA	Doyle Wallace President, CEO 1922

1 Source declined to participate. Information from Morristown Industrial Guide; 2 Multiple locations in greater Knoxville area. Address listed is FedEx Express world headquarters; 3 Source declined to participate. Information from 2012 survey; 4 Also 3400 Huntington Park, Loudon ; 5 267,000 Knoxville, 175,000 Loudon; 6 Knoxville; 2003 Loudon; 7 2 plants; 8 Includes Pepsi's bottling and production facilities in Knoxville. Source declined to participate. Information from 2012 survey; 9 Also 2708 Federal Road, Knoxville, 37914; phone: 865-521-3072 ; 10 Source declined to participate. Information from corporate website; 11 300,000 distribution speace; 300,000 manufacturing facility; 12 Source declined to participate. Information from Roane County Industrial Guide; 13 Source declined to participate. Information from Roane Industrial Guide; 14 Hale Division; 15 170 companywide
Source: Individual company representatives, Web sites. NA=not available or not applicable. Knoxville-area includes Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier and Union counties. If you notice an error or omission, please contact Angela Akers at 865-342-6424 or lists@knoxvillebiz.com.