Feature Story

When the Heidelberg wheel is turning, it is a beautiful thing to watch! All departments and all Associates working together to get our great products to market and to keep us our customer’s #1 choice!

After the sales pros place the orders and the warehouse crews pick the product and load the trucks for delivery, Heidelberg and Ohio Valley’s 365 drivers take over and deliver the goods to our retail partners.

September 13-19 is National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. This is our opportunity to celebrate the awesome work our drivers have done over the last year! During this pandemic, truck drivers have never been more vital to our business and to businesses across the country.

“Our drivers are literally the ‘Driving Force’ in our organization. They define perseverance and dedication,” said Jody Myers Director of Operations, North. “They have not waivered in this unusual time as we continue to fight COVID-19. I can’t say enough good things about this unrelenting team. There are so many great stories about team members stepping up and taking extra routes out to help deliver the tremendous case load over the last several months or coming in early to help our night crew get cases picked and loaded so we could get our customers delivered on time. We have an awesome team of delivery drivers and they live the Roar and continue to ‘drive’ Heidelberg to be our customer’s number one choice!”

We appreciate the excellent work of our drivers, who take extra care to transport and deliver product safely. In the last 12 months the numbers that our fleets have put up are nothing short of amazing!

Cases Delivered: 27,921,646
Accounts Visited/Stops: 1,019,864
Miles Driven: 5,201,031

“When the COVID-19 pandemic first began gaining momentum back in March there was a lot of talk about what was ‘essential.’ Whether it was essential businesses, essential personnel, essential PPE, etc.,” said Director of Operations, South; Brian Oakes. “I wanted to make sure I knew the actual definition of ‘essential,’ so I pulled out the Webster’s dictionary and it said, ‘absolutely necessary, extremely important.’ I can’t think of any better way to describe our driver team, not just during a pandemic but every day, every week, every month, every year and every mile they drive. Our drivers are essential to Heidelberg’s continuing success. Without our delivery driver team, we’ve just got a bunch of product sitting in warehouses. I have so much respect for the work each and every one of them do, in the rain, the snow, the heat, and even in a global pandemic. They answer the bell and get the job done!”

Heidelberg and Ohio Valley have some amazing drivers operating our delivery trucks. One of the many things that make our team of drivers special is their commitment to safe driving. Congratulations to all of these outstanding drivers who continue to make our company great every time they get behind the wheel.