TRIPIFOODS INC

DOT# 16653 MC# 220985 DUNS# 9831280 Buffalo, NY Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire
(716) 853-7400 tbow@tripifoods.com 1427 William St, Buffalo NY 14206-1807
33 power units · all owned 26 drivers 859k mi/yr · ~26k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 68.6 / 100
Low confidence
52 yrs history · 20 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
33
Drivers · CDL
26 · 26
Annual miles
859k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 5 0 0 5
Tractors 28 0 0 28
Trailers 39 0 0 39

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Conditional (04-17-2022)historical — superseded by active authority (reviewed 4 yr ago)
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-13-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
J. ANTHONY BOW

Cargo

57.8
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Beverages Other: FOOD PRODUCTS Dry Bulk Paper Products
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 20–49 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.83×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.6 vs 0.7 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.6
Similar fleets
0.7
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.7 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 3.88× and violations 1.80× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +22%.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    40.0% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (4 of 10), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 1.04× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Historical FMCSA safety rating
    FMCSA once rated this motor carrier Conditional or Unsatisfactory, but the rating is stale or superseded — the motor carrier still holds active operating authority (a current Unsatisfactory would have it revoked), so it does not reflect current standing. Shown for context, not as a current finding.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
20
35% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
40.0%
4 of 10
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 20
National avg 6.7%
Violations
45
5 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 11,996 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.027
Inspections 0.55 1.02
Violations 0.68 0.71
Critical violations 0.11 0.14

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

45 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    29 · 5 OOS
    Brakes 12 · Lights 11 · Steering & suspension 1 · Tires 1 · Wheels & hubs 1 · 3 more
  • Hours of service No alert
    14 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 7 · No log 3 · Over hours limit 3 · False log 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$750,000 · UTICA NATIONAL ASSURANCE COMPANY
on record since May 15, 2021 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 2012
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jun 27, 2013)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • New York (HQ) 15
  • Pennsylvania 5

75% of inspections were in its home state.