ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS INC

DOT# 90053 MC# 319061 DUNS# 6943062 Kansas City, KS Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(913) 288-1000 slenson@awginc.com 5000 Kansas Avenue, Kansas City KS 66106
252 tractors · all owned 1,422 drivers 16.7M mi/yr · ~66k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 54.9 / 100
High confidence
52 yrs history · 230 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
252
Drivers · CDL
1,422 · 1,422
Annual miles
16.7M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 252 0 0 252
Trailers 1136 0 0 1136

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (09-04-2009) · 17 yr old
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-22-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
DAVID CARL
Officer
ROBERT HENRY SR VP, CHIEF ADMIN OFFICER

Cargo

62.7
medium risk
Household Goods Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce Beverages Other: CHARCOAL Paper Products
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Household Goods, 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 about the same as similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 200–499 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

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Expected crashes, next 12 months
7.5 vs 7.5 for similar fleets
Likely 3–13 crashes
This motor carrier
7.5
Similar fleets
7.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~19%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 17 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 8.5 a year), including 7 with injuries; similar fleets have about 7.5 a year. The grade counts 24 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Violations 0.24×, out-of-service orders 0.37× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.56× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -23%.

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.

  • Injury crashes
    7 crashes with 8 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 16 of 58 violations (28%). Brake or light defects led to 11 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 13.5% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.4% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 83% of inspections found no violations.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 3
  • High speeding: 5

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
17
0 fatalities · 8 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
230
83% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
13.5%
12 of 89
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.4%
1 of 230
National avg 6.7%
Violations
58
15 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 27 inspections, 0 out of service 27 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 24 inspections, 2 out of service 24 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 42 inspections, 1 out of service 42 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 32 inspections, 3 out of service 32 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 26 inspections, 2 out of service 26 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 19 inspections, 2 out of service 19 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 33 inspections, 0 out of service 33 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 23 inspections, 2 out of service 23 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 4 inspections.
vs 1,008 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.036 0.022
Inspections 0.72 0.74
Violations 0.12 0.32
Critical violations 0.02 0.07

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 200–499 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

58 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    37 · 14 OOS
    Brakes 16 · Lights 11 · Tires 2 · Cargo securement 1 · Wheels & hubs 1 · 6 more
  • Hours of service No alert
    11 · 1 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 6 · Over hours limit 4 · No log 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    10 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 5 · Reckless / lane 3 · Other 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • 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
  • May
    25
    2026
    Missouri
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Mar
    14
    2026
    Kansas
    Injury · 2 people hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Dec
    5
    2025
    Missouri
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Nov
    24
    2025
    Nebraska
    Property damage only
    Wet road, dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Sep
    24
    2025
    Iowa
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Sep
    17
    2025
    Nebraska
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Wet road, dark - not lighted, rain, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Aug
    15
    2025
    Nebraska
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Aug
    4
    2025
    Missouri
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

9 more in the FMCSA records below.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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$2,000,000 · ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Aug 19, 2008 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Oct 2004
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 Aug 13, 2008)

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
  • Missouri 77
  • Nebraska 59
  • Kansas (HQ) 37
  • South Dakota 29
  • Iowa 8
  • Oklahoma 7
  • Arkansas 6
  • Illinois 3

16% of inspections were in its home state.