Alpha Baking selects Penske Truck Leasing to maintain truck fleet
Chicago-based Alpha Baking Co. Inc., a national bakery products distributor and home to the iconic S. Rosen’s brand, has selected Penske Truck Leasing to serve as its commercial truck fleet maintenance service provider for its 2013 ROUSH CleanTech Ford E-450 bread delivery trucks operating in the Chicago area. The trucks are fueled by clean-burning, domestically produced, affordable propane autogas.
Alpha Baking is introducing the 22 propane autogas trucks to reduce emissions, while continuing to meet its operational performance needs and factory warranty without a decrease in engine horsepower or torque. The new alternative-fuel vehicles, which will emit about 2 million fewer pounds of carbon dioxide over their lifetime, were officially put into service June 12 during a commemoration ceremony with the Chicago Area Clean Cities Coalition at Alpha Baking’s North Aurora truck depot.