Michael Rogers, Vice President Communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Gary Thompson, CEO of Powers Distributing. Founded in 1939, Powers Distributing, a beer distributor, has over 250 employees and 45 trucks, managing 85 brands through 30 different supplier relationships.

In 2009 Powers Distributing decided to “go green” by becoming the first beverage wholesaler in the U.S. to purchase 15 hybrid route tractors. In 2010 five more were put into service. This brings their total to 20 hybrid tractors, 10 hybrid cars and seven flex fuel vehicles.