Get tailored fleet solutions for food and beverage operations

Each delivery model is uniquely its own and your fleet should be designed to reflect that. We help you build a program tailored to your unique routes, driver needs, and vehicle mix.

Our services include:

  • Fleet acquisition, leasing, and financing options for all vehicle types.

  • Maintenance programs built to reduce downtime.

  • Fuel, toll, and telematics solutions for cost control and visibility.

  • Driver tools to streamline mileage tracking and expense management.

  • Safety and risk mitigation strategies to protect your people and products.

With Element, you get the flexibility and expertise to keep your operations running smoothly.

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Match your delivery model with flexible acquisition strategies

You need the right vehicles, in the right place, at the right time—and getting them shouldn't slow down your operations.

We offer multiple ways to source fleet vehicles based on your timelines, territory, and application:

  • Factory ordering for cost-effective planning and customization.

  • Stock acquisition to fill urgent or unexpected needs.

  • Access to a large national dealer and upfitter network.

  • Strategic vehicle selection and lifecycle analysis.

  • Seamless coordination across OEMs, suppliers, and timelines.

Whether you're scaling up for seasonal demand or optimizing long-term, we help you stay agile and efficient.

Let’s build your fleet strategy
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Client success story

See how one distributor balanced speed and cost with a smarter vehicle acquisition strategy.

Situation

A national food and beverage distributor needed to quickly scale its fleet to meet growing customer demand. However, delays in factory ordering risked disrupting delivery schedules.

Solution

Element helped the client identify a blended acquisition strategy, combining factory orders for long-term needs with in-stock vehicles for immediate gaps. We coordinated vehicle selection, upfitting, and delivery to meet performance and brand standards.

Impact

  • Immediate fleet gaps filled without service disruption.

  • Reduced TCO through factory order planning.

  • Improved delivery coverage and service reliability.

  • Streamlined acquisition with a single point of contact.

FAQs

Food and beverage fleet management involves overseeing the vehicles and services that support product distribution across regions or borders. It includes acquisition, maintenance, compliance, driver support, and cost control. Element helps you manage all aspects of your fleet, whether leased or owned, so you can keep products fresh, teams productive, and operations running efficiently.

We help reduce total cost of ownership by optimizing vehicle selection, financing, and replacement timing. Our proactive maintenance programs, telematics solutions, and expense management tools help control fuel and repair costs while minimizing unplanned downtime. You’ll also gain access to our scale and vendor networks for additional savings.

We address key pain points like regulatory compliance, labor constraints, and uptime demands through a comprehensive fleet management approach. Our services include DOT tracking, safety programs, maintenance coordination, and analytics tools—so you can focus on delivery while we handle the complexity behind the scenes.

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