Fleet Propane Event

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• Fleet Propane Event
• April 4, 2007

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Introduction

• Schwans Home Service Fleet Operations
• Maintenance Operations
• Fleet Services
• Field Maintenance
• Fleet Acquisitions

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The Schwan Food Co.

• Schwans Home Service, Inc.
• Subsidiary of The Schwan Food Co.
• Door to Door frozen food sales.
• Inca Gold Refrigerated Trucks

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Schwans Beginnings

• Marvin Schwan Founding Father
• First Ride (March 18,1952)
• Fourteen Gallons of Ice Cream
• Delivered to Rural Families in Southwestern
  Minnesota
• Birth of Schwans Home Service

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Fleet Facts

• Inca Gold Fleet Today
• More than 6000 Medium Duty Delivery Vehicles
• Operate in All 48 Contiguous States
• Greater than 90 Run on Propane
• Consume Over 37 Million Gallons of Propane per
  year

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Why Propane?

• 30 Years Experience/Propane
• Started Converting in Late 70s in Response to
  Gasoline Shortages/Price
• Sustainability Decision
• First Trucks in NW Ohio (Napoleon)
• Field Conversions
• Current Conversion Practices

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Advantages

• Alternate Fueled Fleet
• Total Life Cycle Costs are Lower than
  Diesel/Gasoline
• LEV Certified
• Centralized Fueling
• Energy Cost Management (Bulk Fuel)
• Low Maintenance
• Safety

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Disadvantages

• Alternate Fueled Fleet
• Education/Training (Service Providers, Fueling,
  Safe Handling, Etc.)
• Decentralized Refueling Lack of Infrastructure
• Cleanliness/Quality of Fuel Supply
• Public Perception of Propane Safety

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Parting Comments

• Overall Positive Experience and Schwan is Pleased
  with Propane as Alternate Fuel
• No Immediate Plans to Go Away From Propane
• Schwan Truck on Display at Seminar