First Class

Spring 2015

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16 l FIRST CLASS Family Business Can a busy, booming, 300-truck LTL, logistics and ware- housing operation still be considered a "mom and pop" shop? It can if customers are treated the same way they were when it was a three-truck operation four decades ago — and if 82-year-old "Mom" still keeps the regular office hours she always has, four days a week. Such is the case at R&M Trucking, the rapidly growing firm near O'Hare Airport in Franklin Park, Ill. "Mom" is Margaret May, the family and company matriarch, whose late husband Robert founded R&M in 1976. Sons David and Jerry have handled much of the management for the 100-percent family-owned firm since 1994. Growth has never been less than 8 percent a year and has been as high as 20 percent, according to David. But New Peterbilts help keep pace with rapid growth at R&M R&M TRUCKING R&M Trucking in Franklin Park, Ill., has recently made a commitment to the Peterbilt Model 579 for their Class 8 hauling needs.

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