PHOENIX, AZ — [Jan 27, 2026] — Shamrock Foods Company, one of the nation’s largest family-owned foodservice distributors, has partnered with Idle Smart to enhance fleet reliability and reduce costly downtime from dead batteries, cold starts, and excessive idling. The collaboration reflects a shared commitment to operational excellence and dependable service.
For more than a century, Shamrock Foods Company has been known for delivering more than just great food. They bring partnership, expertise, and reliability to every customer they serve. With hundreds of daily deliveries across the Southwest and Mountain West, uptime is essential to keeping their promise to customers and communities.
Idle Smart’s automated technology continuously monitors and manages each vehicle to maintain battery health and cabin conditions. This helps Shamrock reduce jump starts, protect assets, and keep trucks ready to roll in any weather. The result is fewer service interruptions, lower fuel consumption, and reduced emissions, a practical step forward in Shamrock’s ongoing effort to operate responsibly and efficiently.
“Reliability is everything in our business,” said John Long, Director of Fleet Operations, of Shamrock Foods Company. “Partnering with Idle Smart gives us confidence that our trucks will start when they need to, while also supporting our sustainability goals. It is technology that makes an impact behind the scenes but delivers results we can see.”
“Shamrock Foods Company recognizes the importance of maximizing every minute of uptime,” said Steve Smith, Vice President of Sales for Idle Smart. “We are proud to help them prevent downtime and strengthen their commitment to customers and communities through automated fleet uptime management.”
Together, Shamrock Foods Company and Idle Smart are redefining what it means to deliver with reliability and purpose, ensuring that every route begins and ends with predictability, confidence, and sustainability in mind.
About Shamrock Foods Company
Founded in 1922, Arizona-based Shamrock Foods Company is an innovator in the food industry; a privately held, family-owned and -operated Forbes 500 company with more than 6,000 associates nationwide. Shamrock specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of food and food-related products through a family of companies, including Shamrock Foods – the largest independent foodservice distributor in the West, and Shamrock Farms – one of the largest family-owned-and-operated dairies nationwide.
About Idle Smart
Idle Smart helps fleets maximize uptime, reduce costs, and operate more sustainably through automated, maintenance-free technology that prevents dead batteries, cold-starts, and unnecessary idling. Trusted by fleets nationwide, Idle Smart continuously monitors and manages key vehicle systems to keep drivers comfortable and trucks ready to roll, wherever and whenever they run.