Case Study: Cash-Wa Distributing achieves supply chain integrity, ELD compliance, and major cost savings with Samsara

Cash-Wa Distributing - Customer Case Study

Cash‑Wa Distributing is a family‑run broadline foodservice distributor operating a 175‑tractor, 220‑trailer fleet that delivers over 20,000 items across 11 states. Facing strict food‑safety requirements and the need for ELD compliance, Cash‑Wa needed real‑time visibility into temperatures, locations, driver hours, and asset utilization to protect product quality, reduce manual processes, and keep deliveries on time.

Cash‑Wa deployed Samsara vehicle and asset gateways plus 440 wireless environmental monitors and integrated the data via Samsara’s open API into its systems. The platform enabled end‑to‑end temperature tracking, simplified HOS and driver messaging, and centralized maintenance and fuel reporting—helping the company cut customer credits for improper‑temperature claims by 30%, eliminate 144 cellular accounts (about $60K annual savings), improve driver retention, and win new business with verifiable supply‑chain integrity.

Cash-Wa Distributing

Jim Hoss

VP of Operations