Running on Ice: A new way to keep food fresh

Hello, and welcome to the coolest community in freight! Here you’ll find the latest information on warehouse news, tech developments and all things reefer madness-related. I’m your controller of the thermostat, Mary O’Connell. Thanks for having me!

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A new resale market is about to hit the cold chain. Carrier Transicold has launched the BluEdge Partner Program, which is a global reseller partner channel providing distribution of its refrigerated...

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Running on Ice: Refrigerator-less vaccines

Your latest info on all things cold chain

Hello, and welcome to the coolest community in freight! Here you’ll find the latest information on warehouse news, tech developments and all things reefer madness-related. I’m your controller of the thermostat, Mary O’Connell. Thanks for having me!

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Due to the rising growth of the specialty pharmaceutical market, World Courier, a global medicine logistics expert, has set up a new transport station in suburban...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/running-on-ice-refrigerator-less-vaccines

Running on Ice: Mexico goes electric

Hello, and welcome to the coolest community in freight! Here you’ll find the latest information on warehouse news, tech developments and all things reefer madness-related. I’m your controller of the thermostat, Mary O’Connell. Thanks for having me!

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Reducing carbon emissions from reefer trucks is catching on south of the border. Mexico City’s air quality is 10 times the World Health Organization’s recommended limit, ranking it sixth worst amongst major...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/running-on-ice-mexico-goes-electric

On the menu for Grubhub? A new chief executive

Food delivery platform Grubhub has now experienced two major leadership changes in less than two years.

The U.S. arm of Just Eat Takeaway (OTCUS: JTKWY) announced on Monday that CEO Adam DeWitt, an 11-year veteran of the company, will step down. He will be replaced by Howard Migdal, who heads Grubhub’s Canadian counterpart SkipTheDishes.

The shakeup comes just 21 months after DeWitt replaced former chief executive Matt Maloney in June 2021. He’ll remain with the company until May 1 before Migdal...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/on-the-menu-for-grubhub-a-new-chief-executive

Chick-fil-A just did something Uber and DoorDash have never done

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Companies like Uber and DoorDash have made life easy for millions of Americans. Yet the lives of...

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Uber reaches multimillion-dollar settlement with city of Chicago

Having previously taken aim at DoorDash and Grubhub, but to no avail, the city of Chicago finally got a win this week.

On Monday, the Office of the Mayor of Chicago announced the city had reached a massive settlement with Uber (NYSE: UBER) platforms Uber Eats and Postmates. Uber will pay out a total of about $10 million, which includes around $3.3 million the company repaid merchants in 2021.

Lawmakers accused the food delivery platform of charging restaurants excessive fees during the pandemic...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uber-reaches-multimillion-dollar-settlement-with-city-of-chicago

NYC proposes $24 minimum wage for app-based delivery drivers

A little over a year after the New York City Council approved a legislative package aimed at improving working conditions for app-based delivery drivers, city officials are following through on one of the legislation’s key provisions.

Uber Eats (NYSE: UBER), DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) and Grubhub (OCTUS: JTKWY) drivers in the Big Apple could earn a minimum wage of nearly $24 an hour by 2025 if the city approves a proposal passed down by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nyc-proposes-24-minimum-wage-for-app-based-delivery-drivers

Daily Infographic: Instacart to pay $46.5 million to over 300,000 workers in settlement

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