Consider freight consolidation for food service needs

This summer is shaping up to be one of the hottest — for food logistics that is. After a long hiatus, restaurants and hospitality vendors are firing up the grills, bracing once again for the heat of the summertime rush.

An uptick in business is just what the food service industry wants to see and, as orders begin to ramp up, it presents an ideal opportunity for them to capitalize on enhanced network optimization via inbound LTL consolidation.

Freight consolidation is a specialty of...

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3PLs should focus on their specialties

Many third-party logistics providers (3PLs) will tell you freight takes serious hustle.

Balancing the unique needs of each customer can be challenging for brokers as their network of carriers, suppliers and partners grows. Chasing after a wide variety of transactional freight — although lucrative at times — may risk spreading your services too thin. 

Excelling in only a handful of services is better than doing everything just so-so; simply meeting expectations won’t turn any heads, which means...

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