This fireside chat recap is from the FreightWaves Cold Chain Summit on Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How refrigerated carriers are adapting to new buying trends
DETAILS: Danny Christner, chief executive officer of John Christner Trucking (JCT), describes changes in food habits and how carriers can stay agile to meet customer expectations. Christner explains the difficulties of modifying food supply chains and his thoughts on whether these changes in habits are here to stay.
SPEAKER: Danny...
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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As the summer months are heating up, so too are Americans’ appetites for dining out, going to the ballpark and attending multiday music festivals — activities almost unimaginable a year ago.
Recent findings from a Morning Consult survey concluded that 66% of Americans would feel safe dining out at restaurants, compared to last year, when that figure never rose above 42%.
Entering July, most mask mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted, much to the relief of restaurants and other...
Did you know that the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) hosts an annual Refrigerated Meeting? This year’s event is set for next month, July 14-16, at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Aside from specialized educational sessions with a focus on temperature-controlled operations, the event offers attendees the opportunity to reconnect with unique networking opportunities, and a golf tournament.
“I’m coming down from Canada and will drive a truck as an essential worker if I...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tca-to-host-refrigerated-meeting-july-14-16-in-albuquerque
Refrigerated carrier Hirschbach Motor Lines announced Wednesday that it has acquired Eagan, Minnesota-based carrier Lessors Inc.
The acquisition of Lessors, also a temperature-controlled operator with approximately 200 drivers and nearly 300 power units, brings the Hirschbach fleet to 2,400 drivers and owner-operators and more than 3,500 trailers.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Lessors was represented by Transport Capital Partners.
“We’re very excited to welcome the Lessors...
Stevens Transport was founded by Steven L. Aaron in Dallas, Texas in 1980 in the wake of the deregulation of the trucking industry. Steven had just sold his first business endeavor, Stevens Food, a meatpacking business based in Paris, Texas.
Though he did not have much knowledge about the transportation industry, Steven did know the meat industry and began to search for customers there. In a time when other trucking companies were going under, Stevens Transport flourished. In the company’s...
Cool Mountain Transport, an Idaho-based trucking company, recently announced it is increasing its driver pay from 50 cents to 62 cents per mile.
It is the largest pay increase in the company’s history, according to Tork Fulton, CEO of Cool Mountain Transport.
The company raised its base rate to 54 cents per mile and added a 4 cent-per-mile performance bonus and a 4 cent-per-mile safety bonus.
“We stepped up on driver pay to accommodate our growing customer base,” Fulton said. “To maintain that...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cool-mountain-transport-boosts-pay-in-hunt-for-drivers
Bill Watkins founded Watkins Trucking in 1932 when he purchased the first Watkin’s truck – a red three-quarter ton Dodge pick-up. Watkins purchased the truck using $300 that he had earned working on his family’s farm in Metcalf, Georgia. The very first run Watkin’s made was to Jacksonville, Florida hauling his own chickens. He then completed his first long-haul with service to Norfolk, Virginia.
The company grows bigger
Watkins grew the company by buying, selling and hauling produce, peanuts,...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-haul-of-fame-watkins-motor-lines-grew-for-decades
Refrigerated truckload carrier Leonard’s Express announced Thursday it had acquired Holman Transportation.
Founded in 1997, Holman Transportation is a family-owned TL carrier located in Caldwell, Idaho, operating 164 trucks with 189 employees. The company transports temperature-controlled goods for the food and grocery, dairy, and frozen food products sectors. Its primary coverage area is the Pacific Northwest but its fleet hauls in 39 states.
“We are excited about this acquisition. It will help...
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