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U.K. Chicken Shortage Drags Down Yum Brands

Yum Brands reported weaker than expected same-store sales growth in the first quarter.

Yum Brands

Anheuser-Busch Places Big Order with Tesla Competitor

Anheuser-Busch plans to buy as many as 800 trucks from Nikola Motor Co, upping the 40 electric semi truck order that it placed with Tesla last December.

Nikola

Flatbed Freight Pushes Spot Market Volume Higher

DAT Freight & Analytics

National van and refrigerated load-to-truck ratios dipped while the flatbed load-to-truck ratio exceeded 100 for the fifth straight week, while rates showed little movement compared to the previous week.

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Alibaba Launches Blockchain Service to Track Food Delivery

The company is focusing on accuracy and transparency through its supply chain network, enabling users to verify and record data throughout the shipping process.

Alibaba

Philly Drivers Prepared to Strike Against Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola Company

Union workers are preparing to strike as soon as next week if Liberty Coca-Cola stops funding their pensions.

Coca Cola

Cold Shipping in Scorching Demand

The demand to ship fresh food across the oceans is twice as high as it is for other products.

Cold Shipping

Rail & Intermodal

Grain Shipments Hiked Rail Transportation

Association of American Railroads (AAR)

Rail traffic for the week ending April 21 totaled 539,425 carloads and intermodal units, 6.2 percent higher than last year.

Rails

Hershey Cuts Candy Variety

The Hershey Company

Hershey stated that it has become too expensive and complex to manufacture, deliver and market the variety of candies that it currently offers.

Hershey

Compensation Strategies for Driver Recruitment Vary by Fleet Size

Driver iQ releases results of its quarterly Trends In Truckload Recruiting And Retention Survey.

Driver I Q

Spot Van, Reefer Rates Dip as Capacity Rises 4 Percent

Spot market activity picked up during the week ending April 21 as the number of posted loads increased 3.1 percent and truck posts rose 4 percent.

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Restaurants Adapt to Delivery Boom

With consumers increasingly expecting food to be delivered to their doorsteps, restaurants are shifting business practices to meet demand.

Food Delivery

Freight Costs Weigh Heavily On Companies

DAT Freight & Analytics

Increasing freight costs are affecting earnings at big consumer-goods companies as they try to get products to stores.

Truck

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