Behind the retail food supply chain – WHAT THE TRUCK?!? (with video)

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On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about Robinson Fresh’s new study on the top-10 online purchasing trends for the food retail season.

Plus, the rise of drop and hook, will 2018 truck order levels lead to 2019-level bankruptcies, is big and bulky changing final mile, five items truckers should carry to survive winter storms, and how ATTACA.org is combating child abuse.

With WHAT THE TRUCK?!?’s most metal #PlayItForward of all time.

And a virtual event(s) preview.

They’re joined by special guests Bill Clement, president of Specialized Solutions, CRST; Michael Castagnetto, president, Robinson Fresh; Trent Zuberi, associate manager – Logistics Finance and Freight Payables, The Kraft Heinz Co.; and Rodney Timms, founder, ATTACA.org, and Emily Szink, GM of Content, FreightWaves.

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Timothy Dooner

Dooner is an award-winning podcaster who hosts and produces FreightWaves' WHAT THE TRUCK?!? In under a year he helped build FreightCasts, the world’s largest logistics and supply chain podcast network in media. WTT is ranked in Apple Podcasts top-20 Business News podcasts. He also writes a newsletter of the same title with over 15k subscribers in the supply chain and trucking niche. Dooner has been in freight since 2005 and has held directors positions in operations, sales, consulting, and marketing. He has worked with FedEx, Reebok, Adidas, L.L. Bean, Hasbro, Louis Vuitton, and many more high level clients across the full spectrum of the supply chain. He was a featured speaker at TEDx Chattanooga.