Switch 2 release skips China; the sweet tooth supply chain; government fleets | WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Key Takeaways:

On episode 825 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking about the tariff situation’s most famous hostage: Mario. With North American pre-orders in limbo, Nintendo just announced they are postponing the Switch 2’s China launch indefinitely. 

Amos Food Group’s Jordan Dickerson drops by to talk about the sweet tooth supply chain. We’ll find out how seasonal candies go from production to 7-11 and will tariff turmoil impact the industry? We’ll also find out if supply chain woes have got Dickerson feeling emo. 

RTA just scored a contract managing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ government fleets. We’ll find out from their CEO, Josh Hurley, how RTA landed the deal and what goes into managing a government fleet. 

Plus, new bill looks to back off speed limiters; why you should always check your mirrors.

0:00 Whiplash tariff decisions

2:10 An amazing trucking high school

4:55 Switch 2 tariff turmoil

8:00 Bill to ban speed limiters

9:18 Bird!

10:00 Government fleet mgmt | RTA’s Josh Turley

19:00 Close call

20:15 The sweet tooth supply chain | Amos Food Group’s Jordan Dickerson

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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.