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Nothing smooth about butter
High butter prices expected to persist Butter is currently second only to eggs for the title of most inflationary food item, up 25% year over…
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Loaded and Rolling: Heartland Express expands fleet; CVSA concludes Brake Safety Week
On Monday, the Iowa-based truckload carrier acquired several assets from the Contract Freighters Inc. (CFI) portfolio
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General Mills expects supply chain disruptions to persist
General Mills’ supply chain disruptions to persist At a Wall Street conference earlier this month, Jonathan Nudi, General Mills’ president of North American retail, said,…
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Last-mile solution can optimize urban routes for an entire fleet
Fleets have been able to find more control over their transportation spend using PTV Route Optimizer’s features designed to suit the specific logistical last-mile delivery…
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What the retail rout means for CPGs
Ranked 39th on the Transport Topics list of top brokerage firms, Axle Logistics takes a consultative and streamlined approach to your shipping needs. Email sales@axlelogistics.com…
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Does reacting to real-time supply chain data beat forecasting?
Numerous companies, including CPG companies, at FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain conference last week highlighted the difficulty of accurately forecasting. We heard that sentiment…
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CPGs still consider freight costs to be ‘headwinds’
CPG companies expect continued inflation on transportation costs this year. While there are plenty of signs on the horizon that suggest that a freight recession…
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CPG margin pressure no longer surprises Wall Street
Procter & Gamble highlights the combination of commodity, freight and foreign exchange as having a combined 22% headwind on core EPS in its fiscal 2022…
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The Stockout: Branding agency Interact highlights packaging innovation and pitfalls
On last week’s The Stockout show, I interviewed Fred Hart, partner and creative director of Interact, a branding agency in Boulder, Colorado. Fred works with…
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General Mills raises guidance after overcoming supply chain constraints
Supply chain improvement, leading to better on-shelf availability, drove positive variance relative to management’s prior guidance. Shares of General Mills rose 2.5% on Wednesday in…
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