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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news: McDonald’s is testing a new drive-thru concept. The company is testing a small-format restaurant in Fort Worth, TX, where the centerpiece is a conveyor system that delivers food to a mobile-order lane. Some retailers are learning to love bulked-up inventories. This year, Union Pacific Corp.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 10 – 16)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. A rise in cargo volumes and idling empty containers led the port to propose a dwell fee in August in hopes it would speed throughput. The cutoff dates apply to shipments moving within the lower 48 states and Alaska and Hawaii. You learn something new every day. Railroad strike averted.