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Give Your Sweetheart Something Expensive This Valentine’s Day: Eggs

Enterra Insights

She told him, “When you’re looking at fuel costs go[ing] up, and you’re looking at feed costs go[ing] up as much as 60%, labor costs, packaging costs — all of that … those are much much bigger factors than bird flu for sure.” ” • Consumer Demand. ” Will the Price of Eggs Drop?

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This Week in Logistics: Borderlands: Truck Capacity Tight Near Mexican Border

Freight Plus

DHL opened a location at El Paso International Airport in west Texas to expand its foreign trade. The cargo weighed over 7,645 pounds and drugs were found in 968 packages. Houston has become one of the tightest outbound markets due to this imbalance of goods. million dollars. . . . Thank you for reading!

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This Week in Logistics: Borderlands: Truck Capacity Tight Near Mexican Border

Freight Plus

DHL opened a location at El Paso International Airport in west Texas to expand its foreign trade. The cargo weighed over 7,645 pounds and drugs were found in 968 packages. Houston has become one of the tightest outbound markets due to this imbalance of goods. million dollars. . . . Thank you for reading!

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Driver Shortage in Trucking: Time for Plan B

Talking Logistics

. “ It’s probably the most difficult recruiting environment…I’ve seen in my 26 years in the business ,” said Scott McLaughlin, president of Stagecoach Cartage & Distribution LP, a family-owned firm in El Paso, Texas. . Some younger drivers are quitting because they don’t want to be away from home.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

By the end of the decade, the company’s goal is to deliver 500 million packages a year by drone in cities, Amazon Prime Air vice president David Carbon told reporters. The companies launched their pilot program about a year ago to autonomously transport goods between Dallas and Houston.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart steps up reusable plastic container packaging for fresh produce. The program could roll out as early as next week, with pilot programs in Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, and El Paso, TX. The company has entered into a deal to package fresh produce in reusable plastic containers (RPCs) from IFCO Systems.