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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 and egg supply are, of course, part of the inflation picture discussed above. .

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Merchants including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Lowe’s, and Walmart say the rising stocks signal a recovery from last year’s shortages driven by supply-chain disruptions and put them in a strong position to take advantage of consumer demand this holiday shopping period. The largest U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart steps up reusable plastic container packaging for fresh produce. Warehouse hiring data shows how supply chains flexed up for peak. The program could roll out as early as next week, with pilot programs in Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, and El Paso, TX. billion packages this holiday season.