Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

Wing and Zipline are drone delivery providers and will allow Walmart to cover 75 percent of the Dallas-Fort Worth population as stores in 30 towns and municipalities will now offer drone delivery service. Walmart unleashes ‘largest drone delivery footprint of any U.S. retailer thanks to partnerships with Wing and Zipline.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2022

Amazon is turning grocery-picking gig workers into Whole Foods employees. XPO Logistics to spin off freight brokerage. CEVA Logistics using self-driving trucks to move freight. The plan, according to a letter to employees, is to bring gig workers on as Whole Foods employees.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Van freight was a little quiet last week, but a rebound should be underway now, to close the second quarter on a high note. Reefer freight volume should get a boost too, due to last-minute demand for fresh food, ahead of the July 4th weekend. Flatbed freight is also strongest in the Southeast. This week was no exception.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

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. The restaurant features what the company calls an Order Ahead Lane, which serves mobile-order customers their food through a conveyor system. The largest U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 20, 2021

We have written about the truck driver shortage quite often and its impact on transit times and freight costs. And finally, Taco Bell is looking at ways to get you the food you ordered faster than ever. The food will descend from the kitchen above via a lift system that allows for contactless delivery. That’s all for this week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 18, 2021

Lowes Foods pilots grocery pickup lockers at the workplace. Over the last few months, it has also bought merchandise on the spot market and flown in power tools, faucets, electrical components, fasteners and other smaller, higher value items by air freight. Groceries are delivered to the lockers via the Lowes Foods To Go service.

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