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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. 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. While we are sad to see him go, we wish him nothing the best.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 5 – 11)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. 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. CEVA Logistics using self-driving trucks to move freight.

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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. The largest U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 14 – 20)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. 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. That could help take a little bit of the sting out of the ticket.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 12 – 18)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. 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.