The Food Shippers of America Blog

In an era where supply chain agility and cost efficiency define success, food shippers operating multiple distribution centers (DCs) are increasingly looking for ways to streamline logistics. One strategy gaining …

If you have been mystified by the resilience of trucking employment in the face of a prolonged freight recession, it turns out there was a simple explanation: The jobs figures …

The Canadian rail work stoppage is now behind us after a shutdown that lasted just 17 hours before the government stepped in. Leading up to this disruption, some ocean liners …

Driver capacity is exiting the for-hire market more slowly than many observers expected. With a growing anticipation of a recovery soon, the question now is whether carriers will be even …

With the major exception of housing, seasonally adjusted economic indicators in May 2024 generally were at least even with April and were in some cases significantly stronger. Inflation also was …

From mid-2020 through mid-2022, the North American trucking industry saw an unprecedented period of entrepreneurship as drivers left larger carriers to set up shop on their own. Larger trucking companies …

On the list of dynamics that are not operating the way they did before the pandemic is the link between for-hire trucking’s payroll employment and freight demand. That disruption should …

Food Shippers of America (FSA) and supply chain visibility company FourKites recently teamed up to survey 115+ food chain industry leaders to identify their most pressing challenges, and the impact …

PLM Fleet is well known as the expert for fleet solutions and regulatory compliance within refrigerated transport, but you might not know that PLM has studied and developed solutions for …

Food Shippers of America (FSA) is introducing its newly designed and formatted e-newsletter, Food For Thought, on Dec. 22. After thorough member research and gaining a voice of the food …