A surge in COVID-19 cases is starting to impact American meat-processing operations in another potential threat to food supply chains that were upended in the early stages of the pandemic.
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JBS Sends Thousands of Meat Workers Home During COVID Surge
Top Pork Producer Smithfield Makes Room in Freezers for Vaccine
Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s biggest pork producer, is willing to share space in its ultra-low-temperature freezers to store COVID-19 vaccines, the company said Dec. 3 in an emailed statement.
Working Group Tackles COVID Food Supply Chain Disruptions
Leaders in the food transportation sector are working together to share lessons learned during the coronavirus pandemic.
Carriers Face Compounded Demand This Holiday Season
The trucking industry, working since March to replenish inventories depleted by the coronavirus, now has to grapple with holiday season demand.
Property Carrier Brokers Fight Attempts to Make Public Their Pricing Documents
The Transportation Intermediaries Association is asking federal regulators to sunset a decades-old regulation that the group argues is out of alignment with today’s brokerage marketplace.
XPO Logistics Plans to Split Into Two Companies
XPO Logistics Inc. plans to split into two by spinning off its logistics business in a tax-free transaction that will create a separate publicly traded company.
FedEx to Buy ShopRunner in E-Commerce Push
FedEx Corp. has agreed to acquire ShopRunner, an e-commerce service that provides shipping for more than 100 brands, as the courier seeks to deepen its ties with online shoppers.
Penske Logistics to Acquire Black Horse Carriers
Penske Logistics announced it reached an agreement to acquire Chicago-based trucking company Black Horse Carriers Inc.
Central Freight Lines Taps Jerry Moyes as CEO
Less-than-truckload carrier Central Freight Lines Inc. announced it named Jerry Moyes CEO, effective immediately.
December 2, 2020Coronavirus Likely Altered Supply Chains Permanently, XPO’s Chowdhury Says
Supply chains have changed dramatically to adapt to the coronavirus, but many of those changes may outlast the pandemic.