PepsiCo’s Sales Jump Most in a Decade as Restaurants Reopen
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PepsiCo Inc. reported the fastest sales growth in at least a decade and raised its forecast, benefiting from thirsty consumers returning to restaurants, bars and stadiums and others diving into bags of chips.
July 13, 2021Survey Finds Pandemic End Will Not Deter Online Shopping
A UPS employee unloads boxes. (UPS Inc.)
Ware2Go, the on-demand fulfillment and warehousing provider founded by UPS Inc., said 89% of consumers plan to do as much or more of their shopping online even as restrictions that began at the height of the coronavirus pandemic begin to ease and stores reopen.
July 12, 2021Werner Introduces New App for Drivers
The Drive Werner Pro app offers drivers access to trip details and load statuses as well as other search options. (Werner Enterprises Inc.)
Werner Enterprises launched a new app to help make work easier for its professional drivers, the company announced July 9.
July 9, 2021Knight-Swift Transportation Acquires AAA Cooper
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings has announced a deal to acquire less-than-truckload specialist AAA Cooper Transportation.
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July 6, 2021Groendyke Announces Phase 2 of Driver Pay Increase Plan
Groendyke Transport
Groendyke Transport has increased pay rates for more of its drivers as part of the second phase of a larger driver pay initiative, the company announced July 1.
July 2, 2021Navistar Merges With Traton Group in $3.7 Billion Deal
Matthias Gründler (left) and Persio Lisboa. (Traton)
Navistar International Corp. announced it merged with Munich-based Traton Group in a transaction valued at $3.7 billion, finalizing a strategic alliance launched in 2017.
July 1, 2021LTL Trucking Enters Summer With Strong Tailwinds
Deutsche Bank's Amit Mehrotra predicts ODFL's second-quarter margin "will be the highest margin of any LTL company in the history of LTL." (Old Dominion Freight Line)
The less-than-truckload sector is moving through summer with strong tailwinds at its back, experts say.
July 1, 2021Hirschbach Announces Acquisition of Lessors
Hirschbach Motor Lines
Hirschbach Motor Lines announced June 22 that it is expanding with the acquisition of Lessors Inc.
June 28, 2021Former Werner CEO Greg Werner Dies
Greg Werner by Werner Enterprises; truck by John Sommers II for Transport Topics
Greg Werner, the former CEO of Werner Enterprises, has died, the company confirmed June 25.
June 28, 2021