date:Dec 06, 2018
f truck drivers lifts grocery prices
The lingering shortage of long-distance truck drivers is raising grocery prices as major food companies grapple with increased shipping costs. In an analysis John Kearney, CEO of St. Petersburg, Florida-based Advanced Training Systems (ATS), which makes virtual simulators for driver training, noted that higher freight and ingredient costs were behind recent announcements by Mondelez, Hershey, Nestle, Unilever and Coca-Cola that they will need to hike prices i