The food supply chain is in peril as meat plants close and truck drivers struggle to find good-paying freight amid coronavirus.
Pressures from COVID-19 illnesses at meat-processing plants collide with rules to keep workers safe, making it harder to feed a society that demands convenient access.
How a hog plant shutdown hits freight, plus prepper economics, air freight and more in this Coronavirus Freight Market Update
Several years ago Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork processor, initiated a plan to overhaul its logistics network, which at the time included a fleet of nearly 6,500 third-party trucks […]
