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The Rising Cost of Fuel and Its Impact on Grocery Distribution
By Paul Weitzel

The Benefit
Over the past 12 months, the cost of diesel fuel has increased by 47% and has tripled since 2002. Since most trucks in the grocery distribution system today are already cubed out, there isn’t a lot of slack in the system to absorb higher fuel costs. This means that the higher fuel costs are having a direct impact on supply chain profitability. As a result, many distributors are now pulling out fuel costs and adding surcharges to their service contracts to protect against sharp increased in the price of diesel. Read more

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