Do you still wear a mask?
There is an older gentleman who goes to my gym. He still wears a mask. But it’s always on his chin. It doesn’t cover his mouth and nose at all. When people walk up to him to chat, he doesn’t pull it up. He keeps it there, on his chin, laughing and talking.
I’m tempted to go up to him, pretend I’m a sociologist studying human behavior after the Covid pandemic, and ask him why he wears a mask on his chin.
I’m really curious, but not that curious.
I just walk up to him and ask if he’s done with the lat pulldown machine. “Yes, I am” he says, with a friendly smile above his chin mask.
I smile back.
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Ok, enough about that. Here is the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week:
- McDonald’s says supplier Taylor Farms is source of onions linked to E. Coli outbreak (NBC News)
- Truckers ODFL, Knight-Swift See Earnings Drop on Weak Freight Demand (WSJ – sub. req’d)
- Port of Montreal longshore workers to hold one-day strike on Sunday (Montreal Gazette)
- Cargo On-Time Rates Are Dismal. Two Shipowners Have a Plan to Fix That. (WSJ – sub. req’d)
- Walmart’s new threat to CVS: 30-minute prescription deliveries (CNN)
- Amazon to end same-day delivery service from retailers’ local stores (Supply Chain Dive)
- Alpega Introduces Connecta, Europe’s First Open Logistics Network
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $4.2 Billion From the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Transformational, National Infrastructure Projects
- Paccurate Raises $8.1MM Series A
- Air White Whale unveils biggest unmanned cargo aircraft (Air Cargo News)
- Keep on trucking: More women are becoming professional truck drivers (The Trucker)
- Stability in Freight Markets Is Reviving Logistics Dealmaking (WSJ – sub. req’d)
- Tariff Tensions Between China, U.S. Spark ‘Sharp Change’ in Trade With Mexico (Supply Chain Brain)
I’m short on time this morning, so I’ll share my commentary next week. Have a meaningful weekend!
Song of the Week: “Daysleeper” by R.E.M
