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Beverage and food service
High frequency, heavy, and relentless. Beverage freight is rarely complicated but the cadence does not forgive a carrier who cannot show up every week.
What this freight actually demands
Three things that decide whether it goes well
Weight before cube
Beverage loads hit the 45,000 lb payload limit long before they fill the trailer. Half empty trailers at legal weight are normal, not a mistake.
Cadence beats price
A carrier who is cheap and sporadic is worse than one who is slightly dearer and reliable. Repeating lanes are priced on the assumption we will run them every week.
Mixed temperature
Food service loads frequently combine ambient, chilled and frozen. Each has to be planned for rather than averaged.
| Primary equipment | Dry van for ambient |
|---|---|
| Chilled and frozen | Refrigerated van |
| Repeating lanes | Full truckload |
| Own trailers | Power only for drop programmes |
Tell us the volume, not just the load
A lane we see once is priced as a spot move. A lane we see every week is a different conversation, because capacity can be planned around it. If you have consistent freight, say so on the first call rather than after three loads.
Drop and hook
If you own trailers, power only frequently beats full truckload on cost and on dock time. It is worth asking about before you default to whole trucks.
Other industries
Shipping this?
Send us the lane and the commodity and we will come back with a rate.