freight

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Like much of the packaged food industry, General Mills pushed through multiple rounds of price hikes to offset inflation in ingredients, freight, and labor.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

It’s an industry practice for customers to pay a fuel surcharge, on top of the base freight rate, to offset unexpected fuel price increases.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

For instance, transport companies are adding fuel surcharges on freight shipments.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

In late March at the annual Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tenn., Georgia Anne Muldrow bounced on sparkling silver high-heeled boots at Jackson Terminal, a former railroad freight depot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

While the freight trains continued to rumble through town a dozen times a day, little in Clarkston looked familiar to the people who’d spent their lives there.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John