FedEx cites unprecedented e commerce surge for holiday delays
FedEx attributed late Christmas deliveries to volumes far exceeding prior records after forecasting weather would affect some gifts. UPS said it completed all promised deliveries. Industry insiders noted FedEx was less prepared than UPS for the surge while storms and heavy rain also disrupted operations.
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FedEx Corp
FedEx
United Parcel Service Inc
Craig
Satish Jindel
ShipMatrix Inc
FedEx Express
Newark
N.J
Jindel
Hostess brands revived at Lenexa and Emporia plants
Flowers Foods revives Wonder Bread and Home Pride at Lenexa Kansas plant with 9,000 loaves per hour and no union affiliation. In Emporia, the new Hostess snack cake facility produces millions of doughnuts and cupcakes daily under private ownership. The plants reopened after Flowers Foods bought former Hostess bakeries and a private investor group reacquired snack cake assets.
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Wonder Bread
Hostess Bakeries
Lenexa
Kan
Emporia
Flowers Baking Co
Wonder
Home Pride
Hostess Brands LLC
Flowers Foods
Georgia
Hostess
Flowers
Knoxville
Tenn
Henderson, Nev
Metropoulos and Co
Apollo Global Management LLC
Columbus
Indianapolis
Bakery
Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union
Teamsters Union
Hostess Snack Cake
Bill Toler
Toler
Megaship docks as Change rolls industry
The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, the largest container ship to visit a North American port, arrived at the Port of Los Angeles on a maiden voyage from China and South Korea. The ship’s size highlights the shift to megaships as West Coast ports expand terminals and deepen channels to handle growing cargo volumes amid previous labor delays. Jack OConnell says the arrival signals port confidence and improved efficiency as traffic resumes, with the vessel set to travel to Oakland then Shanghai.
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Los Angeles
CMA
China
South Korea
U.S
Long Beach
United States
West Coast
Jack O’connell
O’connell
Oakland
Shanghai
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