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How the Amazon-Whole Foods Deal Could Change Trucking

New market trends, including the recent Amazon acquistion of Whole Foods, are creating opportunites for fleets willing to rethink pickup and last-mile delivery. Photo: Tiger Cool Express

More than two thousand years ago, merchants in the market square in Pompeii felt an ominous rumbling under their feet and glanced nervously at the smoking volcano off in the distance wondering what, if anything, was going to happen.

Metaphorically speaking, U.S. retailers nationwide felt a similar ominous rumbling last month. While the cause of those shudders is not an active volcano, the acquisition of Whole Foods by Amazon is likely to prove as disruptive an economic force in the coming months as Mt. Vesuvius proved to be for those Roman merchants so long ago.

And the shockwaves from this deal will not stop with brick-and-mortar retailers. They could potentially transform almost every aspect of our economy and long-held models of consumer behavior. And certainly, no market segment will be hit harder, or sooner, than logistics and transportation.

With questions swirling about how the Amazon-Whole Foods acquisition will affect trucking and when, transportation and logistics equity research firm Stifel recently tapped Tom Finkbiner and Ted Prince, founders of Kansas City-based Tiger Cool Express, a large-scale, stand-alone, refrigerated intermodal carrier to discuss in an analyst call the timing and degree of changes this move will have on trucking and logistics in the near future.

The bulk of the discussion, which you can read here, focused on the perishable foods market and how this acquisition, technology, regulations, and competitive pressure will affect fleets and intermodal operators today.

“This is a $40 billion market but it's a very sophisticated market and a very complicated market with respect to transportation,” Finkbiner noted. “There is the fresh portion [the produce] and the processed portion [where processed foods are made]. An example of a ...Read the rest of this story

Purkeys Offers Preventative Maintenance Tool

The Purkeys Handheld Electrical Analyzer allows technicians to quickly test the electrical systems of heavy-duty vehicles.

The tester has a menu-driven system that guides technicians through tests for heavy-duty vehicles' starting, charging, and battery systems. It is designed to simplify the process of identifying and troubleshooting electrical issues.

The portability and light-weight design of the Handheld Electrical Analyzer allows technicians to use it in the field or in the shop. Optimized for AGM and flooded cell batteries, this device can record its testing history with printable results.

The Handheld Electrical Analyzer has multiple leads to conduct preventative maintenance checks, battery tests, and more. It can apply 40 to 120 amps for automated load tests while testing for voltage drop.

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