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Sep 15, 2021
12:18:26pm

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What are the drivers doing? Who’s paying them to stay home? Unser what policies

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kotacoug

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Food prices will be going up, before Covid we could ship a load of spuds back to

RC Vikings

9/15/21 11:58am

Is fuel the main driver or lack of personnel?

UNLVcougar

9/15/21 11:59am

My guess is lack of personnel

AllHailTheOverlord

9/15/21 12:00pm

Why lack of personnel? Where are the workers?

kotacoug

9/15/21 12:17pm

If you had the choice between

AllHailTheOverlord

9/15/21 1:42pm

is that a trucking joke?

Cougarclaw

9/15/21 12:01pm

Boise St has slowed down truck driver training maybe?

WJCougar

9/15/21 12:12pm

Fuel is through the roof and drivers are costing more because of labor shortages

jrifkin48

9/15/21 12:03pm

Lack of drivers.

RC Vikings

9/15/21 12:04pm

What are the drivers doing? Who’s paying them to stay home? Unser what policies

kotacoug

9/15/21 12:18pm

A good driver can make $80,000 to $100,000 a year, it would still be a hard job

RC Vikings

9/15/21 12:23pm

I run HR for a smallish trucking company, and getting drivers is TOUGH!

markis_cougarfan

9/15/21 12:39pm

So like most things, regulation makes things worse.

UNLVcougar

9/15/21 1:08pm

It's definitely personnel.

LCcoug

9/15/21 3:52pm

I need to verify this but I heard it was because they could find people to work

theozfam

9/15/21 12:02pm

That’s what I’m wondering…. Is Covid unemployment hours (80) too long and too

kotacoug

9/15/21 12:19pm

At some point in time, shipping foods long distances will longer be viable

Nat Gas Man

9/15/21 12:03pm

Come again. I’m not following.

theozfam

9/15/21 12:08pm

Fully loaded shipping costs will make it too expensive. Most states in the US

Nat Gas Man

9/15/21 12:18pm

Food prices are already up

TNT

9/15/21 12:08pm

Is Totino's also shrinking its pizzas?

No touching

9/15/21 12:12pm

that happened a few years ago

jwf

9/15/21 12:41pm

People actually eat this crap? Who eats Totino's?

Gente_Boa

9/15/21 12:44pm

I think you just kicked the TNT hornet nest.

No touching

9/15/21 12:48pm

I've seen two large bulk bank reports over the last month that expected

BlackBart

9/15/21 12:09pm

I am guessing holiday prices will be very high so this fits

PROBcoug

9/15/21 12:11pm

It's going to get worse as we go into the holidays, it wouldn't shock me to see

RC Vikings

9/15/21 12:15pm

Yep, I will be shocked if we don't see lots of out of stock stuff

PROBcoug

9/15/21 2:18pm

I’ve seen similar increases for my industry, as you’d expect. It’s rough.

DraperCoug22

9/15/21 12:11pm

In my business we are expecting huge increase in the cost of natural gas this

Nat Gas Man

9/15/21 2:48pm

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