BITE SIZED SUPPLY CHAIN/LOGISTICS INFORMATION Info SNACKS
2M! Subaru vehicles have crossed the docks at
the Port of Vancouver USA since the rst, a blue Impreza wagon, arrived on January 7, 1993. Roughly 2,000 vehicles now arrive from Japan each week, and about 80% of them leave the port via rail. –Port of Vancouver USA
A former delivery driver for Stewart Snacks, an Ohio-based Little Debbie distributor, is charged with selling snack cakes for cash out of his truck at flea markets in western Pennsylvania. Police say he then invoiced Shop ’n Save, Giant Eagle, and Walmart for products they never received, totaling more than $13,300 worth between July and September of last year. The driver’s pay was commission-based, so the phantom sales allegedly earned him another $3,700. CRUMB TRAIL
TORQUE OF THE TOWN
Weeks without rain have dropped Rome’s Tiber River low enough to expose Nero’s Bridge, an ancient structure near St. Peter’s Basilica that is normally underwater. The bridge, built by Nero’s uncle Caligula, is believed to have been constructed as early as 39 AD. River flow has fallen below 80 cubic meters per second, about half the average for this point in the year, according to Rome’s civil protection coordinator. The bridge was last visible during a drought in 2022. DRY SPELL
Edison Motors, a Canadian start-up, has federal approval to build Class 8 diesel-electric trucks. The company’s design features a diesel engine running at constant speed, charging a small battery that powers the electric axles. The tri-drive configuration is rated at 2,400 horsepower. The trucks’ panels bolt on, parts are accessible and no proprietary software stops owner- operators from doing their own repairs. The trucks currently cost about 25% more than a comparable diesel.
COLD CASE
Over the course of one hour, two truckloads of beer disappeared from an Anheuser- Busch distribution center in California. In the second incident, police say a company posing as a subcontractor used fake paperwork to drive o with about $25,000 of Anheuser-Busch and Pabst Blue Ribbon product. Combined losses run roughly $70,000, or more than 40,000 pounds of beer. Pabst has o ered a $20,000 reward for the beer’s safe return.
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