Complain to that trucking site, about the incorrect numbers. I only copied their article.
Regarding Tyson only having “a couple of people get sick”.... why shut down an entire plant, or ‘break the food chain supply’ (per Tyson CEO), over just a few sick employees??
Why aren’t grocery stores and hospitals closing over a few sick employees?
Why just these meat plants?
Perhaps (hopefully) your trucker friend can help answer that. Has he seen a slow down of trucking, overall? Just curious what they’re seeing, out there.
Thanks.
I wasn’t disagreeing with the numbers you posted but as I pointed out Tyson moves many more loads through contractors than they do with their own trucks.
When the so called “lock down” went into effect he saw a major increase in the loads he was moving. That went on for a couple of weeks and then leveled off. However as of last week they told him to expect to be down by about 30-40 percent. He was getting 2800-3500 miles per week. He is expecting to drop to 1900-2500.
Tyson sells as much to other manufacturers of food products and restaurants as they do to grocery stores.
My friend has been home for a break since last week. He is heading out tomorrow. It will be interesting to see what will transpire.