The shippers will ship where they get the lowest rate.
The big trucking companies get a substantially lower fuel rate by buying bulk rates.
These independent truckers pay way more for fuel but they can't 'add that on' - or they wouldn't get the loads in the first place.
That said, even the big guys are now in trouble - it's getting very bad out there.
Everything we buy comes by truck.
Many people grumble about truck drivers - but they'd be mighty upset if they stopped rolling for any amount of time. The supermarkets, for example, have ONE days supply for their area...
Also - every time someone 'adds the cost of doing business' that extra cost rolls uphill to your checkout line.
I've an idea you might not be so cavalier then.
Oh to be just cavalier - the price of groceries in the middle of the Pacific makes one beyond apathetic - I don’t even look at the total any more, I buy what I want and the price is what it is.
Everybody want’s to earn more, but most are unwilling to pay more. That just don’t add up, ya know?