IFDA in the News

Staff and IFDA members are pleased to assist members of the media who are covering the foodservice distribution industry. For media inquiries, please contact Meghan Cieslak, mcieslak@ifdaonline.org.
 

• The Hill: Great depression era laws impeding 2018 economic growth
• Business Insider: The trucking industry wants to hire teenagers to solve its driver shortage, but some truckers say it’s a 'ludicrous' idea that could put everyone on the road at risk
• Bloomberg: A Trucker Shortage Is Forcing Restaurants to Buy Local
• Food Logistics: 42 trade associations back the DRIVE-Safe Act
• HDT/Trucking Info: House being lobbied by 42 groups to pass younger trucker bills 
•  JOC.com: Capacity-strapped shippers support US truck driver apprenticeships 
• Refrigerated Transporter: DRIVE-Safe Act addresses truck driver shortage, ensures safety training
• Super Marketing News: Industry calls for passage of bill alleviating truck driver shortage: http://www.supermarketnews.com/laws-regulations/industry-calls-passage-bill-alleviating-truck-driver-shortage
• Rep. Hollingsworth Media Event: Hollingsworth Hosts Press Conference on Truck Driver Shortage, DRIVE-Safe Act
• CNBC:  Here are the high-paying jobs going empty right now
• The Washington Post: Lawmakers: Let 18- to 21-year olds drive 18-wheelers across the country
• The Hill: Congress needs to act on a plan to keep the foodservice distribution industry trucking - safely
• Freight Waves: Two controversial approaches to “solving” the scarcity of commercially-licensed drivers
• Total FoodService: Lawmakers Introduce the DRIVE-Safe Act
• Transportation Today: Associations support DRIVE Safe Act
• Go By Truck News: Drive Safe Act aims to let CMV drivers cross state lines before age 21
• Truck News: U.S. bill would allow 18-year-old truck drivers
• Meat+Poultry: DRIVE-Safe Act to permit interstate driving for young CDL holders 
• HDT (Heavy Duty Trucking): Bill would create pathway for under-21 truck drivers
• FSR: Lawmakers introduce the DRIVE-Safe Act to address driver shortage 
• FleetOwner: Legislation would allow 18 to 21-year-olds to drive interstate 
• Transport Topics: House Bill would allow interstate trucking for 18-to-21-year-olds