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Chipotle says this variability is due to the brand’s reliance on fresh peppers for its salsas. “You’re going to have a hotter sauce come August and September,” Bergaus said. Those specifications can also help brands identify fallback options.

The company’s ongoing 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge will apply to the peak season fees, which start Oct. 15. Amazon will once again apply higher fulfillment fees during the holiday shipping rush for its Fulfillment by Amazon, Remote Fulfillment with FBA, Multi-Channel Fulfillment and Buy with Prime services, the company announced Tuesday. Fulfillment by Amazon fees are calculated and charged when shipments leave fulfillment centers, meaning products shipped on or after Oct. 15 will encounter the peak season charges.

The site will sit within the e-commerce giant’s fulfillment network and further expand its use of automation across the supply chain. An Amazon fulfillment center in Detroit. The e-commerce giant will break ground on a Texas sorting facility in August.

A 2021 report from the Cross-Border Institute said the crossing is expected to speed up truck border crossings. U.S. and Canadian officials reached an agreement to open the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, on July 27, according to a Friday press release. To open the span, the U.S. and Canada spent the past several weeks working on a new series of measures regarding toll governance and the establishment of a 15-year economic development effort funded by a portion of profits from bridge operations, per the release.

The $4.7 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge will officially open July 27 after Canada, the state of Michigan and the U.S. government reached an agreement resolving a months-long dispute over toll governance. The bridge’s opening cleared the way for one of North America’s most significant freight infrastructure projects in decades, trade stakeholders said. Construction began in 2018 and was financed by Canada after the U.S. declined to contribute to the estimated $4.7 billion project.

It's only one segment of a multi-leg journey, but the last mile accounts for more than half the total cost of shipment. Gautam Kumar, chief operating officer of FarEye, explains why. The last mile is just one of several legs involved in the journey of product from seller to end consumer, but as much as 54% of the total delivery cost comes from that segment, says Kumar.

The company’s ongoing 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge will apply to the peak season fees, which start Oct. 15. Amazon will once again apply higher fulfillment fees during the holiday shipping rush for its Fulfillment by Amazon, Remote Fulfillment with FBA, Multi-Channel Fulfillment and Buy with Prime services, the company announced Tuesday. Fulfillment by Amazon fees are calculated and charged when shipments leave fulfillment centers, meaning products shipped on or after Oct. 15 will encounter the peak season charges.

Amazon revealed on Tuesday that it will reintroduce elevated fulfillment charges for the busy holiday shipping period across its Fulfillment by Amazon, Remote Fulfillment with FBA, Multi-Channel Fulfillment, and Buy with Prime offerings. In a response on Amazon's Seller Central platform, the company explained that, like other major carriers, it imposes temporary surcharges on fulfillment fees when costs stay high, to offset some of the actual expense increases it faces.

Amazon is planning to construct a 248,687-square-foot sorting warehouse in Georgetown, Texas, as disclosed in a July 6 filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Amazon's team is in the early stages of developing this operations facility in Georgetown, with the aim of providing local customers with faster delivery of everyday essentials while generating new jobs in the community, the spokesperson commented in an email.