While grocery stores have long accepted food stamps, several farmers markets in Michigan are following a growing trend and taking the government-issued form of payment from customers, too. At least a dozen markets in the state were approved this year to accept food stamps, bringing the total to 29. That …
Read More »NC firm completes FedEx trucks converted to hybrid (San Francisco Chronicle)
FedEx Express is taking delivery of more than 90 delivery trucks a North Carolina company converted from standard diesel-powered vehicles to electric hybrid trucks. The delivery giant’s vehicle fleet vice president on Tuesday sends the trucks journeying from… Sponsored Topics: North Carolina – FedEx Express – United States – Society …
Read More »Royal Welsh 09: Video highlights from show FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive)
The Royal Welsh Show is having a busy second day despite poor weather. Get a flavour of the event – which runs until Thursday 23 July – by watching this short video. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Boosts Hybrid Delivery Truck Fleet by 50 Percent (GreenBiz)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — FedEx increased its North America hybrid truck fleet by 50 percent with today’s announcement of 92 additional retrofitted delivery trucks. More: continued here
Read More »The Royal Mail Group wins award for tackling sickness absence – Employee Benefits
The Royal Mail Group wins award for tackling sickness absenceEmployee BenefitsThe Royal Mail Group has won an award after reducing its sickness absence rate by 7% in one year, saving the organisation more than £15 million. … More: continued here
Read More »EBay: Bloody But Stabilizing (Forbes)
Earnings Wednesday will likely show that the company is stanching losses but still in the infirmary. More: continued here
Read More »Thief gives the birthday blues to Alice (Powys County Times)
INSTEAD of the £5 note she was expecting, nine-year-old Alice Wilding opened her birthday card to find a letter from Royal Mail stating that it had been “mistreated due to criminal activity.” More: continued here
Read More »FedEx expands hybrid-electric fleet by 50% (The Trucker)
CHARLOTTE , N.C. — FedEx Corp. today announced the addition of 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet—the first standard FedEx delivery trucks converted to hybrid-electric systems. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Expands Hybrid-Electric Fleet (Journal of Commerce Online)
FedEx converted 92 standard FedEx delivery trucks to hybrid-electric trucks. The addition boosts the carrier’s hybrid fleet to a total of 264, the largest fleet of hybrid delivery trucks in North America. More: continued here
Read More »Seneca post office cuts hours – Anderson Independent Mail
Seneca post office cuts hoursAnderson Independent MailSENECA — SENECA — The post office in downtown Seneca cut its hours today. …Technological change, economic slump squeeze Postal ServiceMilwaukee Journal SentinelPostal service axing 18 routes in the SpringsColorado Springs Gazetteall 3 news articles » More: continued here
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