Join Samantha and guest John Sutton as they meet over coffee to discuss corporate strategy in the brokerage, carrier and even shipper landscapes.

John is the Director, Corporate Strategy for Sunset Transportation. John’s life-long background in transportation fuels his passion for driving efficiencies, eliminating process gaps and finding ways to make the lives of every one of his colleagues easier. John is constantly chasing a better way to do things, evaluating tools, technologies, processes, all while keeping a pulse on the freight market and economy. Which, makes him the perfect Meet Me For Coffee guest speaker!

What happened in the full truckload freight market in H1 2024? What is going to happen in the freight market in H2 2024?

In January Meet Me For Coffee hosted an expert panel to make 2024 predictions, join us as we bring back two of those panelists and two new panelists to discuss H1 results and prognosticate on the H2 freight market!

Joining our panel of market experts is:
Samantha Jones, Host and author of the Truckload Market Update Newsletter
Ken Adamo, Chief of Analytics at DAT Solutions, and a returning guest and panelist!
Jason Miller, Eli Broad College of Business Endowed Professor of SCM at MSU, and a returning guest and panelist!
David Spencer - VP of Market Intelligence at Arrive Logistics and a former podcast guest and first time Meet Me For Coffee panelist speaker!
Cody Thacker - Senior Director of Fleet Operations at RFX | REFE and a first time guest and panelist on the Meet Me For Coffee show!

We can't wait to meet you all for coffee and an information packed discussion that will prepare your business for H2 2024.

Cody is the SVP at A&Z Trucking, one of America's largest produce transportation brokerages. In May alone they will move nearly 900 loads of produce just out of the Salinas, CA market. Produce is an industry I had little exposure to for most of my career, but the intricacies of the services in this niche part of food supply chains has definitely caught my attention over the last year. Join Cody and I as we discuss the "lay of the land" in the produce industry, and discuss the challenges of waste and sustainability in the refrigerated foods sector, and ways shippers can combat them through smarter consolidation models.