Thoughts while plugged into a door, is private fleet freight different?

Does the Walmart fleet even pick up their own freight? I always thought they just deliver to stores.

 

I know for Meijer the contractor (JBHunt) and private fleet is distance. The private side does the stores the drivers can be back same day and the contractors overnight runs.

 

The amount of driver's time that is wasted.

 

W-M will bring Chep pallets and boxes back to the DC from collection/rebuild locations as well as freight.

 

They contract out what they can't handle. All mega companies do the same thing.

 

There is no difference. They’re just trying to cover their loads however they can. Their sales side has simply outpaced their logistics side. They all backhaul their own stuff, when possible. But, again, sometimes they need it sooner than their own drivers can grab it. They hauling their own stuff, with their own drivers, is cheaper than contracting it out. And, saving that money is why they have their own transportation divisions.

 

Yes we pick up a lot of our freight.