Join our host Samantha Jones as she sits down for coffee with Lee Klaskow, the Senior Analyst - Transportation and Logistics at Bloomberg Intelligence. Lee's profession is based around in depth research and detailed reporting, we are looking forward to hearing what his latest research has uncovered across the domestic transportation and logistics landscape. Join the live show as Samantha and Lee cover a broad range of topics, spanning rail, road, warehouse and more.

Thank you to our show sponsor, Watco! As a leading 3PL, Watco Logistics provides rail, highway, intermodal, e-commerce and fulfillment, barge, international and cross-border solutions. At the core, Watco Logistics specializes in solving unique supply chain challenges. Learn more about Watco Logistics at watco.com/logistics.

Join our host Samantha Jones as she sits down with Adam DeGroot, the Founder and CEO of DeGroot Logistics as they review the current state of peak produce season, and the impacts it has on refrigerated logistics networks. We will cover produce trends and crop outputs, freight pricing, the behind the scenes of produce logistics operations, and more!

DeGroot Logistics is owned and operated by 4th generation farmers and the owners of DeGroot's Vegetable Farms. After spending years outsourcing their transportation, DeGroot brought their logistics in-house and then expanded to start servicing other companies in the food and beverage industry!

Please bring your questions and come Meet Me For Coffee!

Thank you to our show sponsor, Watco Companies LLC! As a leading 3PL, Watco Logistics provides rail, highway, intermodal, e-commerce and fulfillment, barge, international and cross-border solutions. At the core, Watco Logistics specializes in solving unique supply chain challenges. Learn more about Watco Logistics at watco.com/logistics. 

#produce 

#logistics 

#freight 

#supplychain 

#markets 

#foodandbev

Join our host Samantha Jones as she sits down with Ian Weiland from Junction Collaborative Transports, one of LA/Long Beach' largest asset drayage providers, and Anna Salasky and Jason Strickland from Givens Incorporated, a drayage and warehousing provider based out of Chesapeake VA (Norfolk Ports), with warehouses/terminals in Savannah GA, and Greensboro, NC. 

With all the disruptions tariffs have caused, Samantha wanted to hear first hand from leaders in the ports what type of activity they have been sing these past months, and what they are anticipating moving forward. 

If you now drayage providers in ANY port, please tag them in the comments and invite them to attend, we will be sharing insights from all of our listeners as well as they provide them in the comments! Please, meet us for coffee, and be a part of an active discussion! 

#drayage 

#imports 

#trucking 

#transportation 

#tariffs 

#globaltrade 

#policy

Join our host Samantha Jones, as she sits down with Phil Rosen, Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief of Opening Bell Daily, to learn more about where markets stand today, and the direction of the US economy. 

Phil Rosen is the founder of Opening Bell Daily, an independent financial media company delivering data-driven Wall Street reporting, syndicated by Inc. Magazine and featured on Bloomberg Terminals. Prior to this, Phil spent three years at Business Insider covering markets and investing, where he built one of the most-read financial newsletters in media. Phil has bylines in Fortune, Morning Brew, BuzzFeed News, and more. He’s also the founder of Journalists Club, a growing NYC-based community for media professionals. A Fulbright Fellow and bestselling author, Phil has published over 2,000 essays and articles and frequently speaks on careers, media, and audience-building.

In this episode of Meet Me For Coffee, host Samantha Jones sits down with Frank Wurst, Director of North America Logistics at Greif, a global leader in industrial packaging products and services. With more than two decades of experience across logistics, procurement, and supply chain strategy, Frank brings a wealth of knowledge and perspective to the conversation.

We dive into the modernization of supply chains, the growing role of technology in transportation, and why the truckload market often leads the charge in innovation. Frank shares insights on managing a diverse carrier network, the process of evaluating new providers, and how transportation cost pressures are shaping decision-making in today’s economy.

We also explore how broader market conditions impact logistics strategy—and how Frank uses trends within Greif as a pulse check on the economy.

If you’re interested in freight, procurement strategy, or how leading companies are adapting to a rapidly evolving logistics landscape, this episode is for you.

Please connect with Frank and Samantha on LinkedIn before the show, and feel free to start adding your questions in the comments anytime! Thanks for meeting us for coffee!

In this episode, Samantha sits down with Elizabeth Moscoso, President of Chicago-based asset provider Moscoso Express. Operating in one of the nation’s largest multi-modal freight hubs, Elizabeth brings a unique perspective on global supply chain trends and the pulse of the transportation industry.

With years of experience leading her company through multiple market cycles, Elizabeth shares how she stays ahead by closely tracking policy shifts, economic indicators, and industry risks. We will cover topics like policy uncertainty and it's impacts on freight, how insurance and risk policies are impacting fleets, and what a potential repeal of the 2027 emissions mandates could mean for fleets.

This conversation is for anyone interested in how transportation providers are adapting and staying resilient in the face of evolving economic and market conditions in 2025.

It's been too long since I had David Spencer on the show to discuss his outlook on the freight market! David oversees the creation of one of my favorite freight market newsletters each month with his team at Arrive Logistics. 

They keep a close eye on economic data releases, geopolitical events and regulatory changes, freight rate data sources, and more. On this episode, David will provide his thoughts on the current state of the economy and the freight markets, and provide insights on where this market may be heading, and what data points he's keeping a close eye on. 

We hope you can make the time to meet us for coffee!

I've been listening to Paul's economic outlooks and forecasts since before I started this podcast. Needless to say, I'm very excited to now have him join me on our next live Meet Me For Coffee episode! Paul is the Director, Transportation Consulting, at S&P Global Market Intelligence where he is part of the team that provides data and analysis for decision making for supply chain management, trade and freight transportation investments, planning and policy making. We plan to talk tariffs, policy uncertainty, corporate tax rates, industrial production, US GDP growth and 2025 forecasts, and more. We hope you can meet us for coffee!

It's go time! You are running out of time to plan for Manifest 2025! We can help. Join Pam Simon, Conference Chair and EVP of Programming, and Samantha Jones as they discuss Manifest very candidly. You can expect to learn, who will be attending Manifest, what themes are of high interest and focus at Manifest this year, what types of sessions, events and networking will be happening at Manifest, how you can get involved, and more!
 
You can still save on your registration! Use the Meet Me For Coffee link for $200 off your registration!
 
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On this episode I am joined by Brett Suma, the Founder and CEO of Loadsmith. If you look back at this podcast's history, I don't have CEOs of freight brokerages on the show often. Our show has always been focused on freight markets, economics, and sustainable business growth models and innovation and technology.

I met Brett at a conference and we got to talking and I realized Brett had a lot more to share than just a "how to" for brokerage. Probably not coincidentally if you go back in the show episodes, the last Founder/CEO of a freight company we spoke with was Shannon Breen of FreightVana. 

Brett and I are going to dive in on all things freight markets, innovation, assets, growth and acquisitions. Join us for the live show, we love to answer questions! Hope to meet you for coffee!