LTL foliage consolidation means combining several smaller loads into one vehicle. This delivery innovation comes as a boon for owners of smaller businesses such as flower shops and small nurseries. Using a transportation company, which provides this option and has experience with floral goods, can save money and hassles in several ways.
- Each year, plant and flower business owners know they face seasonal overloads combined with less busy periods in between. Using an experienced LTL transportation company to cope with the “feast or famine” type of deliveries not only saves delivery costs, but also merchandises loss. Owners can place orders for smaller loads spread out in a timely manner. This allows for fresher plants and flowers coming regularly as needed. One large load delivered at one time needs prolonged housing and often leads to stale, unusable goods.
- Small business owners can avoid the extra costs and headaches involved with maintaining the truck(s) needed to pick up an incoming supply of plants and cut flowers. Such costs include fuel purchases, scheduling annual inspections, obtaining necessary licenses and tags, as well as a finding a place to store the vehicle when not in use.
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