# Moving freight to get more expensive for food companies this year

> Reuters reports that Hershey, Mondelez, J M Smucker and Campbell Soup cited higher transportation costs for lower holiday-quarter margins. Driver shortages and higher diesel prices are expected to raise freight costs further in 2018. Bernstein estimates truck rate increases will cut gross margins by 15-18 basis points.

- Date: 2018-02-02 · published 2018-02-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66690-moving-freight-to-get-more-expensive-for-food-companies-this-year
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Higher freight and diesel costs raise the landed cost of feed ingredients and finished products for buyers, and they add to logistics pressure on grain and feed movements. Diesel price strength feeds directly into transport costs.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2025-06-26 | [Freight Rates for Transatlantic Voyages Soar as Europe Pulls More US Diesel - OPIS, A Dow Jones Company](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24386-freight-rates-for-transatlantic-voyages-soar-as-europe-pulls-more-us-diesel.md) | +4.9% | +7.2% |
| DIESEL | 2026-03-30 | [Mississippi River Reopens As Freight Costs Begin Rising -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16378-mississippi-river-reopens-as-freight-costs-begin-rising.md) | -4.2% | -12.2% |
| DIESEL | 2026-10-13 | [Diesel Prices & Freight Trends: What’s Driving the Market in Q4?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17232-diesel-prices-and-freight-trends-what-s-driving-the-market-in-q4.md) | +1.8% | — |
| DIESEL | 2021-05-10 | [Colonial Pipeline outage: What to watch for in diesel markets Monday - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47275-colonial-pipeline-outage-what-to-watch-for-in-diesel-markets-monday-freightwaves.md) | +1.4% | +5.2% |
| DIESEL | 2026-08-04 | [Record Grain Movement Meets Rising Harvest Freight Costs - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18086-record-grain-movement-meets-rising-harvest-freight-costs-rfd.md) | +5.6% | +11.0% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/moving-freight-to-get-more-expensive-for-food-companies-this-year-idUSL4N1PS4KF/

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