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Albertsons Cos. is wrestling with higher labor and logistics costs as it seeks to cash in on surging sales.

Walmart Inc. is betting big on its service to deliver groceries directly into customers’ refrigerators with an expansion of its In91ÊÓƵ delivery option, and will hire 3,000 drivers to support it.

The trucking industry experienced a surge in acquisitions during the past year, with more expected to occur in 2022.

UPS Inc. agreed to buy 19 Boeing Co. freighter jets as soaring e-commerce and snarled shipping lines lead to a boom in air-cargo demand.

BrightDrop, General Motors Co.’s new electric delivery and logistics business, has delivered the first five vans of an order of 500 to FedEx Corp., the company said Dec. 17.

FedEx Corp. rode increased prices to post profit above analysts’ estimates, bolstering the company’s outlook and easing investor concerns over higher labor U.S. costs. The shares rose in late trading.

FedEx Corp. began operations Dec. 15 at its substantially bigger air cargo hub at Miami International Airport. The $72 million addition, two years under development and roughly the size of two football fields, doubles the hub’s size to 282,000 square feet.

Forward Air Corp. announced a general rate increase of 7.9%, applicable to rates established under existing tariffs effective Feb. 1.

McLane Co. Inc. announced Chris Smith joined the company as president of McLane Grocery, a $33 billion business unit that provides supply chain service to more than 70,000 retail locations.

The Trucking Cares Foundation is exploring ways it can help remedy the extended shortage of truck drivers, technicians and warehouse workers in transportation.