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Meet Me for Coffee

Meet Me for Coffee

By: Samantha Jones
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Meet Me for Coffee features some of the logistics industry's brightest minds in a free-flowing, conversational style, live virtual meeting over coffee.Samantha Jones, a new and passionate voice in the industry, hosts the show. She is joined by guests who share valuable insights as to how to navigate the current and future freight markets.

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Economics
Episodes
  • Ep. 52 - A Conversation with Adam DeGroot
    Jun 10 2025

    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

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    35 mins
  • Ep. 51 - A Conversation with Ian Weiland & The Team from Givens Incorporated
    May 30 2025

    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

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    44 mins
  • Ep. 50 - A Conversation with Phil Rosen
    May 19 2025

    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.

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    42 mins
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