Truck or Treat!

Halloween is the first big holiday in Q4, the biggest spending time of the year. Here are some freight-ful statistics to get you excited about sweet, sweet shipping.

We’re gonna need a bigger truck. And more crates.

How much money will be spent on Halloween?

• 175 million Americans will celebrate Halloween and spend $9 billion.
• $2.6 billion will be spent on candy alone. $2.7 billion will be spent on décor and $3.2 billion will be spent on costumes.

Source: www.thebalance.com

How many full truckloads (FTLs) does it take to transport chocolate and candy to the mouths of Americans each year?

• American chocolate manufacturers use about 1.5 billion pounds of milk per year 🚛 (340,909 FTL/yr)

Really not ideal for FTL.

• Americans consume 2.8 billion pounds of chocolate each year 🚛 (636,364 FTL/yr), representing nearly half of the world’s supply. 25% of this chocolate is consumed on Halloween 🚛 (159,091 FTL). They consume about as much non-chocolate candy on a yearly basis.

Source: www.thechocolatestore.com

What about non-chocolate candy?

• 35 million pounds of candy corn is produced each year 🚛 (7,955 FTL/yr)
• Americans buy nearly $500 million worth of Reese’s and M&M’s. 🚛 (715 FTL/yr)
• Americans spent $3.9 million on 3.5 billion chocolate bars, bags and boxes that were under 3.5 ounces (the perfect trick-or-treat size). 🚛 (49,716 FTL/yr)

Source: www.aol.com

Tell the kids they can thank long haul for their trick-or-treat haul.

Alright, that’s a lot of truckloads. What should I do about it?

Other than eat your weight in candy, get shipping! Here are the Halloween-themed benefits of shipping with Mothership:

• Don’t get spooked by hidden fees — we’re dead-serious about totally transparent pricing.
• Working with a skeleton crew? Don’t get rattled — Mothership instantly connects you with hundreds of nearby carriers to efficiently meet your shipping needs. No bones about it.
• Don’t be a where-wolf — Always know your freight’s precise location with our real-time tracking dashboard.
• Tired of stitching together paperwork from multiple carriers? Tell accounting to put down their torches and pitchforks — Mothership’s paperless process brings important documents to life lightning-fast and stores them electronically.
• No more waiting until the next full moon — Transform the way you ship with same-day delivery within our local zones.
• Don’t get ghosted by other shipping companies — We’ll lift your spirits with a free lift gate for all local deliveries.

Frrreeeeeeiiiiiigggghhhtttt…..

So don’t get stuck in shipping hell — Fire those other guys and try Mothership for devilishly good rates!