What happens when it costs $1,000 to fill a semi?

Higher transportation costs are already working their way through the food supply chain

View this email in your browser Below is a message from our sponsor, My Patriot Supply.      Dear Patriot, A truck driver stopped at an I-20 truck stop in Dallas over Labor Day and saw diesel approaching $6 a gallon. For a family filling a car, that’s painful. For a truck carrying food across the country, it’s something else entirely. At that price, filling a semi can cost close to $1,000. That cost doesn’t disappear when the truck leaves the station. It follows the food to the warehouse, the distribution center and eventually the grocery store. That’s how a fuel spike becomes a higher price on the shelf. Families are already seeing the pressure. Ground beef is up 9% from last year. Steaks have climbed 9.6%, while roasts are up 13.5%. At the same time, recalls and supply disruptions can make an ordinary grocery trip more difficult than expected. Most households are only a few missed shopping trips away from feeling exposed. If the trucks slow down, transportation costs keep rising or a product disappears from the shelves, the question becomes simple: How much food do you already have at home? My Patriot Supply was created for moments like this, not to replace your regular grocery trips, but to give your household another option when normal access to food becomes more expensive or uncertain. Right now, you can order a 3-Month Emergency Food Kit and receive a Mega Protein Kit with real beef and chicken FREE. The bundle includes familiar breakfasts, entrées, soups, rice, pasta, potatoes, bread, milk and more. It’s packed for long-term storage, so you can put it away and know it’s there when you need it. Secure Your 90-Day Food Supply The free protein kit adds beef, chicken and beans, foods that have become increasingly expensive at the grocery store. You don’t have to wait for another price increase, another recall or another disruption to start preparing. You can place a substantial food supply under your own roof and save $199.99 off the regular combined price. More than 3 million Americans have turned to My Patriot Supply since 2008. We pack and ship our own products from company-operated U.S. warehouses, use discreet packaging and back eligible purchases with our free disaster replacement warranty after activation. The next time you see a higher price at the grocery store, remember where that increase may have started: with the cost of fuel, the cost of transportation and the cost of keeping the supply chain moving. You can’t control diesel prices. You can’t control what happens on the highways. But you can decide how much food your family has at home before those problems reach your neighborhood.​ Claim Your Free Mega Protein Kit Stay Ready and stand firm, My Patriot Supply America’s Trusted Preparedness Company *The preceding is a sponsored message from My Patriot Supply. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Blaze Media. *Offer ends 9/30. Not combinable with other discounts and deals. While supplies last.