Overnight Freight
Peaches from California, shrimp from South America, cheese from France…today you can get almost any fresh food shipped overnight, whether it’s from across the country or across the world. But that’s a relatively new phenomenon: The first air-freight services didn’t emerge until after World War II, and they didn’t really pick up until several decades later. Moreover, between the 1950s and 1970s federal restrictions made it difficult for packages to move across state lines, and each state had to authorize the movement of packages within its borders. It wasn’t until 1973, when Federal Express came on the scene, that people gained the ability to ship packages by air for guaranteed next-day delivery. UPS began offering next-day air service about a decade later, and food companies soon jumped at the opportunity to sell fresh goods to far-flung customers.
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