How frozen chicken helped create the U.S. pickup market

Feb 24, 2016

Check out this video from NPR’s Planet Money, which details how a brief post-World War II trade war between the U.S. and Germany helped establish the U.S. pickup market — a uniquely American automobile segment.

The independent trucker we will not go away protest sign

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Trooper at computer watching truck cross scales inspections

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Garmin dēzl™ OTR1000 10" GPS Truck Navigator

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The Business Manual for Owner-Operators

Overdrive editors and ATBS present the industry’s best manual for prospective and committed owner-operators. You’ll find exceptional depth on many issues in the 2021 edition of Partners in Business.

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