Record-high diesel prices in Texas are rippling through the supply chain, and Coastal Bend restaurants and food distributors are feeling the squeeze.
Diesel in Texas is averaging nearly $6 a gallon — high enough for the governor to declare a statewide disaster. For businesses that depend on trucking to move food, the impact is direct and growing.
CC Produce, a Corpus Christi company that has trucked fruit, vegetables, and more to restaurants across the Coastal Bend since 1946, is absorbing the pressure rather than passing it to customers…