The rise in diesel prices is putting the squeeze on truck fleets across South Florida.
“We really don’t have a choice when it comes to this; we’re getting squeezed on two ends,” says Paco Velez, CEO of Feeding South Florida.
Diesel prices put pressure on Florida food bank deliveries
The organization delivers to food banks from Palm Beach County to the Florida Keys with a fleet of over 30 large tractor-trailers, all running diesel fuel and leaving them trying to meet rising demand for food with the high cost of fueling trucks.
According to GasBuddy, the average price for diesel fuel is $5.80 a gallon…