A federal program is threatening milk and ice cream prices, which could impact c-store sales. By Howard Riell, Associate Editor. Even with all of the options that packaged goods manufacturers give consumers today—brands, flavors, package sizes, price points, promotions and much more—ice cream has remained a pretty simple retail category. Enter the federal government. In…
House Committees Tackle Highway Reauthorization Bill
PMAA and coalition members were successful in including a wetlines study, following concerns with DOT’s proposed wetlines rule. Today, Feb. 2, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is holding a markup on its recently released highway reauthorization bill known as the “American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act” (H.R. 7). The five-year $260 billion surface transportation…