Telogis' new Thanksgiving infographic looks at some of the numbers behind making the holiday happen.
Telogis' new Thanksgiving infographic looks at some of the numbers behind making the holiday happen.
Telogis' new Thanksgiving infographic looks at some of the numbers behind making the holiday happen.
Telogis' new Thanksgiving infographic looks at some of the numbers behind making the holiday happen.
Telogis' new Thanksgiving infographic looks at some of the numbers behind making the holiday happen.

Enjoy Thanksgiving? Thank a truck driver

Nov. 22, 2017
Like a great many things, Thanksgiving wouldn't be possible without trucking. Telogis released an infographic looking at the numbers behind the holiday.

Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday, a non-denominational coming together to spend time with family and friends over a classic meal. And like a great many other things, it wouldn't be possible without trucking.

"Remember to give thanks to truck drivers for keeping our tables filled on Thanksgiving," noted fleet management solutions provider Telogis, A Verizon Company, in a new holiday infographic released this week.

Telogis digs into the numbers a bit more to find out what it takes logistically for Thanksgiving to happen as we all expect it will.

It's not easy: start with some 16,600 truckloads of turkey that need to get delivered to supply that special Thursday of November. Americans consume some 51 million turkeys every Thanksgiving, according to the infographic.

It's also, of course, a huge economic driver even before any Black Friday shopping. On average, the U.S. household will spend $59.18 for Thanksgiving dinner, Telogis noted.  

And remember that in addition to all that turkey, truck drivers will also deliver the goods that will fill out those sides of a Thanksgiving meal. The holiday calls for 80 million lbs. of cranberries, 1.5 billion lbs. of pumpkins, and a whopping 2.4 billion lbs. of sweet potatoes, to name a few of those other items.

Thanks for helping make Thanksgiving the special day it is, truck drivers of America. Have a great holiday and drive safe!

About the Author

Aaron Marsh

Before computerization had fully taken hold and automotive work took someone who speaks engine, Aaron grew up in Upstate New York taking cars apart and fixing and rewiring them, keeping more than a few great jalopies (classics) on the road that probably didn't deserve to be. He spent a decade inside the Beltway covering Congress and the intricacies of the health care system before a stint in local New England news, picking up awards for both pen and camera.

He's written about you-name-it, from transportation and law and the courts to events of all kinds and telecommunications, and landed in trucking when he joined Fleet Owner in July 2015. Long an editorial leader, he's a keeper of knowledge at Fleet Owner ready to dive in on the technical and the topical inside and all around trucking—and still turns a wrench or two. Or three. 

And he's never without a camera, or so rumor has it.

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