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OF EVENTS

JANUARY
JANUARY 23
ATA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
JANUARY 26
NATMI ACCIDENT PREVENTION,
MANAGEMENT AND INVESTIGATION
COURSE
The Victory Building
Little Rock, Ark.
FEBRUARY
change in how professional drivers record has—the kind of food you might have FEBRUARY 7
hours of service. Delaying the ELD rule to invent in a secret laboratory hidden ATA NEW MEMBER BRUNCH
The Victory Building
will endorse drivers to operate outside of in Bentonville, Ark.,” said reporter Julia Little Rock, Ark.
their current hours of service, and that is DeWitt.
simply not safe to the motoring public. The The results have been interesting. FEBRUARY 21
NATMI INNOVATIVE DRIVER
industry needs to embrace legal and safe Walmart’s senior director of sourcing, RETENTION STRATEGIES COURSE
operations with ELD use. This issue has Victor Verlage showed off a yellow-rind The Victory Building
been legislated, promulgated, and litigated. watermelon from the lab. The color, Little Rock, Ark.
The time to move forward is now.” he said, was originally an accident, but MARCH
DOT does not yet know who offers a competitive edge because it’s so MARCH 1
launched the boilerplate responses, easy to identify. ATA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
but the culprit did plagiarize parts Employees test new foods in the MARCH 12 – 16
of a speech by American Trucking Sensory Lab, rating everything from NATMI CDS/CSS CERTIFICATION
Associations President and CEO Chris chicken poblano burrito bowls to birth- COURSE
Spear when he said to Management day cake flavored oatmeal. The Victory Building
Conference & Exhibition attendees, If consumers want a sweet and Little Rock, Ark.
“This issue has been legislated, promul- salty snack like the “Tropickle,” they MARCH 25 – 28
gated, and litigated. The time to move won’t be able to find them at Amazon, TRUCKLOAD CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
forward is now.” and that exclusivity that the lab offers ANNUAL CONVENTION
could be the key to staying on top of the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
Kissimmee, Fla.
WALMART’S SECRET FOOD grocery empire.
LABORATORY OFFERS 2018 SAVE THE DATES
COMPETITIVE EDGE TRUCKING CAN BE FUN AND
A recent Planet Money episode GAMES IN NEW KID’S APP MAY 16-18
ATA ANNUAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE
reported Walmart’s newest venture— Dr. Panda, the world’s #2 paid kids’ & VENDOR SHOWCASE
inventing food. The popular National app developer, launched a new app, Dr. Hot Springs, Ark.
Public Radio program and podcast vis- Panda Trucks, for kids to control up to JULY 12–14
ited Walmart’s Culinary & Innovation 7 different trucks to customize a con- ARKANSAS TRUCKING
Center to try the “Tropickle,” a bright struction project. CHAMPIONSHIP
red pickle infused with tropical fruit Game designer Onno van Duin Rogers, Ark.
punch. recognized that kids are fascinated by
With increased competition from trucks and that inspired the app in ence, but as they play they can also
Amazon in the grocery sector after the which players use a bulldozer, crane, learn about the functions of each truck
Seattle-based ecommerce site acquired wrecking ball, and four other trucks and how to construct and design their
Whole Foods in August, Walmart is get- to become familiar with the different very own building. This open-ended
ting creative to protect its place in the functions of different vehicles on a con- game allows for limitless creativity and
grocery space, Planet Money reports. struction site. encourages storytelling,” shared Tom
The strategy is to “sell food Amazon “In Dr. Panda Trucks, kids not Buyckx, CMO and general manager of
can’t possibly have—that no one else only have an exciting and fun experi- Dr. Panda USA. ATR

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