If your seafood is fresher and your online order arrives on time, thank the pandemic: Supply-chain disruptions are actually getting some things delivered faster.
Manufacturers, retailers and seafood distributors have increasingly turned to air cargo planes to transport products — a more expensive, but faster and more reliable, alternative to long-haul trucks, trains and ocean vessels bogged down by pandemic-related problems.
"When the going gets tough, the supply chains turn to air cargo," said Michael Zimmerman, a supply-chain expert and partner at the management consulting firm Kearney.
