FedEx, UPS gird for deluge
Shippers prepare for frenzied pace of Christmastime
Posted: December 13, 2009 at 3:54 a.m.
Packages roll off a FedEx cargo jet at Memphis on Friday.
Shortly after 7 p.m. Monday, 12,000 FedEx employees in Memphis will stretch and flex in concert and gulp Christmas-colored sports drinks in preparation for processing 7,000 packages a minute.
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