Trucking Industry Needs Drivers

By Mike Switzer

Published August 30, 2018 at 5:46 AM EDT

According to a recent article in the Washington Post, the United States is suffering from a severe shortage of long-haul truck drivers. A condition that analysts say could disrupt our current prosperous economy. What is the current state of South Carolina’s trucking industry?

Mike Switzer interviews Richard Bogan, a senior vice president with Southeastern Freight Lines in Lexington, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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