National Average Price for Regular Unleaded Current: $3.471; Month Ago: $3.640; Year Ago: $3.553. National Average Price for Diesel Current: $3.821; Month Ago: $3.973; Year Ago: $3.917.

Trucking activity in the United States slipped in March, giving back a little more than half of the gain from February. Specifically, truck freight tonnage decreased 1.5% after surging 2.8% in February, according to the American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index. Solid manufacturing output in March, led by robust auto production, likely helped truck freight tonnage not fall more after a very strong February,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. “Overall in the first quarter, tonnage increased marginally from both the fourth and first quarters of 2024. While the gains were not strong at half a percent and less, it was the first time that the quarterly average increased both sequentially and from a year earlier in two years. That tells me that the freight market did in fact turn around in the first three months of the year despite an uncertain outlook.” In March, the ATA advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index equaled 113.4, down from 115.1 in February. The index, which is based on 2015 as 100, was up 0.2% from the same month last year, the third straight year-over-year increase, which hasn’t happened since late 2022 and early 2023. The not seasonally adjusted index, which calculates raw changes in tonnage hauled, equaled 114.6 in March, 9.5% above February’s reading of 104.7.

n honor of National Grilling Month—and with America’s 250th birthday around the corner—Sam’s Club is sharing what meats members love to purchase in advance of the Fourth of July holiday. The results might surprise you. Fourth of July Favorites At-A-Glance Let’s look at a summary of our key findings as we evaluated the purchases leading up to the Fourth of July in 2025. Based on Sam’s Club data, chicken leads in the most states (19), followed by pork ribs (15) and ground beef (14).