Category: UPS Press Release

• Marks the first blockchain-verified HerdX shipment of beef from U.S. to Japan
• UPS develops customized, integrated visibility tool for tracking and quality assurance
• Collaboration creates food quality authentication process

UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced a collaboration with HerdX, Inc., a leading U.S.-based agri-tech solutions provider, to deliver blockchain-verified traced beef from a U.S. farm to Japan. The delivery represents a significant step forward in quality assurance and traceability in the beef industry and was celebrated at an event attended by U.S. and Japanese embassy officials in Tokyo on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019.

Holiday shopping. Wrapping gifts. Sending presents. UPS (NYSE: UPS) understands the most wonderful time of the year may also be your busiest.

For this reason, UPS is offering rewards with a total value of up to $35 to encourage U.S. consumers to try alternate delivery sites, bringing more choice, control and convenience to package delivery. The UPS Access Point® network consists of nearly 15,000 pick-up locations, including The UPS Store®, Michaels and local businesses across the U.S. – such as neighborhood delis, dry cleaners and flower shops. Shoppers can pick up deliveries when convenient for them at no additional fee.

To participate, consumers must be enrolled in UPS My Choice®, a free service enabling more than 60 million current members worldwide to manage their deliveries. To begin earning rewards, members should log in and select the most convenient UPS Access Point location as their preferred alternate delivery location.

Insuring one package is now simple, fast and convenient

UPS Capital®, a subsidiary of UPS® (NYSE:UPS), today announced the launch of its online single-shipment coverage which gives businesses immediate access to transactional insurance – regardless of the shipping mode or carrier.

UPS Capital CargoEdge® single-shipment coverage supports an enhanced customer experience by providing insurance coverage through a fast and secure process. Customers can request and receive insurance coverage on shipments in a matter of minutes – all online.

“As more companies rely on digital transactions to keep pace with business demands, it was important for us to respond with flexible, innovative shipping coverage,” said UPS Capital President Mark Robinson. “It puts speed, control and choice in the customer’s hands, where it should be.”

• Predictable nationwide flat rates that are simple, fast and transparent
• Customers use their own packaging that fits their products and brand
• Five rate options based on package size for greater convenience
• Customers can ship UPS® Simple Rate packages by UPS 2nd Day Air®, UPS 3 Day Select® and UPS® Ground services

Small business owners manage many uncertainties, but now the final cost of shipping doesn’t have to be one of them. Just in time for the holiday shipping rush, UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced UPS Simple Rate, a predictable flat rate (1) shipping option designed to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) streamline and simplify their outbound processes.

• Flights were the first commercial drone deliveries of a medical prescription in the United States under an FAA-approved program
• UPS and CVS exploring a variety of drone delivery use cases
• UPS Flight Forward expanding drone delivery beyond hospital campuses

UPS (NYSE:UPS) subsidiary UPS Flight Forward Inc. (UPSFF) and CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS.N) subsidiary CVS Pharmacy, Inc. today announced the successful completion of the first revenue-generating drone delivery of a medical prescription from a CVS pharmacy directly to a consumer’s home. This was followed by another delivery of a medical prescription to a second customer in a nearby retirement community. Both flights occurred on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, using the M2 drone system by UPS partner and drone systems developer Matternet.