Freight cost reduction for CPG brands
We help CPG shippers find, implement, and verify freight savings through better rates, fuller trailers, and smarter shipping decisions.
No upfront fee. Paid from verified savings.
Years of Experience
in Freight Managed
Independent Freight Advisor
Paid From Verified Savings
CPG freight savings case study
A CPG brand cut freight costs, recovered overbilling and stopped retailer compliance fines without changing a single carrier or 3PL partner.
Year one
total: recurring savings plus a one-time credit
Recurring
a year in realized savings from rates, routing and fees
One-time
credit: overbilling recovered in a freight audit
Why freight costs rise for CPG brands
Shipping to UNFI, KeHE and retailer DCs means tight appointment windows, partial loads and compliance rules. The overspend builds up load by load and invoice by invoice.
Truckload and LTL contract rates drift above today's market, lane by lane.
Half-full trailers mean you pay to ship empty space.
Detention, missed DC appointments, BOL and placard fines, and billing errors add up.
Freight cost reduction strategies
We review truckload, LTL, intermodal and parcel freight, dry van and reefer, then focus on the changes that save the most without hurting service.
Move each shipment to the most cost-effective mode for its lane.
Combine orders headed to the same region into fewer, fuller loads.
Use lane-by-lane market benchmarks to negotiate better rates and terms.
Fit more product on every trailer with better pallet and load plans.
Plan multi-stop routes and lanes that cut miles and empty space.
Check every invoice against agreed rates and recover billing errors.
Free freight savings review
Share 12 months of freight invoices and your current carrier rates. Within two weeks of receiving complete data, get a written review of your highest-priority savings opportunities.
How our freight savings consulting works
You approve every recommendation and every carrier contact before anything changes.
Step 1
Review invoices, rates, and shipment patterns to identify savings opportunities and establish a finance-approved baseline.
Step 2
Prioritize opportunities, support negotiations, and help your team introduce approved changes.
Step 3
Compare actual invoices with the approved baseline and report realized savings.
Watch: freight savings in 30 seconds
Two short videos on the levers that save CPG shippers the most: fuller trailers and fewer surprise charges.
Video · 0:27 · Shipment consolidation
How combining orders into fuller, multi-stop loads helped one CPG brand save $823,500 in year one.
Video · 0:27 · Accessorial & compliance control
Detention, liftgate, rescheduling and late fines: how we find the root causes and clean up your invoices.
Independent freight savings consultant
Maximizer Team is an independent freight advisor based in Las Vegas. We’re not a freight broker or carrier, so our only job is to lower what you pay and prove it. Another set of eyes on your freight costs.
Co-founder · 20+ years in freight
Co-founder
Who we work with: CFOs, COOs and VPs of Supply Chain at CPG and natural food brands spending $5M+ a year on freight. Founded 2017 · $1B+ in freight managed.
There’s no upfront consulting fee. We’re paid from verified savings, measured against a baseline your finance team approves before work begins. Terms are agreed in writing before any work starts.
No. You can keep your current carriers, 3PL and processes. We find the savings, and your team decides which recommendations to approve.
No. Maximizer Team is an independent freight savings advisor. We don’t haul freight, book loads or earn carrier commissions.
Twelve months of freight invoices and your current carrier rates. We look at origins, destinations, modes, equipment, shipment frequency and accessorial charges, including DC appointment and compliance fees.
Your data is kept confidential and used only for your review, and we sign an NDA where appropriate. Nothing is shared without your written approval.
You get a written review within two weeks of us receiving complete data. Implementation timing depends on scope, approvals and carrier negotiations.
Not during the review. We don’t contact your carriers without your written approval and an agreed plan.
Every recommendation is checked against capacity, on-time performance, delivery requirements and retailer and distributor rules. Your team decides what to implement.
Yes. We review reefer freight the same way as dry van: rates, loading, modes, routing and accessorial charges.
A freight audit catches billing errors after the fact. We also look at why you pay what you pay, from rates and modes to trailer loading and routing, then help fix it and verify the savings on your invoices.
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