Why are we being charged for freight?

One of the most frequent questions we receive at Meat Online is about freight charges. Many of our customers, some with over 20+ years in the business, often tell us they’ve never been directly charged for freight. However, whether for food service or retail, the reality is that every item of food has a freight cost built into the sale price.

Without factoring in these logistics costs, freight companies wouldn’t get paid, trucks wouldn’t be on the road, and there would be no food deliveries to keep businesses and families supplied.

Most companies integrate a freight percentage into their pricing—and in some cases, they add a significant markup. Some companies may profit as much as 30% from freight costs, especially when meat prices rise. This is a common practice in the industry, but at Meat Online, we believe in transparent pricing to help your business thrive.

At Meatonline the freight charge is separate to the sell prices of our products at Meatonline, this is so we are 100% transparent as to what you are being charged for.

The prices are reflective of the freight charges we are charged by the freight companies, there is complete transparency and you will know what you freight price is up front before purchasing. We make no extra money on our freight prices in fact quite often loose money in order to keep the prices down as much as we can for our customers.

Take a look at your next tax invoice and compare prices, you could be very surprised at what you have been paying for?