FedEx Ground, a subsidiary of the FedEx Corporation, is an American ground package delivery company headquartered in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh.
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13 Facts About FedEx Ground
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FedEx Ground began as Roadway Package System, founded in 1985 by transportation company Roadway Services Inc, later renamed Caliber System.
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FedEx Ground provides US and Canada domestic services as well as international services between the two, branded FedEx International Ground.
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In 1997, Fred Smith, founder of FedEx Ground, contacted Dan Sullivan, co-founder of RPS and now president of Caliber System, about merging the two companies.
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In preparation for this major acquisition, FedEx Ground had reorganized as a holding company, FDX Corporation, in October 1997.
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FedEx Ground launched a US residential delivery service, FedEx Home Delivery Service, in 2000.
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In 2004, FedEx Ground acquired New Berlin, Wisconsin-based parcel consolidator Parcel Direct from magazine and catalog printer Quad Graphics for $120 million.
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FedEx Ground Home Delivery is a residential delivery service available in the US.
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FedEx Ground Economy is a subsidiary of FedEx Ground which provides a parcel consolidation service most commonly used for residential deliveries of small, lightweight parcels.
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FedEx Ground Economy was originally Parcel Direct, founded in 1998 by Quad Graphics to provide delivery services for its catalog publishing customers.
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When FedEx Ground acquired it in 2004, Parcel Direct had 12 distribution hubs across the US and 450 employees.
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However, starting in 2019, FedEx began shifting SmartPost deliveries to its own Ground and Home Delivery networks and in 2020 said it had completed the shift and was delivering nearly all SmartPost packages itself.
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Only the FedEx Ground Express unit used the original color combination of a purple Fed and orange Ex.
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