BYRON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Gasoline and diesel prices in Michigan are cheaper ahead of Thanksgiving travel compared to last year.
Shawn Jones has been driving semi-trucks for 20 years. Skyrocketing diesel prices coming out of the pandemic especially strained his business.
“When the gas prices were high and you’re a smaller company, it makes you make a decision if you’re gonna be here or just give it up,” he said. “That’s the biggest thing with the fuel prices, especially diesel.”
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He owns Jones Logistic Services, a freight service company based out of Grand Rapids. He and his employees transport food between Michigan and the Chicago area. News 8 caught up with him as he was filling up his semi-truck at a stop near Byron Center Sunday afternoon…