FedEx Corp., United Parcel
Service Inc., and U.S. Postal Service are expected to process more packages
this year than in the past years.
Between the three services,
there is expected to be somewhere between a 10.5 percent and 13 percent
increase in the amount of packages to be delivered. The services are hiring
seasonal help to accommodate the expected increase in packages.
“[Package deliveries are] on
the upswing, which is probably a testament to how America shops these days, and
that is online,” said Karen Mazurkiewicz, Western New York’s media contact for
USPS.
USPS plans to collaborate with
UPS and FedEx for package deliveries.
“We anticipate between
Thanksgiving and New Year's’ Eve that we’re going to handle about 15.5 billion
cards, letters, oversized letters, and packages...but packages, we anticipate
about 600 million,” said Mazurkiewicz.
The prices are dependent on the type of shipping that is
chosen; shipping heavy packages longer distances in shorter amounts of time
will cost the most.
According to Katie Wassmer,
FedEx Communications Advisor, the peak season for delivery services begins on
Black Friday and runs through Christmas Eve.
“The earlier you go to the post
office in the holiday season, the more options you’ll have [for the package to
arrive on time],” said Mazurkiewicz.
The UPS Store is located at 266
Elmwood Ave.; USPS is located at 465 Grant St. There are multiple drop-off
locations for FedEx in the West Side. By
Marcus Trueheart, Greg Twarozek and Kayla Yarington
