{"id":33961,"date":"2023-06-27T08:15:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T13:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=33961"},"modified":"2023-06-27T08:15:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T13:15:31","slug":"usps-ground-advantage-shipping-option-receives-favorable-review-from-postal-regulatory-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2023\/06\/27\/usps-ground-advantage-shipping-option-receives-favorable-review-from-postal-regulatory-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Ground Advantage Shipping Option Receives Favorable Review from Postal Regulatory Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"headline\">\n<p class=\"lead\"><em><strong>Competitively priced ground product available nationwide on July 9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 6\/26\/23 &#8211; The Postal Service announced that it received favorable review from the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), approving the Postal Service\u2019s plan to implement USPS Ground Advantage on July 9, 2023. USPS Ground Advantage is the Postal Service\u2019s enhanced ground solution. It provides a simple, reliable, and more affordable way to ship packages in two-to-five business days across the continental United States.<\/p>\n<p>Pricing for USPS Ground Advantage will reflect a decrease of 1.4 percent relative to predecessor USPS shipping products, specifically retail prices will be 3.2 percent lower and commercial published prices will be 0.7 percent lower in comparison.<\/p>\n<p>In the Postal Service\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usps-mailin-it.simplecast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mailin\u2019 It<\/em><\/a>\u00a0podcast, Jakki Krage Strako, Chief Commerce and Business Solutions Officer, discussed USPS Ground Advantage and how USPS is focused on strengthening its shipping solutions as part of the Postal Service\u2019s 10-year strategic plan for service excellence, on-time delivery, and revenue generation from enhanced package delivery services.<\/p>\n<p>USPS Ground Advantage is a key element of the Postal Service\u2019s shipping service growth strategy as part of the 10-year\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/about.usps.com\/what\/strategic-plans\/delivering-for-america\/?_gl=1*63lmng*_ga*MTU2OTA3OTA5MC4xNjU2NTIwNTUx*_ga_3NXP3C8S9V*MTY2NDk4ODA1NS40NDIuMS4xNjY0OTg4MDkyLjAuMC4w\"><em>Delivering for America<\/em><\/a>\u00a0plan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>USPS Ground Advantage Key Features:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Packages delivered in 2-5 business days across the continental United States.<\/li>\n<li>Free package pickup service at home or in-office.<\/li>\n<li>Business customers can use USPS Ground Advantage return service as a convenient option for customers who need to send items back.<\/li>\n<li>$100 insurance included on USPS Ground Advantage and USPS Ground Advantage Return packages. Customers can purchase up to $5,000 in additional coverage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information about USPS Ground Advantage, visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usps.com\/ship\/ground-advantage.htm\"><em>USPS Coming Soon<\/em><\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\">###<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-release-footer\">\n<p>The United States Postal Service is an independent federal establishment, mandated to be self-financing and to serve every American community through the affordable, reliable and secure delivery of mail and packages to nearly 165 million addresses six and often seven days a week. Overseen by a bipartisan Board of Governors, the Postal Service is implementing a 10-year transformation plan,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usps.com\/deliveringforamerica\"><em>Delivering for America<\/em><\/a>, to modernize the postal network, restore long-term financial sustainability, dramatically improve service across all mail and shipping categories, and maintain the organization as one of America\u2019s most valued and trusted brands.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/usps-news495.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32684 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/usps-news495-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/usps-news495-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/usps-news495-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Competitively priced ground product available nationwide on July 9 WASHINGTON \u2014 6\/26\/23 &#8211; The Postal Service announced that it received favorable review from the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), approving the Postal Service\u2019s plan to implement USPS Ground Advantage on July 9, 2023. USPS Ground Advantage is the Postal Service\u2019s enhanced ground solution. It provides a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33961"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33963,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33961\/revisions\/33963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}