EXHIBIT 99.1

Contact:   Drew Kronick, Vice President                Joel Pomerantz
           Consolidated Delivery & Logistics, Inc.     The Dilenschneider Group
           (973) 471-1005                              (212) 922-0900


                   CONSOLIDATED DELIVERY & LOGISTICS ACQUIRES
              LEADING JACKSONVILLE AIR AND GROUND DELIVERY SERVICE



          CLIFTON,  N.J.,  May  11,  1999 --  Continuing  its  1999  acquisition
activity, Consolidated Delivery & Logistics, Inc.(AMEX:CDV), a national provider
of customized,  time-critical ground and air delivery services,  today announced
it has  acquired  Metro  Parcel  Service,  a  leading  delivery  service  in the
Jacksonville,  Florida,  metropolitan area. Privately-held Metro posted revenues
of approximately $2.2 million in 1998.
         
          This acquisition, along with the two previously announced acquisitions
in the last 90 days,  contribute  to CD&L a combined  $25 million in  annualized
revenue  in  1999.  Over  the last ten  months  CD&L  has  purchased  businesses
generating over $50 million in annualized revenue.

          Metro Parcel,  with a reputation for superior  service in the Northern
Florida  area,  will be merged  with  CD&L's  existing  Jacksonville  office and
operate as part of CD&L's fast-growing  Southeast Region. One of the top courier
companies in the busy Jacksonville market, Metro Parcel 

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provides area  businesses  with  rush-demand,  routed  courier,  and air freight
pick-up and delivery services. Its customer list includes a large representation
of local wholesale pharmaceutical and medical firms.

          Commenting on the  acquisition,  Michael  Brooks,  General  Manager of
CD&L's  Southeast  Region said:  "With Metro Parcel,  we now have the resources,
coverage and critical mass to quickly become the dominant courier company in one
of the Southeast's  fastest-growing  markets. We anticipate adding new customers
in the  Jacksonville  area at a rapid rate and realizing  immediate  operational
savings from the merger."

          "I'm also  pleased to report that owners  Nathan and Kelly  Spaulding,
who helped  build  Metro into a  successful  company,  have agreed to stay on at
CD&L, ensuring a continuity of management,  operations, customers and personnel.
Mr.  Spaulding  will  serve as CD&L's  Jacksonville,  Florida  General  Manager,
directing the combined operations."

          Consolidated Delivery & Logistics,  Inc. headquartered in Clifton, New
Jersey is a full-service, same-day ground and air delivery and logistics company
with 70 offices in 24 states and the  District  of  Columbia.  The  Company  has
nearly  3,500  employees  and utilizes  over 1,500  independent  contractors  to
provide time sensitive delivery services to thousands of businesses.

          This  press  release  contains  certain   forward-looking   statements
regarding future

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of  the  Company.  These  forward-looking  statements  include  comments  on the
Company's future business  development in the Jacksonville,  Florida area. These
forward-looking  statements  involve  certain risks and  uncertainties  that may
cause the actual events or results to differ  materially from those indicated by
such  forward-looking  statements.  Potential risks and  uncertainties  include,
without  limitation,  the risk that revenues and profits of the acquired Company
will decrease or fail to improve over historical  results, or that the Company's
management  group will be unable to  effectively  and  profitably  integrate the
acquired business into CD&L's business or realize  operational  savings from the
combination  or that  management  of Metro Parcel will be unable to maintain its
level of customer  services or  maintain  or increase  its market  share or that
Jacksonville  will not continue to be a growing  market and may decline or other
risks specified in the Company's SEC filings.