any good grocery stores besides wallmart that you can fit a t ruck in to?

Discussion in 'Driver Health' started by reefer101, Jan 19, 2015.

  1. reefer101

    reefer101 Medium Load Member

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    I want to start eating quality food. and I cook in the truck sometimes. but Walmart doesn't have quality of fredmeyer, Costco, wholefoods:biggrin_25512:
     
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  3. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    well you dont drive reefer do you
    if you did you would know that the only difference is the price
    5 guys advertises fresh made hamburgers
    fresh right out of a freezer that i delivered to multiple times

    do you really believe those organic eggs at $6.00/doz
    came from happy chickens scratching around the back 40
    whole trailer loads of organic eggs is a big omelet full of BS
    only thing organic is the ink on the stamp the lumper is stamping the case with

    just be grateful you dont have to eat TS crap
     
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  4. reefer101

    reefer101 Medium Load Member

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    coca cola is the same every where but Walmart doesn't havegood brad. and some brends that other stores have. and I delivered organic onions once, the receiver had a mobile lab come to his warehouse to do a test if he got what he paid for
     
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    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Nationwide, probably not, but there are smaller entities that operate regionally.
     
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  6. Dr_Fandango44

    Dr_Fandango44 Road Train Member

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    Its a fact that it will cost more to buy and eat quality foods. Make a plan of good quality supermarkets throughout the US. In Florida/Georgia you have Publix and Texas has HEB.
    I rarely visit walmart unless I'm desperate, but I will visit a Sam's sometimes for their fruit or cheese. I tend to target Costco. Some of them are truck friendly, some not so I get creative. If it's the Midwest I'll locate a Meijer supermarket. In the East It's Wegmans. I'll try to get to a Wholefoods sometimes but invariably you have to bobtail to those.
    In every state, theres a good quality supermarket and as a result I eat just as well on the truck as I do at home.
    But thats not enough because you have to store these foods so you really do need a good fridge and I've gone a step further and have a deep freeze on the truck. Works well and it cuts down on shopping. I do try to buy organic and stay clear of GMOs. You've just got to read the labels.
    I refuse to buy foods that have high fructose corn syrup.
    No matter where I am I can plan ahead and have a clear picture of where I'm going to park the truck.
    Theres no excuse not to eat good solid foods. I NEVER eat at truckstops or eat fast food. Lets face it, its all garbage and/or over priced.
     
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  7. tommymonza

    tommymonza Road Train Member

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    interesting. What brand deep freezer and does it run on 12 volt or just 110?
     
  8. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    i understand housewives in suburbia buying into the whole foods racket
    when the local fish markets in Portsmouth NH had codfish on sale for $7.99
    my buddy sold his for $8.99 everyone swore he had the best freshest fish
    all came off my boat the same day

    the dumbing down of america
     
  9. Pinkwasp

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    what warehouse
    was that? That sounds interesting.
     
  10. Dr_Fandango44

    Dr_Fandango44 Road Train Member

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    My freezer will run both ways...runs via 12V on the truck so I just plug it into the socket available
    When I'm home I have a separate 110V mains cord that just plugs into the mains. Freezes food just like a normal freezer. You can adjust the temp.
    Google search truck fridge and theres a company in KY that sells them. Amazon sells them too. Not cheap by any means but worth the money IMHO.
    Very reliable and use very little power. My freezer is 2 cuft and is stand alone. My fridge is a unit designed for trucks and is hardwired to the fuse box, but quite frankly you can just buy a reg fridge at Target and use it with a good inverter.
     
  11. reefer101

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    yeah sometimes whole foods sells same product for more$ but I like their meet and brad and soup and they have good looking cashiers
     
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