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Sinton/Borden Dairy Mass Layoffs

Discussion in 'Refrigerated Trucking Forum' started by Milkman719, Mar 16, 2015.

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  1. Mar 16, 2015 #1
    Milkman719

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    Well the day has come! A dairy that has been around since 1880 (Sinton Dairy) is no longer going to process fluid milk. I'm sad to see it go, This company is owned by a Mexican company LaLa and goes by Borden Dairy but when they bid a Walmart contract at a price lower price then it cost to produce a gallon of milk what do you expect. Walmart chewed them up and spit them out. The drivers that have stayed around have lots of resentment and as one of them I don't blame them. We work hard unloading multiple trailers, driving Colorado, putting up with Walmart receivers I can go on but you get it. God Bless the guys who Deliver Milk also known as " MILKMAN"
     
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  3. Mar 16, 2015 #2
    Cat sdp

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    You were doomed when the Mexican co bought you out ...
     
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  4. Mar 16, 2015 #3
    chalupa

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    Ok MM, teach me something........I give over $4.00 a gallon at the store and I know the dairy farmer gets shafted on the front end and sells his milk by the pound.......and your gig is closing so WTF is the money going????

    Sounds like you got a fat boy in the middle skimming.........clean house!!
     
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  5. Mar 16, 2015 #4
    joseph1135

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    Walmart will do that. Killing competition until there's nothing left. They'd love a store with Great Value products only. Don't worry. This is going to blow up for Walmart. And it's gonna be messy.
     
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  7. Mar 16, 2015 #5
    TLeaHeart

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    they are still going to produce fluid milk, just not fresh. They will be retooling to produce shelf stable fluid milk.

    Reading between the lines, this is a wage reduction, union busting move by the parent company. Cant afford those high wages, and sell to walmart.
     
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  8. Mar 20, 2015 #6
    Milkman719

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    Walmart sells is for 1.99 in Colorado
     
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  9. Mar 20, 2015 #7
    Milkman719

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    I'm not a big fan of the union and wages inside the plant make it hard to sell to walmart but Dean foods is making it work. Borden Going from 150 employees to 30-40 is big. Going from 11-13 tankers a day to 2 not much of a dairy. As a driver I'm not worried about finding a job but the guys in the plant different story they just got retooled.
     
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  10. Mar 27, 2015 #8
    Aditransport

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    This throws a wrench in my program too. As an o/o, I've been hauling milk to US Foods from Sinton for 2 years now. Not much freight coming out of Colorado Springs on a daily basis like this was. This is going to suck!!
     
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  11. Mar 27, 2015 #9
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  12. Mar 30, 2015 #10
    Milkman719

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    I hear Dean Foods will be servicing US Foods.
     
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