I deliver to shoprite stores, only one bad receiver.

This weekend receiver has a bad reputation among all the drivers that deliver there. He leaves the dock area for a coffee and cigarette break for 45 minutes mid morning when deliveries are coming in, bread, buns, produce, and my frozen food.

I am told by one of the drivers that used to work there that he is buddies with the store manager and gets by with doing a poor job. Drivers are afraid to complain to the store manager as it would get back to this receiver and he could make life miserable for them. I don't know the grocery store business that well yet, but I would guess this receiver will be able to get by for quite a while, as he already has.

I would talk to the store manager, but don't know if it would do any good....if I can find out who the store owner is, that might get the store manager to do something. I just hate to see this receiver do such a lousy job with the drivers. Maybe the the store manager could at least get the guy to do his job....will have to wait and see if I get routed back there. I would feel better if I told the store manager about this lazy receiver.

 

I am a company driver for a company that contracts for deliveries to shoprite.

 

I only work two days a week, and I run out of gouldsboro pa. dc to stores in nj and philly. My runs are the same as the full timers. I get 3 stops per trip on average for about 280 - 300 miles a day. I pull the yellow trailers.

All my loads are preloaded at the dc. All my loads are live unload by the grocery stores. I don't touch freight. The stores usually take off about 7 pallets each.

I do see o/o waiting to get loaded at the dc. The dc is run by americold. They also have a doc in fogelsville, pa. Been there once for a back haul and it was a live load.

Usually takes 10 - 11 hours a day. Depends on traffic or if I have to wait for a dock at a store. Most stores only keep one dock open...the rest have trailers parked for storage.
I leave the dc between 4:30 and 5:00 a.m.

 

Correct, no detention pay.