The Food Service Rant thread

Wow 1200 cases is about 3-4 hours for me, depending on the product mix, and how I'm supposed to palletize them. Oh, and the ambient temperature/humidity, since I don't have a reefer. I slow down badly when it's much north of 75 degrees.

Doesn't USF use driver cameras? That alone would disqualify me. You're trusting me to be the face of your operation, drive your truck, deliver your product, but you have to jam a camera in my face? Next.

 

I don't know I don't think so, but do not know for sure.

 

I had 975 on today..... only 5 stops though. Lots of cases crammed on a 28.

 

Yes we do have cameras but the only record when you hit a bump or break to hard stuff like that. I personally don't mind it since I have nothing to hide if they catch me picking my nose so be it.

 

All we have at GFS for broad are 28' trailers (Thank God I don't want to deal with anything bigger) I had 1,019 on Tuesday in mine!

 

It seems like the new DCs are getting creative on trailer size though. Down in Atlanta we use 50s for chain, 28s for sale service, and 3 36s for various things, mostly school routes.

Cardfan, as long as the cameras stick to just things like that, nobody really cares. Problem is it always seems to be a slippery slope. Sysco Atl is fighting the newly voted in union by making a one-and-done rule, using the camera to enforce it. If they check the camera footage, which they do randomly, and you have a water bottle, phone, blutooth, anything but the steering wheel in your hands, you are fired. They've fired close to a dozen guys over that over the past few months in an apparent attempt to clear out their driver roster. Get rid of the guys who voted in the union, and they hope they can get rid of it. But of course when they put the cameras in, they were never used for that purpose -- it just turned into that when management came up with their scheme.

 

I'm quite okay with that. We got a couple really good drivers from Sysco that way

 

Same here lol. 40 years of Sysco service between the 3 of them.

 

Do you know a chain driver named Deontae? He is new to DV and said they do have 3 36'. Yeah it seems in Classic GFS territory like the mid west it's all the same stuff that your used to seeing, but in the brand new territories the equipment is way more anything goes.