To all my fellow grocery rollers and truck drivers

90 percent 24' work, we have 2 semis, one is our line haul truck, when hes off we move a class A driver into his truck. And a 48 fixed tandem skate. We are a wholesaler/supplier of pipe, havac and plumbing (both residential and industrial) local work m-f with a very low turn over rate. (At least at our building) were one of only 2 union shops in the mpls area...

 

Fellow food service guy here I work for us foods in southern Missouri it's about the cheapest living in the United States in my opinion low taxes low property value ext. We have one of the highest paid jobs around home every night sleeping in our own beds if your doing foodservice now it's all the same everywhere your going I'm sure but it's all what you make of it. We have very low turn over compared to some areas. Any other questions I'll be happy to answer

 

Not after my dismal coaching trip today.

 

Oh, quit. YES you still ARE~! I'd start a "poll" thread, but I don't know how. . . .

 

Hey I'm Mike I work for GFS in Cleveland, Ohio area, I've worked a little bit on the east coast in Deleware and Maryland for GFS as well, doing food, besides the way each warehouse is a little different it's all pretty much the same ha-ha. Sysco has a warehouse here in Cleveland that is if I had to guess at least 100 trucks and covers half the state of Ohio and some of western Pennsylvania.

I work out of a main branch drop yard as GFS doesn't have a warehouse in Cleveland, our drop yard is a bigger yard we've got 16-17 trucks running out of it and are responsible for 2 other sub yards. Our cost of living is probably more then Cardfan in MO, but less then other more expensive cities we do pretty good, here in Ohio we've got all the opportunities you want we have every major food company there is and most of the major trucking companies have terminals here.

GFS, Sysco, NHB, US Foods, Martin Brower, Anderson-DuBoise, MBM-McLane, Blue Line, Sygma and many others all have major warehouses somewhere here in Ohio and others have drop lots.

Our case volume verries depending on time of the year were pretty big with schools and institutions so when those get going we get pretty busy I don't quite do 4000 cases a week when were going I mean I have before, but I'm just a tad under that.

Our employee overturn isn't to bad we just had a man quit, but he was on the way out anyhow so that doesn't really count and we've got a few guys on the reserve board so were holding are own I guess.

Busy depends on the market like our warehouse in Maryland is gaining traction, you know if you go into a new market that the company hasn't been in before it takes them time to grow a lot of time.

Really Cleveland, Delaware, King of Prussia, PA I've worked in all those places for GFS it's all the same Cooler, Freezer and Dry.

 

The fact that you move over 4000 cases a week------my hat is off to you; i've done foodservice and would not do it again UNLESS it paid at least $2000 gross per week AND a 4 day work week AND daytime only work.

 

Funny, I'm delivering there tomorrow. Thankfully I scoped it out and know that the reefer receiving entrance is on Wickersham dr. To be honest other than L.A, The boroughs of NYC, Anywhere else gotta be better and easier than Atlanta. Oohhh lawd.

 

Nyc is a cake walk. I'll run a 13'6 48 all around the 5 boroughs say compared to baltimore, philly, paterson, newark. I'll do midtown manhattan any day over those other ####holes

 

I agree. Don't forget Pittsburgh.

 

Oh you reminded me of Pittsburgh. Few months ago running a load of bulk cement out from elmira to wintersville oh i ran 376 all the way thru the city till i caught 22. Even being under 13 some of those low bridge warnings scared the crap outta me