Any McDonald's drivers out there I have a question.

That's a good question, I didn't think of that. The guy unloading didn't seem to be wearing a uniform at all, I think MB has uniforms. I'm not sure. Maybe MB comes up here from cincy.

 

Hogan rents equipment, I can't believe Hogan has the actual warehouse space to do McDonald's here's the thing you must realize is McDonald's is a very very serious business and when it comes to matters like distribution and supply chain to there stores with there products, perception is everything and they don't want bottom dollar service. They want extremely high quality it's there name on the side of the trailer. It's the same reason Wal-Mart only hires the best drivers and pays the best, McDonald's is no different.

McDonald's when it comes to distribution like this, I know Anderson-DuBose here in northern, Ohio all there equipment is clean, there tractors and trailers are all late model to me it doesn't look like there is a single thing in the double digits as far as age of equipment goes. There in a brand new warehouse with truck and rail shipping capabilities, McDonald's isn't just some pop up fly by night bottom feeder bid on some contract thing.

Very few people can actually supply McDonald's I'm sure McDonald's is up there suppliers behinds constantly so I think there is way more to McDonald's then a company like Hogan can do.

 

Oh yeah. Very spot on. GSF in Chicago just got a brand new facility there. Great equipment. Great pay. Everything.

It would make more sense that hogan is just leasing equipment out to another company. The fun part is to find out who is delivering to the mcds here in central Ohio lol.

 

Ok I got curious. I called the MB warehouse in Cincy. Turns out they travel up here from Cincy and cover Mcds in Columbus as well. Darn, guess that means no Mcds delivery job for me lol.

 

We have some major construction on the avenue and you have to take the scenic route to the entrance to McDonald's which is thru a neighborhood.Every McDonald's truck I've seen doesn t have a clue where that is.They see McDonald's slow down and see they can't get in because of construction.So they go all the way down the ave and find a place to turn around.I use the library wify which is next door to McDonald's.Have had a few drivers ask me how to get there.So I just tell them to follow me.Lucky for them the library parking lot is big enough for a semi to menuver around.

 

See Anderson-Duboise used to be in Solon, Ohio and I would now a day have really really considered them, but now that there out in Youngstown there kind of a non-option, the problem is where I started when I got into trucking I don't feel had me prepared enough to work for a McDonald's supplier. I could do it now, but I would have had to work somewhere else anyhow because I wasn't good with 10 speed trucks when I started and just wasn't McDonald's material. I mean you have to be good to work for one of the McDonald's suppliers I know those companies really do not hire anyone without 1-2 years experience.

They certainly do not train people to get CDL's and really though all the McDoanald's suppliers are really very modern lift gates carts the whole nine yards they pay really well the only reason I would think they have turnover is because the fact that McDonald's is 24-7 365 day time night time any time routes dispatch non stop. For a single person like my self with no kids, wife or girl friend that's fine, but for others that might now work. However it might because families like having money to spend, but it could go either way.

Truck comes into the warehouse tractors disconnected from the trailer it goes to get cleaned up and fueled trailer goes to get cleaned up and fueled spotters put the trailer in a dock the loaders load it, the new driver hops in the tractor and connects it to the trailer does an inspection logs on and hits the road 24-7 never stops.

When ever people ask about local food jobs I always say is there a McDonald's supplier in your area who is hiring, because if you play your cards right they maybe the golden ticket.

You know plus most McDonald's franchises are free standing buildings all designed the same way your going to figure out exactly how to get the truck in and out. I think most McDonald's are big enough to where you can just pull in and drive around the building.
There all a little different kind of, but I generally see they all follow the same architectural pattern for what ever era it was they were built in and I don't know with McDonald's if they have set routes you can bid on, but I have to guess eventually after a while you probably end up going to the same set of stores more often then not. In other words your like oh yeah I've done that one before and that one too and it's like any other route job 85% of the time your at the same places.

The reason for that is, that's the only way to be efficient because your not fighting a learning curve. This past Monday I had a route that was all temp stops that I don't really know. Well I had a helper who knew the route, but I didn't and when we got to the airport the helper was confident he knew what he was doing, I thought we were making a mistake, but wasn't 100% sure and let the helper take the lead. Sure enough I was right we screwed up the stop separation at the airport. Now it's my fault as it was my route, but that's what happens the people who do the airport regularly know what to do send some people who have only been there one-two times and they screw it up.

So naturally I bet after a while you end up seeing the same places and McDonald's restaurants and deal with the same owners if the owners are even there.

Most McDonald's franchises are owned by "corporations" very few are actually owned by individual people not saying there aren't any owned by individual people, but people must realize McDonald's isn't a job you don't save up $10million or what ever a franchise costs and go "I'm going to buy me a McDonald's franchise and get me a job I'm going to buy me a job." It doesn't work like that.

 

When I worked for Metroplex Harriman, they were one of the earliest distributors for Mc Donalds's. Part of the orientation was learning not only the McD's history but Metroplex's history as well. They were operating at the time without any signed contract, started on a handshake with Mr. Croc himself. They also were the company chosen to implement a distribution network when Mc Donald's expanded to Ireland, in fact the current distribution system Mc Donald's uses worldwide was designed after their system. Sometime after I left there the family that owned it sold out to MB, and now they are just a big cold place, not like it was in 2004. Yes, they were union back then as well, but the ownership and labor never clashed, the owners had your back no doubt about it.

All of our equipment was Penske leased, come to think of it I haven't seen a McD's trailer that is not a Penske lease, trucks were run hard 24/7 no assigned equipment, but they were clean and maintained well. Nice, comfortable uniforms, no cheap synthetic farbic crap, real cotton, and breathable, still have a few shirts 12 years later.

 

Golden State Foods bought out a company in Chicago known as Perlman Rocque which was out of LeMont, IL. I guess there's still some smaller in relation to Martin Brower or Golden State Foods McDonald's suppliers left like Anderson-DuBoise or Mile Hi out west probably others as well.

 

I am currently trying to get on with MB right now in Orlando. The company would be amazing to work for. Here in Florida, they do only Mcdonalds and Chipotle. Roller carts and lift gates, a lot better than a hand truck and ramps. The last two times I put in for MB the position closed so now I am trying again hoping to get a call. It's a long shot, but with expierence from Sysco and US Foods, hopefully I stand a chance.