Giant Eagle - Crafton, PA

Any produce haulers, AVOID this place at all costs. My company regularly serves this f'n place and for the 4th straight time, I'm sitting with refused product and losing a day because of it. 5 hour unload, rejected product yet again. This place finds a dozen bs reasons to refuse freight, and our drivers are the only ones who end up being put out over it. Exactly why I quit this job 3 years ago and I'll likely be putting in for my vacation ASAP to start looking again. This is a good job unless you deal with this place, but since this is their biggest customer, it's a 2x a week stop most weeks. There's a reason we always get these loads to Crafton and never to the Bedford Heights, OH DC anymore, it's because Bedford doesn't pull this stunt every day. Bedford gets you out in 2 hours and rarely refuses anything, this place on the other hand blows. See guys at the window every time I'm here complaining about refused product so my company certainly isn't the only one who deals with this. You've been warned...

 

Because at the time I was looking for a job after coming back from surgery, sadly this looked like my best option. Was shocked at what was available at the time and extremely disappointed. Couldn't believe there was nothing better seemingly.

 

My days of doing hard labor are over, body can't take the abuse it once could so that eliminates some jobs. And just a terrible month to be looking I guess when I was coming back (January), was next to nothing in terms of good. Nobody I was eyeing was hiring

 

It's always "poor quality" or "we didn't order that", etc. It's bs. I delivered a load last week, a double drop to both Bedford and Crafton, same exact product, quantity, etc. Bedford gets me done in 90 minutes, all good. Crafton takes 3.5 hours on their half, and rejects 52 cases for "poor quality". Was good enough for one and not the other.

My guess is Crafton is in bed with the place in Pittsburgh we usually drop the rejects off at. The broker sells it to them for next to nothing and everyone wins but our drivers, who end up with extra stops, long days, etc and very little $. 4 straight loads to Crafton I've left with product on the trailer...

 

Another 7.5 hour unload and once again, leaving with freight. Like I said fellas, don't do it. Place is gonna cost me this job and force me to look elsewhere