Safeway company drivers

Don't know too much about Safeway other than Albertsons own them. They also own ACME as well. If Safeway is run similar to ACME, you just landed a very good job.

ACME use to be owned by SuperValu I think, before Albertsons bought them out. ACME still has a lot of trailers with SuperValu's name on the trailers. Even their distribution center still has SuperValu on the building. I would imagine Safeways union contract might be very similar to ACME, since Albertsons owns both companies.

 

Haven't seen him in a long time, but a guy I was friends with worked for Safeway in Washington state and loved the job. He was teamsters union and made good money.

 

Grocery hauling, union or not, can be a VERY rewarding job. Be prepared to run ALL hours, 24/7, regardless of the weather. Our top guys are over 100K/yr with full FREE benefits and retirement. Be cautioned that most grocery drivers run a "seniority based" system, that means the top guys take the best schedules and runs. My barn essentially allows us to work as much or little OT as we want, I'll do about 75k on 45 (or so) hours a week this year. I did well over 80k last year, but I worked more hours. It should be noted that I'm in the bottom third of our seniority roster, so not too shabby.

 

Exactly the same here, except change Washington to Denver.

 

I was doing the grocery thing when Kentucky had all the highways, roads, interstates, closed because of ice. Guess what, that didn't apply to grocery haulers or fuel haulers. State trooper pulled me over and check my paperwork to make sure I was hauling food.

 

Same thing happened to me in New York a couple years ago. The trooper that stopped me was actually very courteous and wished me safe travels.

 

The Kentucky trooper that stopped me was the same.

 

Some of the best ones in the NE contain a cafeteria staffed with cooks and decent food 24/7. Lumping does not matter when you can go up stairs and fuel up for another 4 hours...