What food distribution companies/warehouses are the worst?

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i picked up out of a farmland foods plant in Missouri years ago. Of course as usual the load wasn't ready and certainly wasn't on time, but they decided to have me park right next to part of the plant's "kill floor". I had to put the engine at high idle and crank the stereo so I wouldn't hear the godawefull screaming noises coming from the building.....

 

I've noticed that a lot of Americold facilities have a passive-aggressive way of telling drivers they don't want you waiting in their lobby. Despite the fact that they are cooling a quarter of a square mile of warehouse, they can't pipe air conditioning into the 15x15 driver waiting area.

 

NebraskaLand in the bronx

 

I deliver fresh California Produce to the WMDC in Pageland SC about twice a month and am in and out of perishables within two hours... Except last Saturday when they rejected 189 cases of honeydew because they did not order it. After 6 hours of waiting while the broker tried to find a home for it they told me to just get rid of them. I sold them to a produce distributor for $2 a box. Meanwhile, a produce stand right across the street from the DC offered to take them off my hands for free citing all the other produce he was selling for full market value that he had already gotten for free the same way. I told him I would give it to a food bank or church before I gave it to him.

 

Smithfield in Sioux City Iowa is terrible. Appointment was from 0730 to 2200, at 2300 they told me production shut down for the night and I wouldn't get loaded until the next day. 22 hours I spent waiting there for one and a half pallets.

 

There's a lot of USDA and FDA inspection and certification issues crop up unexpectedly especially at meat processing plants. As well as supply issues. Sometimes the right cattle or pigs or what not don't hit the dock at the right time.

Meat processing plants are always a crap shoot when doing live loads.

 

Maybe not dirty, I dunno, but the worst grocery stop ever, since the earth cooled, is Ralph's Compton. Apparently built for 27' trailers, and a tall brick wall staring you in face about 16' away after (and IF) you can get backed in without adding your company's bumper color to the "Confetti Wall". To back in, you WILL have to get the guy that ends up on your left side to unhook and move his tractor. Then you still pray to not color the wall.

 

I've never, ever been a fan of Americold, but last week at the location in S.E. Indianapolis took the cake.
11 hours sitting in the door....TQL load and they were actually helping as much as possible. Had a conference call with the agent and my boss man (I drive for an O/O) and the agent said I was 48% loaded but he was tempted to pull the load, pay for truck ordered not used AND pay me detention at $40/hr. But, we hung in there and got the job done. Sucks that TQL has a cap on detention, so I only get $275 but hey, I've been wanting new wheels for my pickup! LoL