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re: YOU MIGHT BE A FS REP: "Re 6566 Didn’t you mean “You might be a Sysco FS rep If you give away the chicken breast , mayonnaise, and hose the account on the therm-glo and the 1M 1ply 3 fold napkins @ 55% on sell."
6576

re: BIGOTRY: "Refer to somebody as African American, Mexican American, Irish American, or any other "marker" and you are seperating people into groups. Sounds like a bigot to me. Why not do as President Roosevelt suggested and just call us all Americans?
'In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.'
Theodore Roosevelt 1907
6575

re: SYSCO SF: "The recent post mentioning Sysco SF got me to thinking. I have worked here at Sysco SF for a long time at various jobs and worked for a number of Presidents and through it all I have never felt the air like it is now. These jokers must go. Ehlers is a gutless weiner, Bruce is clueless, arrogant, vindictive and petty and their posses are just as bad Jean Harper, what a total fake!). We can all see the obvious cliques and how they are working against each other while smiling at one another in the halls, pathetic! Mean while sales are in the tank and we are loosing Gold accounts to USF and BiRite every day. Our Operations department is a complete joke. I no longer try to make promises to customers, there is no longer an ounce of trust in what the warehouse and transportation can do. James is Bruce's puppet and snitch (be careful what you say around him) and should not be allowed to push a broom around here let alone have a say in the money coming out of my pocket. There is no longer such thing as a time window, drivers just do whatever they want, whenever they want. You driver should strike, perhaps it will force a change at the top and they'll bounce Bruce and Jim outta here on their ears. You guys make plenty and get all the hours you want, but Bruce is so sure that he is right that he will never listen and that really the issue. It's gonna take the Houston Execs to work out a deal and if you stick to your guns they will give you the world, the last thing they can afford right now is a strike! I hear the talk through the walls, I'm sure between now and November they will all turn in to your best friends and treat you all like royalty. Don't buy it. Meanwhile operations will continue to spin out of control. I'm not one to long for yester-year but boy do I miss TV, TK, MA, DL, RW, and all the boys that left with them. The last poster is right, I hear about all of them from time to time and it sounds like they are all doing quite well. I heard that TV is the President of USF Seattle now, good for him, stuff sure happened for the better in Operations when he and the rest of the guys above were running the show. I only have a few years left before I can leave this place but I still have pride in my job and respect the Sysco way. Too bad Bruce and Jim and their ridiculous teams don't feel the same way. I think that Bruce is the underlying issue and Jim is maybe not such a bad guy but they are working against each other and it really shows. Just my two cents. I wish Houston would come clean this hole up and give us a fresh start. We once were proud!"
6574

re: NON COMPETE CLAUSE: "Would like to ask the mgmt of Fort Mill, Why MEK gets a free ride when it comes to a non compete clause....5 years if not correct.....also why do they continue to give her a free ride......she lost her biggest acct and now is saying it is because competition is sleeping w/the owner....oldest excuse in the book....guess I could go work for them since women rule in their book....
anon"
6573

re: MOTY: "Steve. Please do not poll the audience for what language or adjectives you should, or should not, use. This is how the small minority continue to win and create a façade of what this country supposedly believes.
By even suggesting a poll you are giving the ridiculous minority a stage and creditability and they now have a foothold and are in public view. I say bury the bastards and do not even give them the time of day……..push 1 for English……..
Been Around the Block"
6572

re: 6571/ETHICS & USF IN SAME SENTENCE: "LMAO! Isn’t that what they call an oxy-moron ? Good one ! PFG Proud ,coming to your town, morons beware !! -
ANON"
6571

re: NEW MEXICO: "Looking to move to New Mexico, can anyone give some insight as to what type of companies Shamrock and Zanios are? Strong management? Service, and how do they compete against the Nationals?"
6570

re: CORONA SUCKS: "USF Corona's new commission structure sucks! We don't have any incentive or motivation to get new business. We wish Walnut was able to recruit us ! Where's the phone calls and referrals ??"
6569

re: WALNUT VS. CORONA: "Just leave US alone for awhile and let us kick your ass. We'll get back to you after the dust has settled. Keep in mind that Sysco San Diego will be taking hits as well. Walnut's already covered on the hit list.
Signed: The Insider"
6568

re: 6559: "Hello houston, Do you ever read the crap that come's out of your super colossal warehouse up at hallsmith, what kind of people did you put in charge up there. I read about what's new in the foodservice industry, not about little girls going on this site to bitch about union's or incompetent management or co-workers. This place must really suck to work at to go on line all the time. It's time for corporate to go north and clean house up there. For such a large house, sounds like small minds are running or just wasteing time up there...........
TIME FOR A CHANGE AT HALLSMITH SYSCO."
6567

re: USF CLEVELAND: "What is going on at USF Cleveland? Rumor has it the company thought they beat off a union organizing attempt, but lost on appeal. Now there is going to be another vote? With all the crap we have to put up with—we need someone who can stick up for us, protect our jobs, make sure we get fair wages and good benefits. Management is the problem and the Teamsters are the solution!!"
6566

re: KOHL: "Has anyone heard anymore about Kohl Wholesale, Quincy, IL and Reinhart Talking? Also, any truth to Kohl Wholesale in strong negotiations with Menu Maker out of Jefferson City MO? Being from the Columbia MO area, I hope to see the Menu Maker deal happen more than the Reinhart. Kohl is a big player and though St. Louis Brokers get credit for them, I would rather them stay local than go with Reinhart. Please post any news about this.
annon"
6565

re: 6558: "In reply to post 6558, please get a life. UGH! I cannot believe you would take the time out of your day to send a nasty email like you did calling Steve a Bigot. At the very beginning of this website it says to take everything with a grain of salt. For sending such an email I do not even consider you a “grain of salt”.
As a female in the food business, I defend Steve on this one. Just leave things alone and please get a life.
Signed
Anonymous"
6564

re: RW SMITH: "Thanks to all who replied and offered insight.
    To the poster who said I have worked for every company in So. Cal. The truth is I haven't worked in the industry for anyone in So. Cal. I have 20 solid years in Sales and Sales Mgmt. in No. Cal. (the early Kraft then CFS and then into Sysco) and am attempting to re-enter the corporate world in So. Cal. where I grew up now that I have come back home. I tried to connect w/Sysco LA and was pretty much ignored, though I have enormous experience/success to offer being a No. Cal. veteran.
    After making no headway there (most disappointing and personally frustrating), I have been exploring other options and asking advice and opinions as I go. That is one of the best reasons for this board to continue to exist.
    I want to enjoy my next foray into Foodservice w/a quality oriented and well regarded provider. I was a top equip. salesperson when in street sales, always enjoyed it and see that as a logical next step."
6563

re: SPELLING BEE: "adj: not straight forward, shifty etc.
word: Sysco San Diego
blk & blu cuber"
6562

re: MOTY: "Steve-Do us all a favor and don't even post that crap the 1 % ers' of society that are so sensative to a simple long term title, "Man of the year". So let's just put 6558 to rest right now and send 'it' to another website that really cares and shows sympathy to the racist comments "it" posted. This a website that is devoted to the foodservice industry and the "its" that work hard to get to "MOTY", whether colored, weathered, worn-out, burned out, gung-ho, male, female or hermaphrodite! So let's just keep it "Man of the Year", just like it's been until the real bigots decided to make it an issue. Let's not stoop to naming "Man-of-the-year", "It-of-the-year" ! So 6558, you're barking up the wrong tree "Bitch" ! (Oh! I'm sorry! That's a term to define a female dog complaining to someone who doesn't care!)
Signed: Respectfull MOTY voter !"
6561

re: USF ALBANY: "If you're going thru a lot of gas fixing mispicks...you might be a US Albany TM
    If you're going thru a lot of gas fixing truck shorts...you might be a US Albany TM
    If you're goint thru a lot of gas money fixing out of stocks...you might be a US Albany TM
    If you can't get a call back from procurement...you might be a US Albany TM
    If the new VP of Sales hasn't introduced himself to you and you're a big writer...you might be a US Albany TM
    If you're a big writer that is having an off year because of the economy and feel that your job is on the line and you can't get any help from upper management...you might be a US Albany TM
    If your customer that does over a $1,000,000 a year for many years and the VP of Sales or President don't know them...you might be a US Albany TM
    If at the end June you still don't know your sales budget...you might be a US Albany TM
    If you can't trust the company that you work for...you might be a US Albany TM"
6560

re: YOU MIGHT BE A FS REP: "You might be a foodservice rep if
    You have more miles on your car than in your 401k.
    You know what food show season is.
    You have "food show clothes".
    You are confused to whether or not you are a sales rep or work for a catering company.
    You have chased down a customer at a food show for stealing your display.
    You have dressed as a pirate, hippie, or star wars figure and were not going to a costume party.
    You know which restaurants in your area have clean kitchens.
    You have looked in a restaurant's dumpster to see what they are buying and from whom."
6569

re: SACRAMENTO: "Lent and Berglund would make a good name for a shyster law firm. We have Lent and you have Berglund. Lent's ego and lack of leadership matches what we hear of Berglund. If your in earshot of a conversation involving Lent watch out for the offensive language. F is in every sentence. How on earth did we get stuck with this guy. Watch the unprofitable business he is currently working on just to get back at Berglund.
Waiting for the smoke to clear."
6568

re: YOU MIGHT BE A FS REP: "You Might Be A Food Service Sales Rep If:
If the local police department shows up at your front door with a warrant to search the premises with suspicions You are a major pot growing warehouse (due to excessive power usage) and find out it is only the result of having numerous freezers continuously running and full of free food samples.
IOPSC71"
6567

re: YOU MIGHT BE A FS REP: "You might be a foodservice rep..................
If you give away the chicken breast , mayonnaise, and hose the account on the therm-glo and the 1M 1ply 3 fold napkins @ 55% on sell."
6566

re: A&J CHEESE: "Facing up to 15 years after pleading guilty, Jack Gaglio was sentenced last week to about 13 months. Jack must have sang like a canary. There is still over $60,000,000 of Comericas money missing...... 13 months= major mula
CRIME PAYS"
6565

re: HALLSMITH OLLIE: "To the slugs at hallsmith-sysco who likes to put down name's like johnny bravo, who stands four feet tall thinks he's a bad-ass, what cause he went to Iraq. Or brian porter, mr. kiss-ass all union behind sysco's back, then we got the fourty pound gangster who could not fight his way out of a wet paper bag with both ends open. And last cris davis with his taste of little girls music, who's lucky to still have a job, if not for kissing '' fat pat's ass '' working with S###heads like you four make's me want to puke, there are many more gal's to name but not today. So next time someone like yourselves want's to put the blame on somebody on this web-site, try growing a pair & say what you have too say there face. Just make sure you know what & who your talking about.!!!!"
6563

Voting for "2007 InsideFood Man of the Year" are now open. Lowest vote-getter eliminated every day starting Tuesday.

(in order of nomination)
Brett Frank (American Food Distributors) 2nd Runner Up: 40,481 votes
George Holm (CEO/Vistar) eliminated June 14, 2008, 18,689 votes
Jay Herzog (Sysco, CT) eliminated June 2, 2008, 1,205 votes
John Baldi (USF West RM) eliminated June 11, 2008, 7,262 votes
Jim Hoppis (newly retired food legend & cranky old bastard...Herspring) eliminated June 14, 2008, 16,167 votes
Dan Arent (USF Metro) eliminated June 10, 2008, 6,022 votes

David Ginsberg (President, Ginsberg Foods, Hudson, NY)
eliminated June 18, 2008, 35, 713 votes

Sandro Squatrito (Carla’s Pasta) eliminated June 1, 2008, 1,093 votes
Rick Wilder (General Manager IFH Foodservice Florence SC) eliminated May 26, 2008, 443 votes
Dennis Walsh (Former Sales Manager IFH Foodservice Florence, current Felon) eliminated May 31, 2008, 907 votes
Gwen Moser (Monarch Foods, Rosemont, IL) Runner Up, 52, 262 votes
John Austin (Sysco Charlotte) eliminated June 7, 2008, 2,925 votes
Bill Sturgell (USF Baltimore) eliminated May 29, 2008, 666 votes
Rick Olofson (RSM USF Denver) eliminated May 27, 2008, 551 votes
John D'Antonia (Mother Parker Coffee and Tea) eliminated May 21, 2008, 20 votes
David Dionne (Sysco Corp) eliminated May 23, 2008, 134 votes
Randy Bridgeman (New Business guru and party planner, US Foodservice Raleigh Division) eliminated June 3, 2008, 1,319 votes
Fred Jurosky (USF LA) eliminated May 25, 2008, 342 votes
Dan Schrock (Chariman of the Board and FS Legend, USF La Mirada) eliminated May 24, 2008, 239 votes
Michael Risi (Ritter Sysco, US Foods, Maines Paper and Foodservice) eliminated June 12, 2008
Fred Casinelli (EVP, Hallsmith/Sysco) eliminated June 8, 2008, 3,950 votes
Ralph Gordon (Sysco Corp.) eliminated May 22, 2008, 30 votes

John Baugh (Mr. Sysco) eliminated June 16, 2008, 21,051 votes
Jon Jezierski (President - US Foodservice - Los Angeles) eliminated June 6, 2008, 1,897 votes
Todd Abramson (formerly USF) HPC Foodervice eliminated May 30, 2008, 868 votes
Dan Chen (VP Territory Sales, Sysco San Francisco) eliminated May 28, 2008, 608 votes

Brian Meier (US Foodservice San Francisco) eliminated June 13, 2008, 12,269 votes

Mahvash Howell (CFO USF La Mirada) eliminated June 5, 2008, 1,472 votes
Larry Yancy (Shamrock Foods) eliminated June 9, 2008, 4,957 votes
Rob Monroe (Prestige Food Brokers) eliminated June 17, 2008, 22,725 votes

re: USF PHILLY: "Thank you to the PFG person for telling us at Philly USF that you will be coming into our area soon with a new distribution center and we can come work for you. You already have the losers that couldn't keep up with the successful salespeople here in Phila. There will probably be a few more slinking their way to you before the month is out. It's nice to know that when we fire people, they can always find a home at PFG.
The sales force at USF Phila are sharp and experienced and the most respected (as well as the highest paid) in the industry. We take pride in our company and our reputation and ethics. Or we work for you."
6561

re: CLEVELAND UPDATE: "One half of the ineffective management team at USF Cleveland (Winkler being the other one), Paul Gilman, who was recently shown the door over there at USF, has shown up at Hillcrest in a marketing capacity. Perhaps he will be able to perfect his lack of management skills and planning at Hillcrest, and incapacitate Hillcrest even further than they have managed to do themselves in the last year. Should be fun to watch."
6560

re: HALLSMITH CONTEST: " ollie was a winner of a contest. I guess having a big mouth gets you places or is being a union seeker what did it. the warehouse is curious is chris driving the bus when they make a trip over to foxwoods. that can be trouble "
6559

re: STEVE'S A BIGOT: "Steve,
Do you still refer to African Americans as colored people? Seeing how the top two contestents for "Man" of the Year were females, don't you think it is time to call it "Person" of the Year?"
6558
<Since Lanie Forgy won several years ago the idea that this is sexist is nonsense. Have you changed your vocab to call "mankind" "personkind" or some other pc crap? Tell you what, we'll post a poll and I'll go with whatever the majority have to say, but the poll will be set so people can only vote one time per day, so people like you, who don't have a life can't swamp the vote. OK?
Anxiously Waiting Your Reply>

re: NO WEEKEND?: "What happened? No week end report! Or did we all just slide through it an BAM, Monday appears.
6557

re: SYSCO WALNUT AND USF CORONA - "All the bluster and BS aside, I think Sysco Walnut knows that once Corona gets up to speed, it will be their race to lose. All of their talk about systems, what they stock and their monolithic sales force will be put to the test. But, people buy from people. If the Sysco MAs have been giving their accounts good service and fair prices, they should have nothing to worry about. If, on the other hand, they have been taking their accounts for granted, look for a lot of new business to come to Corona."
6556

Ken Murray

Ken passed away this past week from a massive heart attack.

Ken was almost a 30-year veteran of Sysco, starting way back in the old Compton days.

Ken was a very quick and intelligent merchandiser and a great team member. He helped Sysco West Coast Florida as a fold-out company become the 2nd highest volume distribution center for Sysco.

Ken will be missed by all who knew him.

Our prayers are with his wife, Karen, and his son.

re: R.W. SMITH - "They concentrate primarily on hotels and fine dining accounts. They have many exclusive lines (Villeroy & Boch, Hepp flatware). The times I have quoted against them, they have proven to have some very sharp pencils. I won an Oneida glassware bid, but could only mark up the order 9%."
6555

re: MOTY: "Congratulations Gail!!! You deserve it! Best of wishes to you.
ANON"
6554

re: SYSCO DRIVERS: "Take some pride in your work. Take a lunch break but also don't be a dead beat. If you want to make more money you have to earn it. Your not going to get handed to you on a silver platter. Union or not makes no difference. Sygma pays component pay and the drivers have to earn their $85,000 per year. Prove your worth and don't stop your crying. I drove and earned every penny. I was making $80 TO $94,000 A YEAR. As for the drivers at Sysco SF. Go ahead and Strike. If management isn't willing to just listen to you they deserve it. Maybe management ( Bruce) can pull his head out and understand the are all not about money. How about getting a real trans manager instead of D.V and and James Homer Simpson. They should have been gone years ago. It seems all of the previous management that was there have gone on to be even more successful else where. I blame Bruce,MIke M, and the no balls management now there. Service the people and they will service you>>>>>>>>>>>>>."
6553

re: R.W. SMITH: "I doubt they'll hire you. Not only because of the economy, but you've worked for every company in the SoCal area. So good luck ! (D.M. ?)"
6552

re: SALES REPS: "I am a salesman with one of the bigger companies, over the last few years the professionalism of this occupation has gone downhill. Since I am paid by commission as most of us are I like to see rewards for my hard work with a customer by getting cases on my trucks. The industry has turned into "I can be cheaper than so and so, buy from me". This way of thinking will put all of us out of a job. Customer loyalty is non-exsistent now because we all have trained the customers that there is always somebody cheaper all they have to do is wait for the next salesman to walk in. If we don't wake up we will all be considered order takers that can be replaced with a internet program.
Duke9999"
6551

re: YOU MIGHT BE A FS REP: "You might be a foodservice rep ..............
    If you have four kinds of olive oil, three kinds of mustard, and 5 pounds of ground black pepper in your cupboard................
You might be a foodservice rep..............
    If the top of your gift wish list includes car wash and oil change gift certificates..............
You might be a foodservice rep..................
    If most of the shirts you wear between 7am and 6pm have Tony the Tiger, Toucan Sam, or the Pillsbury Dough boy on them...........
You might be a foodservice rep................
    If you keep your roll foil and film on the workbench in the garage because they each weigh 15 pounds...............
You might be a foodservice rep.................
    If you are generally annoyed when you vacation and have to PAY ( ! ) for your hotel room and meals and the first evening doesn't include a freebie cocktail party....................
You might be a foodservice rep.................
    If your kid flips the ice cream man off from the garage where he morphs into Santa Claus with the neighbor kids as he hands out Blue Bunny ice cream bars.....................
    C'mon everybody, play with us ! This is a fun game. Who gives a crap about Union this and that, trials in Corona, Charlotte, and Hallsmith. I'm in it because this is still a pretty cool business despite some of the crappy people we ALL work for. "
6550

re: ALBANY 6530: "You must be new to Albany. As always employees are on a need to know basis."
6549

re: SPEEDY ALBANY: "Speedy, print Gail Allen's picture off this web site, frame it, hang it in your shabby office devoid of any personality, kneel in front of it daily and say this mantra: "One day, I will become at least half the person that Gail Allen is. One day, I will become worthy of being a president by making good on the promises I make. Thus, I will stop lying and misleading. In the mean time, I hope corporate won't realize what a fake phony fraud I am before I become at least half the person that Gail Allen is and fire my ass."
6548

re: SYSCO AZ: "Re: Jeff Gast Sysco Phoenix Az:
I am so tired of hearing of all the bashing of Jeff Gast of Sysco Arizona, there is more important things to do than bash him and Sysco, but at the moment I can ‘t think of any thing else. So where do you go when your contract runs out. Anchorage?"
6547

re: PW SYSCO L.A.: "Be carefull spewing about taking more experience to USF than a year ago. You're about to piss off the hand that feeds you. As if they were not better off without you. Those folks have taken you in despite your weak sales numbers you took with you. Come on now! An average of $65k a week between the 7 of you! Looks like the truth is out and the actual "elite" stayed behind here at Sysco. Corona would have been better off with their "elite" taking off without having to carry your dead weight. Hopefully they have a plan in place to weed you out and keep their long time loyal players. Good god, for their own sake, don't integrate them into your district to make your numbers look good. With your failed management style and track record of loser cronyism, you're just gonna make things worse. Just keep yourselves seperated and continue to show how foodservice sales is obviously not your cup of tea. There's plenty of used car lots around that would be more fitting for your so called career is sales. Just keep in mind everytime your liquored up head hits the pillow...Corona will NOT succeed with you there!"
6546

re: USF ALBANY: "Wow! What an incompetent group of people we have here! Out of stocks, truck shorts, mispicks, driver attitudes, office people don't pick up their phones, just about no one answers e-mail or voice mail any more. Sometimes you wonder if there's anyone in the building. When they do answer it's with the attitude that you'd expect from a teenager on drugs or something. If you're lucky to get a hold of someone, before you even get to ask a question, it's a no. There's no communication. You'd think that someone would get on voice mail or e-mail and tell everyone that an important piece of reporting will no longer be available. They cut out SDS without notice and I get told by my DSM that it's a cost cutting thing. Well that's very nice and I understand senior management having to hit their bonus and everything so expense cutting is the thing to do rather than grow sales and profit. How about getting their ass out in the field where it belongs? Me and my DSM break our backs out here every day and what do we get from these clowns? Just more micro management and more bull shit with absolutely no suppport.
"A Competitor Waiting To Happen"
6545

Happy Birthday
Fred Michelli

(USF, The Godfather of E&S)
Allison Parker

(RSM, Aurora Foods)
Nichole Slumberger

(Admin Asst Extraordinaire, Dynaco-Group Purchasing Org)

re: HALLSMITH: "YOU CLOWNS THINK WHAT YOU WANT, EVERYTHING COME'S WITH A PRICE. EIGHTY CENT'S MORE AN HOUR & EVERYBODYS HAPPY. HAHAHAHA THE JOKE'S ON YOU. I CAN'T WAIT TI'LL THE NEW HAND-BOOK/ POLICY'S COME OUT ( time too turn the screw's up ) you think rate / mispicks are hard now!!!! just wait & see. can't wait too hear the pissing and moaning & the heads rolling cause they can't hack it............no union to help.......yours truly 653."
6544

re: ALLEN VS. BAUGH: "Gail Allen ahead of John Baugh.That like George Bush being ahead of George Washington!
Go Sysco"
6543

re: POOR ROMA HARTFORD: "Sorry to hear that Roma Hartford is closing, although it really comes as no surprise to any of us in the foodservice world. Just curious....give us a hint....who is Jack Sparrow?"
6542

re: ROMA HARTFORD: "We (sales) met the president of PFG yesterday and I think we died and went to heaven. What a breath of fresh air!
Still just talk but if this works like he said it would this business might be fun again."
6541

re: HALLSMITH OLLIE: "The author of 6511 is Ollie he has the poopy mouth and carries a bad attitude he is a cancer in the warehouse. He will never be happy I bet he is unpleasant outside of work like inside. He is all union.
four feet high and all mouth"
6540

re: R.W. SMITH: "Does anyone know anything at all about R.W. Smith & Co? They call themselves "A full service, turnkey supplier of equipment, supplies and design to food service customers." They have locations in San Diego, Costa Mesa and from their website, they have an impressive client list.
It appears they are involved both is total start ups and ongoing supplying of equip/supplies, presumably non-food.
I'd appreciate anything anyone has to say."
6539

re: SYSCO WALNUT: "Dear Sysco Walnut, Why are you so concerned? If everything you are saying is true, why worry or waste the time on this site. Too all us listeners, It sounds like Walnut is afraid of USF Corona. Maybe Walnut is hiding something from their employees?"
6538

re: 6525/SYSCO WALNUT: "Hey Teamster Driver, what is this about the company not allowing you a lunch break.Hey wake up, you just take it. If it means not making a stop before 11:30 take your lunch and let things happen. Sit and wait. Plus are you keeping up with your hours. Its your responsibility not to go over hours. Hit the limit stop the truck. 10 or 15 years ago the drivers had back bones. Quit gettin pushed around. The company wants you to burn out and about ten years, they don't want 25 year drivers. Take care of yourself
Sad Sysco Sid "
6537

re: USF PHILLY: "We hear of trouble in USF Philly. Well , have no fear all of you Good Reps because PFG is coming to S Jersey In the near future. We will be building a new distribution facility and we are going to need profitable street salesman.
More details will be coming out soon, so keep your eye on this web site for more info."
6536

re: SYSCO ALBANY: "The only thing Local 294 and Hoffa care about are getting their union dues every month. A horrible spineless Local and business agent. Halfmoon driver, too"
6535

re: 6524/SYSCO ALBANY: "Can you get us in the right direction at US Albany? A bunch of us want to go union and don't know where to start. You think it's bad at SYSCO? You should try US Albany. Talk about abuse."
6534

re: OLD HUMPER 6520: "Ever heard the term "the pot calling the kettle black"? You have no business ragging on other people's spelling errors when you obviously don't use your own spell check! "HOILIDAYS?""
6533

re: CORONA v WALNUT 2 - "Having been in this business over 25 years, I've management come and go. Some good. Some bad. The majority of us do our job day after day knowing that the people in the corner office will be going on. Either to be someone else's problem or to help another division on their way up. And switching companies doesn't guarantee success. You'll just fight the same battle from a different perspective. If there is a problem with the management in Corona, hopefully, it will be dealt with swiftly."
6532

re: SYSCO L.A.: "RE: PW Sysco LA
You are right facts are facts. John King kicked the crap out of Phil on a regular basis. That is a fact. The only way Phil ever beat John was by cheating. If Phil was the best ever why isn't he running the sales force. What is Strategic Business Development anyway? I understand that the translation is "one step closer to the door" or " Agnew lives under my desk". Hey Phil your resume is flying all over town and there are no takers. Your greatest success was exterminating anyone associated to John King or Nick Abbley. You did a great job getting rid of hundreds of years of food service experience. You can move forward with all of your clones. All of the people that can't think for themselves. Yes I am talking about Eager, Johansson, Kolberg, Agnew, etc. Notice one thing about that group. All white guys... Funny maybe HR should take a look at that. Maybe he should be looking for minorities to promote, rather than making fun of them and trying to get rid of them. Nobody is happier than the competition that Phil is still around. His presence in this market will make their job easier. Too bad Saul and Dan have no balls and couldn't stop him. Love or hate the guys who left, US has much more experience than they did a year ago. Fact are facts...Sysco has negative sales growth and US has strong double digit sales growth. Swallow that with a little bangers and mash, you limey bastard.."
6531

re: SYSCO ALBANY: "Does anyone have any idea what the status is with Gail Allen and her employment? MY DM got his compensation last week, not real happy. We have been told she is on leave.... word on the street is she resigned and we have a new president coming in... or Ray is taking over??? Does any one have an idea?"
6530

re: USF CORONA: "RE USF Corona: Has anybody really thought about what it means when you transfer over 100 million in business to another facility? Let me give you the facts. You have to transfer or get rid of the expense associated with the over 100 million in business. That's a lot more than the Sales, Delivery or Warehouse people that go with it. Where do you think the expense reduction will come from? How many internal people will have to go to cover the difference? Answer that one John and Jeff.
(In The Know)"
6529

re: COMMENT: "In response to all the non union people at Sysco. We here at Sysco Albany feel the union is needed because if they treat us this badly with the union, imagine how bad it could be without. I do think the teamsters and corporate undermined our strike at the last hour. Most didn't get to vote and we didn't get to strike to get rid of packaging of runs. We had them where we needed them and at the last minute hoffas lawyer and corporate guy decided for us without us voting. In other words we got shafted. And no they would not have been able to cover all the street accounts because they are to incompetent.
Halfmoon Driver"
6528

re: BLUE RIBBON MEATS: "A sing of the times our respect goes out to a company that has been in the business for 50 years and WOW set to close it's doors soon. Blue Ribbon Meats Inc. I guess Sysco Miami,CBI,& GFS have their work cutout for themselves trying to find a company the can produce all the special items they were getting from Blue Ribbon in south Florida. Andy & Nelson make a good team guys, I'm sure all those companies out there should waste no time in opening the door. Good Luck to All & God Bless"
6527

re: 6511: "What happened to you screening e-mails for offensive language before you put it on your web page? The individual talking about the Hallsmith raise should have his mouth washed out with soap. He seems to have a "poopy" attitude too."
6526

re: NEW JOBS @ SYSCO WALNUT: "Well just when you thought the troubles at Sysco Walnut couldn't get any worse, the infidels that have been killing this company for years now always seems to manage to step up to the plate. Seems this once proud icon of the foodservice business has been doing such a fine job of trying to put itself out of business since our boy Danny took over, that the corporate offices have had to take control and is now calling many of the shots.
    Why just this past June 5th the soon to be unemployed team leaders of tomorrow had meetings with the drivers telling them that if they the drivers didn't pick it up and improve it was going to cost all these hard working leaders of tomorrow their jobs. They even went on to say that if they were out of a job that it would mean all of them would be replaced by those evil doers from corporate. Well we all know how painful that would be right? I mean they treat us with such love and affection now, I suspect that I would have to cry myself to sleep each night knowing the the likes of these people were about to be expelled onto an unwitting world.
    Why they even managed to get the 300 lb parrot from the Teamster local to roll out of bed and come down to hold the box of Kleenex for them while they told their tale of whoa through tear filled eyes. Kinda of touching isn't it. I guess those truck loads of donations for the Teamster Golf tournaments, and contributions to the Jimmy Hoffa scholarship fund must be working their magic down there at the local. I'm sure the independent review board, and the NLRB will be looking into these practices soon. Not that there is anything wrong with any of this. Oh no, I'm sure that Sysco would much rather give their money to the Teamster Union bosses rather then say oh something as shady as the City of Hope. The mark of a true philanthropist.
    I know that it just pulls on my heart strings when I see the glow in the eyes of our director of labor, and our secretary treasure whenever they are within arms reach of each other. This industrial harmony stuff is a beautiful thing to behold as the Maharishi said. Could it be that's why the drivers are now holding meeting on their own without the union. Maybe the love fest that has been going on is just getting to be to much to stomach.
    To say there might be a wildcat at Sysco Walnut soon might be a little harsh, but it might not be far from the truth either. Many of these drivers are tired of being screwed with, and are pretty much ready for anything at this point. There's even plans in the works for a lawsuit like the one that hit fresh point, and UPS a few years back over employees being denied their lunch breaks as prescribe by law. This time it's going to include all 14 Sysco houses located in California.
    So if you're willing to relocate to California and are looking for a job in management, this would be the time to get your resume into HR ASAP and avoid the rush. Call and ask for Joe, that is if he's still there, and tell him the 300 lb parrot sent you."
6525

re: 6511: "Steve, please keep this guy from posting anymore. You have a very clean site, and he cussing, and vulgarity, was VERY offensive. As I have stated before, I think all of this union/non-union stuff should have a seperate page, so the rest of us didn't have to read about it, and could concentrate on the foodservice industry"
6524

re: TOMMY GUNN: "So much hatred Tommy Gunn? You have sure been quiet since you were outed now you go truly anonymous! Jon and Fred still pissed at you for the Florida embarrassment, you never will appreciate those that pay your whiny way will you. Lost some business recently I understand, more to follow. Tick Tock the clock is ticking ,you had better sign a new deal somewhere else real soon. Maybe you can go work for Neil, Nick and Tom at Corona . Come to think of it that’s a great idea as even you can look down on those “stamps”."
6523

re: 6511/FOUL LANGUAGE: "The message from 6511 apparently slide by the censors at Foodservice Rumors.Oh well,maybe he was in the freezer too long!"
6522
<You are right, and I'll fix it now. BTW, most of the objectionable stuff we have to edit out are vicious comments about spouses, girlfriends, boyfriends, sexual predilections and children.>

re: HALLSMITH RAISE/6511: "In regards to your email: Please, please use that magical item known as spell check, as your post was almost painful to read. If you are trying to make a point or persuade someone to your point of view it would probably help to at least have it spelled correctly and not filled with expletives. Also, you sound like you think that the company is doing you a great injustice....I don't know if you have checked the job market lately, but it is nothing to write home about....perhaps you should be happy to have a job that pays a decent wage which allows you to take care of yourself and your family?? Or, if you still aren't getting what you want, then you should just leave and find something else. Why drag down the rest of your fellow co-workers? "
6521

re: HALLSMITH RAISE: "Hallsmith Raise: Are you all right 6511? I feel we got a great raise this year! You must be the person who feels everybody owes you everything! You got choices of health ins, a nice raise, the option to call in before and after hoilidays without losing it, (If you do not think so, then leave you scum bag), and none the less supervisors and management that will actually talk to you. Mangement took applications, interviewed, and hired and continues to hire to make sure you’re sorry ass has little too no overtime! You are obviously not very bright as you did not use spell check MORON!!!! Look at the big picture you slacker! Look how many people have left and came back??? A lot of jobs just waiting for you to come knocking on their door right? I want to personally thank the senior management for hiring so I can enjoy my family for the first time in many years with out 2-4 hours over time on a daily basis during our peak season. Think of the expense that Hallsmith has incurred with paying you bonuses to show up for work on you’re day off? The gas cards??? Get off you’re ASS 6511 and put in a days work instead of whining and dogging you’re fellow employees ( Good way too get them to join ) who are carrying you!! And yes I am proud to be on a triple and not in the union! If you want different move on, go seek happiness you slacker!!!!!!!!!!! Stop & Shop is looking for a few good slugs too pay a little!
“Old School Humper”"
6520

re: PW: "No way is that Phil, he would NEVER consider Nick Abbley the Best DSM ever at Sysco LA. There are many guys who are much better than Nick ever was. Names such as Merchant, Snider, Kolberg, Agnew, Waring, Ferris, Eager, Johansson would and or didl eat Abbley for lunch when they were or still are DSM’s .Frankly no one ever had better sales results than Waring as DSM you have got to give him that .Facts are Facts."
6519

re: CORONA VS. WALNUT 2: "It's hard to be able to work and do our job at USF and being lead by some individuals and not trusting the one that's apparently leading. The only thing we can do is lay low and do our jobs to our best ability and have faith that we'll be left alone and watch all the drama pass us by. Or speak our mind on a continuous basis. We've been in this business along time and have seen upper management come and go like a flock swallows, (i.e., Nesting and shitting in your environment, then leaving the mess for us permanent dwellers to cleanup with a pressure washer). Does Sysco Walnut want to talk to a team of T.M.'s & D.S.M.'s awaiting to jump ship ? Let us know, cause what comes around, goes around !"
6518

re: ROMA/VISTAR/CITY OF INDUSTRY: "A while ago I spent a number of hours on the phone w/a recruiter re: a Sales Mgmt. position at Roma in LA. Even though I think I would have been GREAT at it and could have lit a fire under the butts of their sales staff as I did when I was a DSM at Sysco SF, (apparently, complacency rules over there), I was told that they preferred someone "closer by." I live in Los Angeles proper and the so. Cal. desert, so distance isn't a problem. Oh well!!!
Then, since I am actively looking to get back into mgmt. in Foodservice and was totally brushed off by Sysco LA and even after sending numerous resumes to USF, I have never spoken to a live person, I sent my resume to a posting from Roma for salespeople, thinking it might be a foot in the door.
Quite soon after, I had a call from their VP of Sales asking that I call him back to discuss. I returned his call three times, it entered directly into his VM each time and I have never had a return call. Is there a total lack of follow up over there or what? Maybe it's best that I don't open that door?
BIG BIRD"
6517

re: POOR ROMA HARTFORD: "Well….. the axe finally fell yesterday in Hartford…… sort of…… It stopped about an inch above the neck line. We knew it was coming. We all expected it. We will finally know our fate!!!!!…….. “BLAH blah blah…Ummmm , yes, we are closing, blah BLAH blah blah blah….but ummm, we don’t want anyone to leave yet. Blah blah…Jobs will be offered, but not just to anyone, blah blah BLAH …yes….. oh, and severance pays will be handed out….. (please read the fine print) blah blah.”.
The ship is sinking the last full week of July. The rats must stay on until the last mast drops below the waves or else no “cheese for you!!!”…. even if it is moldy and has many strings attached and, oh yeah…. has already been bitten into by the head rats. Poor lost souls are we. Lets all wave to Jack Sparrow on our way down.........glub glub glub."
6516

re: HOUSTON NO PROBLEM: "Hey you stinkin idiot.....quit talking about a bunch of lies in Charlotte. I have been here since the beginning and always laugh at crapholes like you that are full of themselves. The growth of which you speak must be your own. Houston, I am sure, knows exactly what our double digit growth looks like. Are you still calling your customers, thus have not had the luxury of paying 4.25 for gas like everyone else incuding our company? Things are different. I am different. Keep up with the world or sit on the porch with all of the other lazy good for nothing jerks that write in and bitch cuz their balls fell off. Instead of calling Houston, call Useless Food Service or Its Finally Here and see if they can pay you anything near what you are skimming here."
6515

re: MOTY: "Dear Voting Population,
It is time to bring out the big guns. The voting is getting close to the finals. We need more pictures than David Ginsberg and the guy with the hair net. Would someone please send in a picture of each of the nominees. Go to the website, find an old picture from somewhere. Take a sneak picture with a cell phone. Do what it takes. I’d like to see who we have to vote for.
Vote early and vote often!"
6514

re: STREET SMART (OH, REALLY?) -" I don't know who you're competing against, but nobody I know is selling below cost. We may get special deviations or special pricing on one item or another, but nobody is going to be allowed to sell below cost. From what I've seen of Sysco prices, you guys have gone completely the other way. Marking up 6/1-gal bleach 40 % or 50%. How do you sleep at night?"
6513

re: SICKO: "Seems the cube is sending people packing lately because they can't hit the numbers. Saturating the market with also-rans gets expensive. Rumor is they are trying to move Sygma to a sucker. How about it, Rinehart?"
6512

re: HALLSMITH RAISE: "I love it, you cheap bastards can spair a *** 80 cents an hour, and think that will keep the teamsters out.......think twice. too all the pussys that haven't turned in a union card.....now is the time!!!!! Sysco's *** in there paints right now. we need to act now, better wages, benefits could be a hell of a lot better to more vacation time dam-it, sick time they say 40 hours a week think about it thats only four days that ain't ***. But all my fellow asshole co-workers don't have the *** balls to stand up for your rights,so keep on letting them stick it up your no-good assholes. I had enought. starting this week it's push the UNION THREW THE FRONT DOOR WEEK. Talking too the drivers & they have around 80% ready to roll. IT'S BEEN TO QUIET TOO LONG. LET'S END this *** once and for all. ......( BE PROUD BE UNION )."
6511

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