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November 17, 2008
Happy
Monday!
sysco accepts government handout
re: USF CORONA - WHAT THE F**K
IS GOING ON AT CORONA? How much money did we throw at the idiots we hired from
Sysco? Evidently, they interview realy well. They sure fooled Jon and Fred. Any
chance we can correct this mistake before the bosses at KKR/CD&R do it for us?
5844
re: USF CLEVELAND:
"WOW! I'm shocked that you're shocked about Mike Eggert being let go in
Cleveland. PLEASE, it should have happened long before the Greeniemen came here.
Let's take a moment and define talent and dedication:
Webster describes Talent as: A special often athletic, creative aptitude Webster
describes Dedication as: Self-sacrificing devotion
Not
sure if either of Mr. Webster's descriptions is truly Mike Eggert.
Now let's talk about hard-working Mike Eggert (Begin day at 9 am, end day at
2:30 pm, don't answer or respond to phone calls?) Yep, that's hard working Mike
Eggert. I have worked for Mike for quite a long time, in fact he even hired
me, yet I am challenged to defend his firing to my co-workers.
As far as Eggert teaming up with Marzich, not sure if Marzich's back is strong
enough to carry Mike. After all Marzich did carry Eggert for five years before
he left to go to Hillcrest.
SIGNED: Can't defend him anymore "
5843
November 15 & 16, 2008
The Weekend!
re: BOSTON SYSCO:
"Where is Boston Sysco located....No such thing, Hallsmith-Sysco is what its
called, Get it right for our competition will ya ( DER ). Your complaining cause
some of you still have a job in todays economy....You don't have a clue on whats
going on today do you. ( moron ). Yes, to many over paid clerks....Nevo, wiggie,
titus....and so on...and so on. As for Meaghan doing everyone, It wasen't that
great. You sound like another sysco scab, who did not want the union in when we
had the chance. So stop your Bitch'en & go sweep the floors. "
5842
re: HALLSMITH: "Hallsmith-Sysco,
V.P. of H.R. Just letting you know my Dear, Just got a promotion where I will be
a CEO of my own Sysco house in the Mid-West. Its a Jumbo-Colossal size
warehouse. I offer you a Postion here in my back yard, with a large pay
increase. Then we can get together at last. I understand it may cause a conflict
with what you have now, But if you accept this offer, you will be doing what you
have always done....(show me the money) for matrimony. Will be in touch !!!"
5841
re: L.A. SALES MEETING: "Dear Dan and
Saul, thanks for the real inspiring “talk” at fridays sales meeting. Your
explanaition of why you layed off so many of our “team mates” was so touching.
So sorry we only make $1.65 a case and so sorry that we only made $7 million
dollars last month, its so obvious why we have to lay people off its just about
you bonus isn’t it. For Gods sake can you sleep at night knowing that you have
destroyed not only the best food sales company in the industry but have also
ruined the lives of so many people that you “had to lay off” because you only
made 7 million profit last month. How much of that 7 million came from cutting
all our promos and trips. You guys represent everything that is wrong in
business today, you are greedy and self serving. Hopefully the axe will fall on
you and we will get some real leadership plus cut our expenses by millions .
Maybe the “new sysco” will weed out the dinosaurs like you and bring in leaders
that really care, lead by example and that can motivate or inspire people.
Please corporate stand behind your new tag line and “make good things come from
sysco” Saul your verbal threat that your “gonna come after” those of us who
don’t perform was so motivating, whose “gonna come after you” when you never
follow up on your empty promises to our customers? Who is gonna come after you
when you never call back? Who is “gonna come after you” when you spend all your
time during your dumb one on ones checking your stocks and talking on the phone
while not listening to the conversation that YOU think is going to turn our
sales around. Sign me OBAMA’s #1FAN ( yes Dan some of us do support him and your
off handed remarks about our newly elected president were in very bad taste.) "
5840
re: USF ALBANY: "USF Albany--think about
it. For the last few years, Speed and Dragon Lady have been cutting people when
business was pretty good and save his way to GP plan. Now business is getting
bad and he can't cut anymore because everybody is so stretched out. He's lost
at least two great accounts volume wise and profit wise, the Sagamore and
Skidmore, and they were very low maintenance accounts. Now he needs to match
that business with lower margins but more man hours. What are you going to do
Bill? What are you going to do Kim? What are you going to do Debbie when the
DSO's go up, up, and up?"
5839
re: USF CORONA: "Dear Tom, Nick, Neil,
Mario, Dave and Gomory. Well how did that feel today? Hasta la vista my friends!
6 mill today and I can promise you this we will take 5 times that in the next 60
days. Nick you had better get your face out of the booze bottle and get your
resume together, we have you in our cross hairs and your all going to crash and
burn real soon. Pay backs baby! we are going to give you guys a good ass
kicking, thanks Jon you’re expensive A team has been so easy to dismantle. More
to come!"
5838
November 13, 2008
Thursday
re: BOB VASTA: "Hey, Nick, Bob, Mario or
Dave L, shut the F up and go have another Jack and coke. Your stupid attempts to
discredit Bob V are so obvious and quite funny. Fact is this guy has done more
for SYSCO LA than you guys ever did. Nick you know you made a big mistake so
just accept it like a man and spruce up your empty resume. You will be gone the
day your guarantee ends. Is the Beer company hiring? If they are take that
blubbering paper pushing idiot Gomery with you. How does it feel to know that
your loyalty to that bumbling idiot cost you a lucrative sysco pension plan and
all that stock? Fact is Bob Vasta has been kicking the crap out of you guys and
your panicking because you guys fell flat on your face, you have done NOTHING!
SYSCO Food Services of Los Angeles has never been a better place to work and its
because we got rid of the Red Neck Mafia. We will have a nice present for you
real soon, Hugs and Kisses
“ A Bob Vasta Fan” "
5837
re: PURITY BAKING COMPANY: "Who owns
Purity Baking Company? Where is Tom McMahon now?
JUST ASKING"
5836
re: SYSCO BOSTON: "just an update from
sysco of boston: the workers are becoming janitors and the supervisors are over
paid clerks. At least Meaghan did more than clerical work, she did everybody.
WHAT'S NEXT??????"
5835
re: HALLSMITH SYSCO: "Hallsmith-Sysco,
V.P. of H.R. Just letting you know my Dear, Just got a promotion where I will be
a CEO of my own Sysco house in the Mid-West. Its a Jumbo-Colossal size
warehouse. I offer you a Postion here in my back yard, with a large pay
increase. Then we can get together at last. I understand it may cause a conflict
with what you have now, But if you accept this offer, you will be doing what you
have always done....(show me the money) for mat. Will be in touch !!! "
5834
Veteran's Day
2008
olive garden pays up for stiffing waitstaff
murder of waitress (30 years ago) closer to being solved
There's a great new resume on the Resume Page!
Mid-West Territory Sales Manager,
everything from chef to sales. Columbus, Ohio
more on e. coli in America's hat
apparently gum wrappers aren't negotiable currency
re: 5829/BROKERS: "Evidently
you're higher up in the food chain than i am, a mere sales rep. If I was
asked about whether a broker was responsive or not, I would love to be able to
voice my opinion.
FSVET"
5833
re: CENTRAL COAST FS:
"Yes , What will happen at SYSCO Ventura now they laid off the VP of Purchasing,
who thought that one out, probably the Opco president. The guy is a bozo., and
speaking of clowns Resnick has been demoted (about time) Now they the Hobbs
running purchasing thats like letting your 5 year old drive your car, they guy
does not have a clue. Is anyone up there awake?. Why is nobody talking about
all the nation wide layoffs by SYSCO? They have been laying people off right and
left. SYSCO Ventura "the poor little SYSCO that couldn't"- Please just shut
them down and get on with it!"
5832
re: USF ALBANY:
"This company is facing the long term effect of short term thinking. Time is
running out."
5831
re: 5825/SYSCO SAN DIEGO:
"most of the drivers work about 15 to 25 hours of overtime, but the abc drivers
get about 5 to 10 hours a week. Most of the drivers work 5 days a week, but
there are some guys who work 4 days a week in a 10 hour shift."
5830
November 10,
2008
Happy
Monday!
McD profits up on dollar meals
re:
BROKERS: "The statement was made" the distributors have no influence over
whom handles their lines."Are you serious or simply don't know? I sat in
countless meetings with manufacturers and one of the first questions ask is "
How satisfied are you with our broker?"If we were to make a change,who would you
recommend?"
Been there,done
that"
5829
re: USF
BOSTON: "Re: USF BOSTON: Hey, SOX FAN, here's a new concept for you. Why
don't you grow a pair and just SAY what you want to John to his face? You seem
to be someone who would rather just put someone else down in order to make
yourself look good. But you don't make yourself look good. You make yourself
look like a pathetic coward. If you want to make a change, say something -- and
say it TACTFULLY -- to the person who is in the best position to make the change
you're looking for. Being anonymous and posting on a site he probably doesn't
even read (because he's too busy doing his job) does you no good. If it's the
trainer's e-mail that is the problem, why aren't you telling the trainer himself
to change his wording? And if it's certain TMs' and inside people's Audix
messages that are sticking in your craw, why don't you say something to them
directly? Do you really think John's going to just going to drop everything he's
doing just to walk down the hall and stand there drumming his fingers and
waiting for someone to change their Audix message ust because YOU don't like the
wording? Not gonna happen. And if he did, I'm sure you'd just complain about how
he's too busy micromanaging others to do his own job. Grow up and quit your
whining. Or do us all a huge favor and go work for another company that doesn't
mind sour grapes and back-stabbing.
-- USF FAN"
5828
re: CENTAL
COAST: "Central coast will be changing in the very near future!!!!!! Rumor
has that ______ is DONE!!!!! fill in the blank. Not very hard to figure out."
5827
November 8 & 9,
2008
The Weekend!
re: "NEW MAIL: "Just want too know
why you just post on weekends, and not post everything you receive... "
5826
<We post everything we receive unless it is
obscene or screws with someone's family. I post as often as I can, but
remember that this site is not a profit center, so I have to have a real job
during the week. I sometimes get home too late and/or too tired to update
the site. We put the message board up to help mitigate the problem.
It's possible that your email got lost in the spam filter. We get FLOODED
with spam every day. It is not uncommon to get 5,000 emails per day (I now
know more about erectile dysfunction than I ever wanted to know.) so it is
impossible to check through the spam folder every time. If you have any
suggestions please bring them on!
Steve>
the gordon ramsey of vancouver?
re: SYSCO SAN DIEGO:
"to the driver at sysco san diego, great hourly rate. do you guys work 4 or 5
day weeks? also, how many hours does the average driver put in every week?
thanks and go TEAMSTERS!!!!"
5825
re: BROKERS: "Distributors
have no choice about which brokers handle which lines. If Sara Lee and Advance
want to get a bigger bang for their buck, it's up to them. If nothing else, it
will put more bodies on the street to sell their products as well as other
lines these brokers represent."
5824
re: CENTRAL COAST FS:
"I’ve seen Kaney trucks as far North as Monterey, driving all the way to one
restaurant on Cannery Row. That almost makes as much sense as Birite
Foodservice out of San Francisco delivering all the way to Big Sur!"
5823
re: SYSCO METRO:
"does anyone know anything about sysco metro ny? are the drivers union? how
about pay and benefits? i'm looking to possibly put an application in for a
driving job, and am trying to gather some info."
5822
re: PFG/TPC: "Whats
with the new DSM-Sysco robot Wiedower snagged from the Chicago OPCO. Do these
Sysco guys all come from the same mold? Hey Mike we already have a Sysco house
in Iowa and Lincoln we dont need one in Rock Island "
5821
re: USF PHILLY &
ALBANY: "Is it true that a former Alliant Philly manager that is now a
director of sales for USF Philly is going to join his buddy Bill Speed as the VP
of sales for USF Albany? If so good riddance from the Philly sales team and
condolences to Albany! "
5820
lettuce may have caused E. coli
re: USF
BOSTON: "Hey John you want to put forth our name as US Foodservice Boston.
Why don't you listen to some of your TMs and inside peoples' Audix message. Your
trainer continues to put out emails calling us "US FOODS". I know it sticks in
your throat but you and all your Alliant pals have to realize Alliant was BOUGHT
OUT by Us Foodservice and that is who pays you now. Not "US FOODS"
SOX FAN "
5819
re:
CENTRAL COAST FS: "Ok folks. The economy is in the tank and everyone wants
to know. Who on the Central Coast is going to survive this mess? Souza Foods has
been very quiet lately. Are they putting together a game plan that leaves them
the lone standing independent from Santa Maria to Paso Robles? Don’t bet against
them, they have been around a long time. What about Kaney Foods? Their leader is
a egomaniac with some serious issues, but they have been around a long time and
offer products and services others can’t. Can they overcome the lack of sound
leadership and dumb decisions? Speaking of dumb and dumber, how about Sysco
Ventura? Will Houston let these clowns continue to embarrass a once proud
corporation with a history of success being destroyed by one poorly run
distribution center? Maybe they’ll send it all back to Walnut and pretend this
little experiment never happened. And guess who’s waiting in Santa Barbara for
it all to implode right into their lap? We are taking bets and the odds are that
somebody will have to go. Who is it going to be? Souza, Kaney, Sysco Ventura? "
5818
re:
BROKERS: "What's going on with the brokers on the "left" coast? Heard
that MarketSmart & Goodman are teaming up to become a regional broker network. A
marriage like this must be driven by Sara Lee or Advance. It's got to be better
than having Key Impact come out west.........but will it be accepted by the
distributors? "
5817
November 1 & 2,
2008
The Weekend!
re: HALLSMITH HR: "Hallsmith's V.P. of
H.R. I'm writing to you, I am a 64 year old widow looking for a woman such as
yourself. I meet all your standards, I have a six figure job, and alot more tuck
away, so the two of us can spend quality time together. They call you the ''
black widow '' I'm told, Do you go now by J.B. or J.C. J.G.....You like em old
+ rich w/a short window of standing up strait. So Julia I hope we can get
together soon, when you see my bank account you will say yes, I'm sure "
5816
Happy Birthday
Mike Rains (L &
C Meat Kansas City)
from October 10th
re: SYSCO PHOENIX: "SyscoPhoenix AZ:
Amazing is it not, Sysco Phoenix was doing so well. J.R was increasing sales,
morale was at its finest, sales was up, profit was way up, but the new President
had to have his own people imported into the Southwest, well look at it now,
they are hurting so badly ( thank God ) they are even trying to buy business
with greenbacks( not working) . Well I hear J.R. has moved on, he is smiling,
blood pressure has been excellent, and Health is unbelievable at its finest.
Made a lot of new friends, and oh yeah, his back, don’t feel sore anymore. "
5815
Happy Birthday
Gwen Moser (The
best in the business! Monarch Foods)
from October 7th
re: 5801: "Thanks for the good words. As of
Nov. 2, 2008 top pay will be $ 22.30 an hour with $ 4.07 going into our pension
up to 40 hours a week. As for the abc program, yes we have it, but its not to
bad. The way it works is you get whatever the larger amount for the week is abc
or overtime so you can't lose. But the management has been screwing with drivers
case counts saying premium stops aren't and making them regular stops.
Supposedly there is so list that the clerk has that is from 2006. What year is
it? Also the letter of agreement is in the contract, so we have it for the next
five years. That's it, has anyone heard of any layoffs at Sysco LA and could you
tell us about them.
sixty hour man "
5814
slow food at Tableland screening
October 27, 2008
Happy
Monday!
|
Irv Mills
![]() ![]() Longtime Sonoman Irv Mills died last Thursday in Sonoma. Mills, 88, was well known as an astute board-watcher at the Sonoma City Council meetings and the Board of Supervisors meetings, as well as many other civic gatherings where local issues were always foremost in his mind. He was also an avid letter writer as readers of the Index-Tribune's Pulse of the Public can attest. "He's been a mentor and friend of mine for 25 years," said 1st District Supervisor Valerie Brown. "Irv was the interim executive director of the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce when I was president of the chamber." She added that Mills was an excellent example of a citizen who got involved in his community. "His strongest message was that people need to have civic responsibility." Former City Manager Pam Gibson said Mills was very free with his advice and she also looked at him as somewhat of a mentor. "He never cared whether you took his advice or not but he wanted to give his opinion, and generally he had some very sound things to say." Gibson said Mills was the first person to send her a note of congratulations when she was hired to be Sonoma's city manager. "In spring of 1995, he tracked me down in San Juan Capistrano and somehow got my address. I was astonished!" Mills was born on April 17, 1920, in Connecticut. At 22, and newly married to his wife, Joan, he joined the United States Air Force in 1942. In 1943, he was a tail-gunner on a bomber sent to destroy a German factory in Schweinfurt when, before the plane released even one bomb, it was hit by enemy fire. Mills bailed out or was thrown out of the plane when it exploded. He parachuted into enemy territory and was captured, seriously injured. He then spent two years in the prison camp Stalag 17, made famous by the 1953 movie of the same name. While incarcerated, Mills taught American history to his fellow prisoners using a textbook that had been smuggled into the camp. "You have to find ways to amuse yourself so you don't go bonkers," Mills told an I-T reporter in an interview for a story run last June. Mills was released in May of 1945, when the Germans holding the captives surrendered to the Americans. And to the surprise of no one who knew him, he had written a journal about his time in captivity and titled it simply "My Wartime Log." Following the war, he ran a successful china manufacturing company as well as a food-service design and engineering firm. He also owned several restaurants and served as a food and hospitality industry consultant. Upon moving to Sonoma in 1976, Mills, a self-described "political junkie" was active in a number of civic committees. Mills prepared himself for his death by writing his own obituary. "I would have expected him to do that, he was well prepared and he was absolutely in control," said Brown, who added, sadly, "What a loss of a fine man." |
re:
CONFIDENTIAL?: "Are the emails sent in confidential?"
5813
<From this end they are...the easiest way to get "busted"
is to talk to other people and/or use grammatical expressions and/or
misspellings that are characteristic of your speech or writing.>
October 25 & 26,
2008
The Weekend!
ex-employee problem? behead them!
Happy Birthday
Rich Hoadley(Bay Brokerage Co.)
from October 6th
Happy Birthday
Joe Rubich (USF, La Mirada, California)
from October 5th
illegal Mexicans land restaurateur in jail
re: IFH FLORENCE: "IFH
Florence - RW, you and DS should be so proud of your selves continuing to sue
two old men in the Myrtle Beach Market. On a work agreement that they have
already given you 18 months on, when company policy states 12 months.
Congratulations one of them has had to take his whole 401k savings to pay
attorney fees. Hope that you two fine gentlemen are happy."
5812
McD's angus artery buster on hold
re: SYSCO RALEIGH GAS ALLOWANCE:
"If the new problem you are referring to is the morale problem then I get it.
Sadly"The Kang" doesn't get it. Actually he doesn't care. He is in love with his
money. He makes fun of his Marketing Associates and they know it. If he only
knew how many of "his" people were looking for other jobs maybe he would treat
them better. Gotta go or I'll be late for my second job."
5811
re: ZARTIC REUNION: "I am
happy to announce the 1st annual reunion of the "Former Zartic Sales Force
Association."
We will be meeting somewhere in the
Atlanta area during that dead week between Christmas and New Years. We are
still looking for a cheap room because, well, that was our reputation. One
suggested sight may be the Holiday Inn at the Cartersville exit. Many of us old
guys have some fond memories about that place. Especially the dinning
experience at the on-sight Denny's.
If we are lucky,
maybe Big Jim will let us come to Rome and use his barn. But I'm not counting
on it! Just who is invited to this shin-dig? I will put it this way, if you
would consider pulling Ken C. from Rockmart out of a burning building, don't
bother showing up! We don't want any of your kind at this event.
Please
RSVP directly to me using the secret "Beef, Pork, Chicken" hot line.
See you in December!!!!!!!!!!"
5810
re: SMALL DISTRIBUTOR/LEDYARD:
"Their name is Ledyard, not tard. They're a dysfunctional bunch that is for sure
but they do function. They're definitely on the fringe of the mainstream
distribution community but they can afford to be because of their location. This
is and always will be their downfall. Because of their insulated location,
management has and most likely will continue to operate contrary to practical
business sales operational standards (Lil' Hitler, BTW is very proficient. JC is
(very) good at what he does and is fair. You don't have to like him but can not
deny the respect he deserves for his job performance. He's good, but takes an
abnormal liking to the hatchet man duties the owner gives him, hence the moniker
Lil' Hitler) .
They have systematically pushed out some
of the best food service personnel the state of California has seen in years
most of which (today, now, or have in the past) work for Birite Foodservice in
San Francisco. They once had a Equipment and Design division that was only
rivaled by Rykoff in Daly City but pissed that away. They had two very
successful "Cash n' Carry" operations but did the same, pissed them away. A lack
of vision and short sighted management decisions coupled with a lack of a sound
understanding of current distribution practices is their down fall. During a
short time in the mid 1990's the company flourished while direct family
involvement was void of their day to day operations. But alas, individual hubris
got in the way with the the passing of the family patriarch. The wake left
by his son was one that is still being felt in that pond (as it were) to this
day.
Ledyard, for shiny as a gem it's capable of being,
is continually tarnished by the short sightedness and inept temper of its senior
management. You know what they say? A family owned and operated business is just
as dysfunctional as the family that owns and operates it. Good Luck, Ledyard,
but be aware that you have burned way too many people to be seen as a company in
our business that can be held in high regard. You need to let go and just
finally sell the operation to some one that actually has a true passion for the
business and actually cares abouts its employees. You're also the grave yard for
those that have a little steam left in their engines but have worn out their
welcome among the elite distributors in the Bay Area. "
5809
re: USF LA
MIRADA: "The Fred and John Show is no more……They puked on the force once
again…"
5808
There's a
great new resume posted on the Resume Page!
Aggressive Sales and Management
Happy Birthday
Warren St. Denis
(Retired, Sysco San Francisco)
Michelle Victor (Sysco Portland)
from October 4th
October 23, 2008
Thursday
re: ST.
LOUIS BROKERS: "Word has it that Rich’s is interviewing the market in St.
Louis and can Nestle’ be far behind? I hear the ‘brothers’ are trying to make a
home for themselves at Thomas Marketing or DBC or in other places. ‘They say’
that the STL market is ripe for consolidation with other ‘mid-central’ markets,
such as KC, Omaha and Chicago, but when will GFS make their move in this market
from KY? How about Reinhart will they also open up here or can they service it
from the ‘former’ Banta Foods location in Springfield, MO? What about Martin
Bros.---will they ‘make the move’ from IA into this market also?
EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW!!"
5807
Happy Birthday
Ruth Barcus
(USF/Wixom)
Diane Harris
(USF, Raleigh)
from
October 3rd
re: BEST
LOOKING REPS: "Let’s have some fun here! Who are the best looking Broker
Babes, Manufacture Reps and DSR’S across the country? Were tired of hearing
about all this union stuff!
Fude Dude"
5806
Happy Birthday
Rose DeGrazia
(Bay Brokerage Co.)
Paul Joyce (Foodservice Legend,
Northern California)
from October 2nd
re: SYSCO
RALEIGH GAS ALLOWANCE: "Dear "mr president" Congratulations on putting
this money back where it belongs. After all, the bottom line is ALL that
matters. Good luck with your new problem. Think about it."
5805
Happy
Birthday
Joe Valenti
(USF, Albany)
from October 1st
October 22, 2008
Wednesday
Happy
Birthday
Sandy Thames
(formerly with McCabe's Foods Portland,
Oregon)
from September 30th
re: SMALL
DISTRIBUTOR: "their name is something "tard or "tard" something...anyway I
just learned they have no sales management. Just s VP of sales and he's the
owners nephew whom everyone dislikes and their DP's last job was managing a
restaurant who's rumored to be a real loose cannon, power hungry, "I'll make you
pay..." type. the bay area broker community says they're the laughing stock of
all bay area distributors. WTF happened to independant distributors here in the
greater bay area? Seems Birite is the only professionally run operation of any
integrity left out her in NorCal. anyway this "tard" organization is run by
their computer guy who also acts as their finacial controller, a Vp of Opps
whose nickname I hear is "lil hitler" and this VP of sales....and that's it. WTF
has happend to independant distributors here in the BA>>>>we know Ritz is on the
outs...any one of the "tard" family want to respond?
5804
Happy
Birthday
Ed Carpino
(Sysco FS, Half Moon, NY)
Dick Hess (USF, Clifton Park, NY)
from September 29th
October 21, 2008
Tuesday
There's a great new resume on the Resume Page!
Senior Level Logistics-Transportation-Management
re: SAINT LOUIS BROKERS: "Does anyone
have a clue whats going on with Mid-American Brokerage in St. Lous? We hear the
that a major Regional Broker is planning a merger (K I) And we hear also hear
that their top line is interviewing the market, anyone have any clue?"
5803
Happy Birthday
Susan Hershey (DSR BiRite)
Rob Monroe (Prestige Food Brokers)
Chris Rummrill
(USF, Albany)
from September 27th
re: SYSCO S.D.:
"Most of the warehouse and drivers do a great job and should be applauded.
Here’s to you and your hard work, I for one appreciate it.
Upstairs person."
5802
more e. coli sickened Canadians expected
Monday!re: SYSCO SAN DIEGO: "to the
driver aka-60 hour man, way to go. its great to see the backbones of this
company speak up. what is your top rate for drivers? did you guys fall sucker
to the abc program? go UNION!!!!"
5801
Happy Birthday
Craig Gross
(PFG, Florida)
from September 26th
re: 5786:
"Incompetence isn't even the word for it. What goes thru their mind when they
hire and promote? Saving money? Maybe hiring someone that will look so bad
that they can point to and say that at least there's someone worse than
them? Real nice place to work at. Speed, Mirarchi, Holcomb, Cooper: it is
time you moved on and contaminated somewhere else."
5800
effectiveness of produce sanitizers
re: UNQUALIFIED
PEOPLE AT USF ALBANY: "After reading this post, why doesn't KKR/CD&R close
Albany and cut their losses. This really makes me appreciate Jon and Fred.
FS VET"
5799
re: USF
ALBANY: "Funny thing about Speed and Dragon Lady and Cooper, etc is that
when they are let go, they will be given big severance packages (especially
Speed) despite the crappy and stupid job performance. In fact, I wouldn't
doubt that Speed would be given a bigger, better paying job someplace so he can
screw things up worse someplace else. What a joke. When does a guy like learn
that he is the Problem and not everyone else."
5798
October 18 & 19,
2008
The Weekend!
re: 5783:
"There's a guy that sweeps the floors, empties the trash cans and uses better
judgement than Speed. He gets the job done and does it well. A role reversal
would be nice except that with Speed the trash may never make it to where it
needs to go because he's useless and we wouldn't want to lose a good janitor
over it. "
5797"
re: VINCE
LICATA: "Hey, Happy B-day to Vince, but isn’t he Psyscho Sacramento?
GoneCoastal1"
5796
re: USF
ALBANY: "Bob Aiken, did you ask any tought questions at US Albany? I mean
real tough like, what the hell are you guys doing? Why is it that good senior
people get let go when it's crunch time for numbers? Why can't procurement get
anything right? Why is it that pads keep going up while we lose more customers
and business? That's like the chicken and the egg question. How about some of
you big shots coming in to Albany and asking the people who actually work what's
going on? What do you think you're going to get from the accomplices in upper
management??????????????? It's a country club!!!!!!!!
5795
Happy
Birthday
Oscar G. Figari
(Foodservice Associates, SoCal)
Don Fleishman
(Eastern RSM, Ore-Cal Corp)
Maxine Gries (USF Kearny, NJ)
Barbara Horwath
(Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc.)
Natalie Kudrna (Best CS/Inside Sales Rep at FSA/Omaha!)
Susan Orders
(USF Fort Mill, SC, "The backbone of the division")
from September 25th
re:
FLORIDA BROKERS: "As a DSR in the Sunshine State of Florida it is hard to
get a broker to follow through with anything.Just want to give props to the
exception to the rule, Manny Martinez with C and G Food Brokerage. Manny follows
through like a true professional and is a welcome relief from the low level of
support that is the norm here.I wish Manny all the best and wish there were more
broker reps like him.
A Happy DSR
5794
Happy
Birthday
BBethann
Hutchinson (Eurest Dining/Compass Group)
from September 24th
October 16, 2008
Thursday
re: USF
ALBANY: "I have worked for both companies in the past ten years or so and
have found both human resources Managers to be very unethical. Kim Mirachi for
US Foods and Lynn Lott for Sysco Albany have violated just about every ethical
rule in the hand book. Both have taken confidential information and passed it on
to some of the other executive staff members. Anyone who has had passed
experiences should forward the information on to this website for starters."
5793
re: HALLSMITH: "Top three
reasons why hallsmith wouldn't allow chris wiggles join in on the foxwoods trip
are
#3 he throws his complimentary beer cups on the floor
#2 he was at a
pizza party at mike m house
#1 steve s wasn't around to let him borrow
money"
5792
Happy
Birthday
Laura Garcia
(Old S.E.R., Fresno)
Rodney Holley
(Sysco, Memphis)
from September 23rd
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