Mclane Grocery Suneast (Kissimmee)

You are right to be concerned about the commuting time. If you live in Orlando it's probably going to be over 45 minutes, specially the times when you have to be there between 5 and 7, traffic on John Young Parkway between 192 and Pleasant Hill is just ridiculous. That's going to eat into your supposed 10 hours of sleep so you need to be very disciplined about going to bed as soon as you get home, day or night.

The problem my husband had was let's say you start at 2 am. You get up at midnight and leave the house at 1am, come back home at about 4 to 5pm to eat and sleep and be up again at midnight (assuming there's no traffic incident on JYP, otherwise you're screwed). You do that for a few days, but the day after you start at 5pm. It's hard to sleep during the day (for him) because you are well rested, but then you start at 5 and by midnight you're dying.

He quit during training and I'm happy he did, for him it wasn't worth it. BUT.... some people can do it, some have been doing it for decades and like it and the money is definitely really good. Hope that's your case if you actually start with them.

Oh! and watch your speed in that area, cops love it, and you can have a close encounter with an undercover in any kind of vehicle. I saw a cargo van recently, with ladder on top and everything.

 

What kind of info you looking for? Have a friend who works for the foodservice side outta Miami but has came up here to help few times over the yrs so may be able to get him to answer some questions for u

 

Congrats on the job man

 

I just talked to a friend that delivered there yesterday. This place is right next to the Lowes DC, right?

If it doesn't work out Gordon Foodservice is on Central Florida Parkway, just down the street from me.

 

Ill call him over the wkend and ask how it was there when he was up here. I know the pay is good he is like top man at his dc making lil over 90k yr. he has been trying to get me into driving ever since I turned 21

 

You can do it and keep them, just be very, very careful. The guy who was training my hubs had been there for decades. And you're right, the only bad thing I've heard about them is about how brutal the physical work is, other than that it seems to be a very nice place.

 

I've thought about it but sysco doesn't offer the Cdl training anymore and don't have time to do on own with work and all. No stranger to hard work been in warehouse since I turned 18 n graduated high school will be 26 next month. That's y I've been thinking about driving easier to do that longer then selecting long term