Wakefern/ShopRite - Carteret, NJ

I think I went there with my trainer. That was 14 years ago. Wasnt any better back then, lol!

 

All Wakefern/Shop Rites are the same about requiring the lic plate numbers and drivers lic. It's sad that I have my truck and trailer plates memorized...along with the last 8 of both their VINs and the engines serial number. LOL. I would say you pretty much have a normal grocery warehouse visit with the exception of losing the paperwork.

 

I've only been to wakefern at exit 10 off the NJTP.... went there every tuesday for a year and a half... NEVER more than 2.5 hours.. of course, what nobody talks about when they are there for hours, is what they were delivering... what did the lumpers have to do to sort the load and how did they have to break down the load?? i'm not supporting lumpers, i hate paying lumpers, so i dont... i unload my own truck everywhere i possibly can, and charge back the broker, and i collect what they were going to pay the broker... now, that being said, did you have 24 pallets with 50 different products? requiring the 24 pallets being broken down into 50 pallets??? or did you have 1 product on 24 pallets, requiring no breakdown, just needed to be pulled onto the dock?? if you dont like waiting, do it yourself

 

Ok, to me this is a big part of the problem. Unloading the truck is one task. Breaking down pallets is an entirely different job! Why should I have to wait for that job to be done? Unload me then take as long as you like to do whatever you want with what is unloaded!

 

I agree, when you have a single product that has to be broken down, count the quantity, send the driver on his way, and then break it down, but as I said before, when you've got 50 products on 25 pallets, they have to break it down before they can verify quantity.

 

Been there a few times. Trick is unload it yourself. Once unloaded let them know and get right back on the electric lift truck and take it back to your trailer/load. Seems they get right down to count when you are holding their lift truck hostage then play it off like an idiot like you thought you had to wait for them to verify the count/refuse product and just wante to be sure you would be there to reload any refused. Works for me normally out in an hour and a half. Hour to unload, 30 mins to verify/sign off on paperwork

 

Most Wakefern places are decent. In and out and some have overnight parking. I've never had a bad time at Wakefern. I'm surprised to hear this.

 

Wakefern is no different than any other grocery warehouse. They want you to do they're work for them, or hire a way over priced lumper. They don't care what so ever about a driver or what they need to do next.

 

i love that wake fern--generally just as quick as anyplace else--and i can do my 10 there which is a plus being in jersy