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CheliceraeJones t1_ir5e7y1 wrote

Reply to comment by dj_narwhal in Sysco truck drivers in New England go on strike by smartest_kobold

>ruined a ton of local restaurants

I'm interesting in learning more about this, can you point me to some articles/resources/etc.?

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enrique-sfw t1_ir5jagx wrote

I came here to ask this. I couldn't figure out how a food delivery company could ruin local restaurants.

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FaustusC t1_ir5lcxb wrote

Crushing the competition out, then changing products to be inferior and more expensive.

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kadaverin t1_ir5ltxu wrote

Because their shit is bottom of the barrel IQF garbage. If we ever had a Fallout situation Sysco foods, Twinkies, and cockroaches would be the only things left to eat.

Source: worked in a college that used Sysco.

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SanchitoQ t1_ir633tm wrote

Restaurants order their raw products from companies like Sysco, called broadliners. In New England, the big broadliners are Sysco, PFG, US Foods, and some other ones that are smaller in size.

If Sysco’a delivery drivers aren’t driving, then restaurants aren’t getting raw product to make their dishes, which means they don’t have dishes to sell to the public. Also, many restaurants are contracted with their broadliners, so it’s not like a Sysco customer can just pick up the phone and call PFG and place their order.

Source: 12 years managing restaurants

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