Why are coke delivery drivers given such nice equipment compared to Pepsi, DP/7UP, and Anhueser Busch drivers?
Posted by Boeing-B-47stratojet@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 12 comments
I am not a beverage truck driver, I am just a butcher with a class A (I do my own deliveries to restaurants around the area).
Why would anyone willingly stay at anywhere besides Coca Cola. They get these nice electric dolly’s and trailers with liftgates.
The other companies seem to just use those old style beverage trailers, the ones with the sliding doors on the side. The soda distributors seem to get a small hand truck, the Budweiser guys I just see them toting the cases under their arms.
Does Coca Cola just pay significantly less or something? They seem to have a much higher turnover. We have had the same Pepsi and 7up guy since we opened in 1996. Same Budweiser guy since 2004. We have had probably 50 different people come in for Coca Cola.
GumbysDonkey@reddit
Think it depends on location bc the Coke trucks around here are like 25 yr old rust buckets. The trailers are usually nice though.
Islanderwithwings@reddit
Coca cola is a dividend king. They also one of the few companies that survived the 1929 great depression. Too big to fail. They have to focus on their investors first, next are the employees.
So my assumption is that while the driver pay is low. Drivers have stock options and contributions that will greatly offset the low pay in the future for secured income.
The last time I went to Caracas Yacht Club. I've met 3 drivers that worked for Coke. All retired, the amount of Coke shares they had earned them about 10k a month on coke dividends. That's millions in capital needed to be earning that amount per month on coke. But they put in 30yrs of work, and these 3 drivers had the finest Latinas I've ever seen.
fiddintotellya@reddit
Several factors at play here from my view
Coke has bought out most all of their independent distributors, so their product lines will be a little more consistent
Other beverage manufacturers use independent distributors, meaning those companies all operate on their own
This application is usually on a 10 year cycle, meaning they don’t even consider new equipment for 10 years
GiantEnemaCrab@reddit
It depends on the location. I work for Pepsi and I get everything you said. I actually think Coke has worse equipment where I am. I get half pallets and sleds to move stuff into buildings, Coke has to hand-dolly everything. They even pay 4 dollars per hour less.
But again it depends. Some areas Coke is probably much better.
TruckerSob@reddit
coke pays shit
Timmy98789@reddit
What is DEI?
MoosiePie22@reddit
Oh wow I thought coke was making bank tbh glad I didn’t get hired there even though I’m still not making shit 🤣 but what is the weird stuff you have to go through to get hired?
Milk_MAN1963@reddit
DP have the best trucks in Michigan hauling plant to warehouse
Hurricaneshand@reddit
Probably depends on where they are delivering as well. I work for a Miller distributor and we have trailers with lift gates, side loaders, box trucks and vans. All depends on where the truck needs to go/how much they need to deliver. No sense in sending out a full size truck to a gas station that gets 20 cases a week.
midniteblazeit@reddit
beverage locations probably update their equipment once every 20 years like over here coke has a mix of side bays and lift gates while Pepsi got all new liftgates and they use half pallets now but maybe in 5 years all that shit will be banged up and then coke will have the new stuff. it's all probably in the timing.
c0caine_cinderella@reddit
They spend all the money on their appearance and don’t pay the drivers shit
Boeing-B-47stratojet@reddit (OP)
Well. That would explain it.