Do you work in Fast Food Industry? What brands do they use?

[BadPinkTink]

Wow, just because someone retires from their current job/career does not mean they couldn’t handle a fast food environment for a few hours a week. Maybe it would just be a part time job, just for something to do out of the house, or simply because they enjoy it.

And to call someone a “do gooder” just because they may not need a paycheck but would like to donate it to a co- worker who is working out of necessity is pretty rude.

Having spent many years in the food industry as a chef and had jobs which were low paid / minimum wage this is exactly how I would have viewed it. I would not have liked to be thought of as a charity case needing financial help from someone who is just there for a bit of fun as they dont need the money. Also doing something like this would not be good for team building. This retired person is just here for a few hours cos they are bored and want something to do, , really would not go down well with your work colleagues and could lead to a hostile work environment which is not healthy.

The food industry , especially somewhere like a fast food place relies on team work and trust and co operation between team mates. Everyone has to work at the same pace and speed and standard, the team is only as strong as its weakest member. I have been in plenty of food places where the team is not strong for various reasons, and it makes a hard physical job even harder.

 

[ronandannette]

...How would you anonymously donate your pay every week to a deserving employee? The company would pay you direct into your bank. You would have to pay tax. Are you going to just hand a work colleague an envelope of cash each week?? How would you decide who is deserving?? Thats just unrealistic and frankly offensive, that you would just see your work colleagues as charity cases needing to be helped by a do gooder who has more money than sense.

According to the last interesting and evocative tipping thread, that's actually the exact attitude all customers are supposed to have towards service staff. Why not among co-workers too?

Having spent many years in the food industry as a chef and had jobs which were low paid / minimum wage this is exactly how I would have viewed it. I would not have liked to be thought of as a charity case needing financial help from someone who is just there for a bit of fun as they dont need the money. Also doing something like this would not be good for team building. This retired person is just here for a few hours cos they are bored and want something to do, , really would not go down well with your work colleagues and could lead to a hostile work environment which is not healthy.

The food industry , especially somewhere like a fast food place relies on team work and trust and co operation between team mates. Everyone has to work at the same pace and speed and standard, the team is only as strong as its weakest member. I have been in plenty of food places where the team is not strong for various reasons, and it makes a hard physical job even harder.

Honestly, although it may be different in the UK, here in North America, few fast-food workers are there as part of a planned career path. Many are high school students picking up spending money and I doubt they've though that deeply about it.

 

[scrhsa]

Restaurants use supply companies like Sysco or US Foods. They carry many brands of food and most you probably wouldn’t be able to find in a supermarket.

When my Mom worked at our Catholic school in the cafeteria she ordered from Ben E. Keith. Which I believe is a Texas co. . I was surprised when I saw one of their trucks backed up at a Chili's in town.

 

[disneychrista]

When my Mom worked at our Catholic school in the cafeteria she ordered from Ben E. Keith. Which I believe is a Texas co. . I was surprised when I saw one of their trucks backed up at a Chili's in town.

Ben E. Keith is, I guess also, a beer distributor.

 

[scrhsa]

Ben E. Keith is, I guess also, a beer distributor.

I never realized it but, yeah, they do.

 

[1GoldenSun]

working in a fast food place is not for a retired person, well unless they are there out of necessity, not choice like you. Its a fast paced work environment, standing for the entire shift. You are basically a cog in a human conveyor belt, repeating the same moves over and over and over. Its shift work so you would work any 5 days out of 7, you would be working weekends, evenings, early mornings, holidays etc, basically when the 9 to 5 people are not working is when you would be working. You would not be guaranteed 2 days off together.

Your hair and clothes absorb the smell of grease and food. You would need cash handling experience and customer service experience. You would need to be quick , be able to follow company specs precisely with no room for error.

If you have back or foot issues, you will be in pain from standing long hours on hard floors.

How would you anonymously donate your pay every week to a deserving employee? The company would pay you direct into your bank. You would have to pay tax. Are you going to just hand a work colleague an envelope of cash each week?? How would you decide who is deserving?? Thats just unrealistic and frankly offensive, that you would just see your work colleagues as charity cases needing to be helped by a do gooder who has more money than sense.

Well, I certainly didn't mean to be offensive.

I wouldn't look down on my coworkers as charity cases. I respect hard work--any kind of work. It's the very fact that I do respect these workers that makes me interested in seeing what the job would actually be like.

I've worked waiting tables which gave me a great appreciation for servers. I've worked as a bartender and I understand how hard that job really is. I worked retail, and I cringe when people complain and treat sale clerks like they're nobodies. I've worked as a teacher and now have the utmost respect for them. I've even worked manual labor and know what it feels like to come home and shower off the literal sweat and grime of a hard day's work. I can imagine what it would be like to work in the fast food industry but I've never actually done it and I'm curious.

It may well be that by the time I retire my body could not easily withstand the work, which is why this is just a thought, not a plan. My other "plan" is to go overseas and move from country to country teaching English for a year or so. China, Japan, Thailand, etc...It's more likely that I'll still be physically up for this at retirement age, but I'm not ruling out McDonald's!

My reason for donating my pay would be mainly because I'd feel bad taking a job I don't need when there may be others who really need the income. And it wouldn't be like I'd take applications for the "most deserving" employee to give my money to, but if someone mentioned they were trying to scrounge up the money to get their car fixed, or wanting to get their kid a birthday present, or were behind on their rent--anything like this--I could probably manage to get some money to them anonymously. Or I could just donate it to a charity.

Anyway, it's just a thought that comes to mind from time to time when I go through a fast food drive through. It's probably just a pipe dream, although kind of a weird one. I just like to try new things.

 

[DisneyHardin]

I'm curious to know what brands of meats, etc...that fast food industries use?

I'd love to buy my own pickles that Subway uses and I love Burger King sausage!

Is this information public? Or under lock and key?

Thanks

Kroger Brand has some dill pickles that are called "restaurant style" I believe and they taste VERY similar to the ones from Subway.

 

[maslex]

I'd love to know the brand of cream and caramel that Dunkin Donuts uses for their iced coffee <3 So good!

 

[NYCgrrl]

I'd love to know the brand of cream and caramel that Dunkin Donuts uses for their iced coffee <3 So good!

https://www.bonanza.com/listings/Du...MInfulu8SK5QIVi7bICh175wDwEAQYASABEgIUz_D_BwE

 

[bcla]

A lot of these large companies have multiple suppliers, so it may be difficult to pin down exactly who. And in many cases their goods are custom made to their own specifications.

Some companies have tried to make it seem like they buy from a variety of small-time suppliers and they're doing right for the little guy.

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/about-our-food/meet-our-suppliers.html
The second supplier mentioned is Keystone Foods. Sounds local. Like a Pennsylvania company that went big. They say they developed Chicken McNuggets with them. True. But they're owned by Tyson and before that were owned by a large international conglomerate.

 

[Cindy's Mom]

Just because a distributor delivers to denny's and Mortons, does not mean those places are using the same foods. The distributor is pretty much delivery person, they warehouses stocked of all brand of foods and all quantities.