I made the mistake in picking this milk and
took it home. The milk was delivered that day by the driver who was there while I was buying stuff at Cosco. I poured it into my cereal and started to eat it, It was sour and smelled bad. I checked the date and it was fine. I went to the store and complained and was giving a credit.
I started to investigate this Company and talked to many employees who worked there. What I found out was shocking and disturbing.
The 1st thing on my list is how bad there milk really is. I have bought many samples so to speak and compared there milk to others. Hands down they have the worst in your stores. There expiration dates do not compare to their competition and found nothing but leaking milk and bad milk cartons. Were they purchase their milk cartons is beyond me.
I spoke to a few of their employee's and found out quite a bit about who is running this 1/2 ass opperation. The owner is some old guy named Larry and his son Richarg Shihady. His sons run this hell hole and from what they told me, his 20 something grandson is like the vice president. No wonder everything is screwed up... Would you trust your milk to a guy just out of college? Not me...
I found out that this is not a Union Company which does not surprise me. All the other Milk company's are union except this one. I talked to a few drivers and was told that the Owners have threatened their employee's with layoff's and dicipline if they try to form a union. I was also told that this happened once before. All those drivers were fired from their jobs because of their union affiliations.
The drivers and workers I spoke to complained of long hours, low pay and unheard of dicipline. The Fresno branch has quite a few Latino workers and I have been told they in particular are threatened alot. In this time of layoff's and bad economy, Producers Dairy Foods makes it a point to over work their workers and put them into dangerous situations . They do not pay them a decent working wage and treat them badly.
I do not know about you, but I would not spend my hard earned money on a milk company that produce's bad milk, cheese, and yogurt for them to fill their greedy pockets.
A few more things were discovered. They have without question the worst fleet of trucks and vehicles that deliver these Milk products..! The driver I spoke to, tolm me he try's to avoid the scales because his truck is overloaded ( a safety violation). I asked him why? He told me that his supervisors would write him up or fire him if he got a ticket. ( another violation) I said don't you have mechanics for your fleet? He said yes, but they only have a few and send them off to other depot's ( another safety issue..) because they don't have enough of them or do not want to pay for more. This is incredible. These big trucks are on the road and are serviced when they feel like it?
In closing and I will write more as I get more info, its time for company's like Producers Dairy foods of Fresno California to treat their employee's and customers better. Not over work them, and pay them a decent wage...
I still won't buy their crappy milk though..!
