Whats your average stop count?

[MikeJ]

Hi guys,

I have a question to you guys in food, how many stops do they give you a day is it between 10-16? Or 10 and 20?

Also how dense are your routes. Like I have a pretty big route density unfortunately 300 cases and 25 stops makes for a long day with very low pay. That's 25 times I had to figure out what protocol was, 25 times I had to get customers to sign 25 times I had to pull in and pull out of some place and when you don't know where your going or what to do when you get there, the day gets even longer. It's really not a very efficient system.


Oh well I guess that's the extra board.

 

[Lazlo]

I go 9-10 stops on the low end, 14 on my heaviest route of the week (Fri). 3 of my days go 800-900 pieces, my light day is only about 700-750, and I usually have one that goes 1150-1350 (with one dock stop) depending on what other routes they cut that day. Believe it or not, my lightest day is my longest because I have to drive the furthest and put up with more crap than on the other days.
As far as density, most of my routes are pretty tight except for a couple, 80-100 total miles for the day. We have drivers who go a lot further than that though. We're always short drivers so they're famous for cutting routes close to the warehouse. They then tag these stops off on other drivers because we "have to drive back here anyway". Problem is the customers aren't told ahead of time and some lay into us pretty good for being so "late".

I remember the 20-25 stop days from when I worked for Coke and don't miss them at all. Even if the majority of the stops are small it makes for a long day with a lot of opportunities for delays.

 

[MikeJ]

I go 9-10 stops on the low end, 14 on my heaviest route of the week (Fri). 3 of my days go 800-900 pieces, my light day is only about 700-750, and I usually have one that goes 1150-1350 (with one dock stop) depending on what other routes they cut that day. Believe it or not, my lightest day is my longest because I have to drive the furthest and put up with more crap than on the other days.
As far as density, most of my routes are pretty tight except for a couple, 80-100 total miles for the day. We have drivers who go a lot further than that though. We're always short drivers so they're famous for cutting routes close to the warehouse. They then tag these stops off on other drivers because we "have to drive back here anyway". Problem is the customers aren't told ahead of time and some lay into us pretty good for being so "late".

I remember the 20-25 stop days from when I worked for Coke and don't miss them at all. Even if the majority of the stops are small it makes for a long day with a lot of opportunities for delays.

That is the statement right there agree 100% 25 stops is nothing but delay city. The more stops the more can go wrong.

Some of our stops don't have very many miles at all, but it's extremely annoying when you have 2 stops across the street from each other and you don't even know that and pull out of the parking lot and go the wrong way or get in the wrong lane. Having dense stops is fine and 10-16 stops a day isn't really a big deal to me I don't have a problem with that. Now we have had guys who have had 29 stops in one day, no thank you, I don't care if there one case each. That's nothing but trouble, you still have to park, still have to get signatures, still have to dig the case out still have to do all of that stuff.

 

[MikeJ]

I go 9-10 stops on the low end, 14 on my heaviest route of the week (Fri). 3 of my days go 800-900 pieces, my light day is only about 700-750, and I usually have one that goes 1150-1350 (with one dock stop) depending on what other routes they cut that day. Believe it or not, my lightest day is my longest because I have to drive the furthest and put up with more crap than on the other days.
As far as density, most of my routes are pretty tight except for a couple, 80-100 total miles for the day. We have drivers who go a lot further than that though. We're always short drivers so they're famous for cutting routes close to the warehouse. They then tag these stops off on other drivers because we "have to drive back here anyway". Problem is the customers aren't told ahead of time and some lay into us pretty good for being so "late".

I remember the 20-25 stop days from when I worked for Coke and don't miss them at all. Even if the majority of the stops are small it makes for a long day with a lot of opportunities for delays.

The customers with the least amount of cases are usually trouble or with maybe 1 keg are also trouble it takes just as long to do 91 cases sometimes as it does to do 7 cases between finding where to put the stuff, getting a signature and parking and then moving it's just nothing, but time consuming trouble. Usually the heavier stops go as fast as the slower stops. That's why case count to me doesn't mean anything I'm more concerned about stop count. This one guy and I once did two bays like 91 cases in 11 minutes.

 

[double r]

5-7 Monday and about 1/2 to 3/4 full
9-11 Tuesday 3/4 to full
7-12 Wednesday 1/2 full
7-10 Thursday OVER CUBED most Thursdays
9-15 Friday 3/4 full

Now the kick, just about all my routes are condensed. I am lucky if I do 400 miles a week.

 

[TedWard]

The more work you prove you can do, the more work they will give you.

Go ahead, knock yourselves out.

4 out of 5 days, my first stop is the Casino, then I never know where I'm going, how much how many. Can I go there in a 48'? Fine, I'll walk it in around the building from the ******* lane. Glad you made us hourly now? I am.

 

[MikeJ]

The more work you prove you can do, the more work they will give you.

Go ahead, knock yourselves out.

4 out of 5 days, my first stop is the Casino, then I never know where I'm going, how much how many. Can I go there in a 48'? Fine, I'll walk it in around the building from the ******* lane. Glad you made us hourly now? I am.

I used to work with a guy who used to say "The more you can do the more they want you to do."

 

[kboomarang]

When I was still in it tuesday/wednesday route would go out about 1200-1400, and1600-1700 on a big week with 17 stops and 860 for miles, 530 miles day 1, with 8 stops and drop about half but not quite, day 2 - 9 stops 330 for miles and the rest of the truck, Friday 900-1100 average, big 1200 -1600, 16 stops 660 for miles drop about 80% on friday at 14 stops, sat am 1:30 start 80 miles drop the rest at 2 stores and head back to the warehouse. Big weeks would happen the first week of the month, new specials/deals.