delivery driver

order picker

opérateur de machine

shipper/receiver

agent de surveillance

Fresh Start Foods

There are many types of products to be learned throughout the workplace. 
I found it impossible to work with the antics of the unprofessional and immature management .
A)Precut Production worker

-Hard work area under cold pressures.
-Long shifts that weren't prepared for.
-Didn't bring enough food to last a 19 hour shift.
-Better management would be an idea. 
-Great Experience, learn a lot bout the produce  world and foodservices chain.
- when it comes to production it has a really poor management I've been in this company almost 7 yrs did all the hard work to help the company make a profit ......you probably wondering why after all the years I've been in this company i didn't hesitate to let go for me? " I'd rather lose this job than losing reapect to my self" just a heads up to somebody wants to work in this company they're right this company stick on bullies and lots of wannabes ....
-most hardest part of job was dealing with lazy people always in my space, 
very demanding job
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B)
Washrooms are always drity  . Mangament are  rude,uneducatied espically Team  Supervisors and Leads are lazy and inmatare walk around
-long hours  Hard to plan when you work every weekend
-Hours are not consistent, work every Sunday



Management is poorly trained. Many superviors and Lead Hands do not know their jobs and should be replaced. Huge lack of communication between depts. 

Forced overtime and when it comes to calculating pay for OT hours accounting has no idea how their system works. FYI...Punch out a minute late  and you will loose 30 min. pay. Don't believe me??? Ask accounting ! 

Company Policies may as well not exist as they are not enforced. Safety issues rarely addressed and the safety committee is a joke. They DO NOT meet as the contract states. 

The Union appears to be in bed with the Company. When in house meetings are given, members ARE NOT to ask questions. 

The Maintenance dept. rarely fixes equipment issues but rather takes a band aid approach to a problem and often will address the symptom BUT NOT the problem.


If there are abnormalities in the product do the Supervisors and Lead hands take action to ensure quality and safeness of food for the public and how do they respond?
 To control cross contamination it appears that some procedures are ignored during periods of high volume. 
 Supervisors (if you can find one on the floor) rarely stop the production. If the Customer has concerns about the product it receives, the Company blames the employees for not doing a better job. So many of us don't raise concerns anymore because they fall on deaf ears from the Company. Safety for the public doesn't seem to be a subject the Company addresses.
 Maybe the management should take a good long look in a mirror before they harass and blame good employees. 
 NB. re : "Good place to work"...you forgot to mention the overtime is forced not voluntary!!!
 Perhaps when the GFS/Fresh Start  Foods Management Team is replaced soon it will be a good place to work. Many of us are counting the days.

The job does pay well but the overall management has issues of what it wants and has some unrealistic exceptions of what the workers are to do at times, they have favouritism problems and will be dodgy of intentions instead of just being honest. I was not the best worker but there were people much slower then I was who were weren't full time like me who got more hours and were able to stay on while people like me got dismissed, if you want to complain about performance then why not look at people who were actually slow and teach people in a manner that actually helps them. I was swapped around with the excuse that things were "slow" when they just didn't want me in production into splits, while in spilts for two weeks and learning the overall pace and trying to get used to my new role I was told by the manger of splits that he had no "work" for me which was a lie as I was told by the main manger who dismissed me I was too slow to get the numbers needed there. Two weeks of starting a new department someone isn't going to be as fast as people working there for six months so I found that extremely unfair and insulting, I was sent back to production for a week before I was let go and given the PR spew were they were finally honest about things with me. They said I was given many chances and said my performance was too bad to continue despite me working the same pace as the others and the slow downs being due to machines not working or being unfamiliar with new task I was suddenly thrown into, I was given the main manger's number to help as a reference to get a new job which I found extremely insulting and even worse was let go in the worst time to find work. 

I'm sure the owners or management will respond to this and do damage control and say I'm a disgruntled employee giving libel (and I won't deny that there is a large element of bitterness) or try to contact me "urging" me to not to make any more statements as they will very well know who I am from the notes of this review.  Some of you guys are genuinely nice people and some are just all business who don't really care as long as the numbers are up or things run according to guidelines, I'm not trying to rail on you I am however going to say you need to actually value people and be honest with them instead of being dodgy and playing favourites. To the management if you wish to reach out to me on my review you will know who I am by this feel free to as you most likely stand by your decisions of how to run the company and do business I stand by mine to give this review and air my grievances how I see fit whether you enjoy so or not.

If your thinking of working here please read this. I worked in Richmond location for only 2months and this was my experience. I was hired as a loader recieved but by the end of the first week I apparently was taking care of 4different departments.  Loading unloading receiving, runner for production, picking helping build skids with product, organizing dry area, cleaning everywhere because most people don't care and office work and paperwork that people who had been there for months didn't even have a clue how to do. My job duties grew from shipper reciever to all those after 2weeks. If your someone who wants to help as much as possible you will be taken advantage of. You will be treated like an idiot and shown no respect by most of production team. They will yell and point at what they need without common courtesy of addressing you or even asking you even if it's not your job or department. And if you continue doing your job and they have to wait a few minutes they wonder why your so slow and keep telling for their product. Only their job matters to them. Even though you have trailers backing up, product to put away and weigh and paperwork to do, you will get ten different people asking you for product or help grabbing many different things for each. Most can't even lift boxes that weigh 15lbs and will get you off your machine to get lift things for them. They will constantly be in your way, seeing that you are driving in with a skid full of product they won't get out of your way so be careful. This is only the tip of the iceberg. This was only my personal experience so I can only speak on this, but in the two months I worked there other people had recently quit with same views. Common courtesy is almost non existent here except for a small few. Just a weird environment. Quick example with at least 7different people, I see someone for the first time that day, we make eye contact, I greet them with a nod hello. They stare at you without facial movement or acknowledgement. Just weird sometimes. This was my experience and if you end up working here it may be different but I doubt it. Save yourself being mistreated or the headache.

Great  workplace in Alberta , has great management and culture. However, in BC Very poor work place as  their rates for expectations are extremely high and employers are forcibly driving their employees to increase productivity.


There is no typical day of work, If you're a man, they will give you very heavy 60-80kg  items by hand  to stow, women get lite duty tasks such as put labels on packages and very loud Punjabi music. If you have integrity, you will suffer working for this company. coworkers are manipulative and a lot of favoritism is there. this company rarely keeps a worker for more than a couple of weeks .

Fresh Start Foods is a nice place to work if you like fast paced environment. Only backdrop they have is salary and lack of growth. 


they don't grow people from inside , some do if they are the department  manager's favourite , your talent  competency is not valued at 

if you are  talented do not join, because your confidence will go down the drain

I enjoy the day to day challenges, Hours are good and pay is about average. Benefits are good and RRSP's and Profit Sharing are a nice added bonus. 
When busy its great and day goes by quickly on slower days its a hard to find things to keep you busy.
As a branch not much room for advancement unless willing to relocate.
Drivers,warehouse,sale reps and office staff are all friendly and helpful with each other.
Fresh Start does great events through out the year, like a summer BBQ and the annual staff holiday party around Christmas time which everyone who attends gets a small gift.  Awards are giving for employee of the year, driver of the year, salesman of the year and awards for years of service with the company. 
Overall a great company to work for and I enjoy going to work each day.

If you are sitting on your couch all day playing video games, stay there. This company has zero respect for it's employee's, the company expects you to work very hard for very little pay. When you get hired you will be expected to work 6 days a week, you will get a day off, like never, also you are expected to lift very heavy boxes by yourself, which they will tell you 50lbs at the interview, more like 100lbs, upwards of 150-200lbs out of a truck. The thing I hated the most is if you drop any produce, or becomes damaged at all, it will come off your pay cheque. The day starts at 5am and could end at midnight, you are expected to be in the next morning at 5am, or will be fired with cause, which means no severance pay.

Great place to work, a very close team that works very well together all the way from the drivers, to warehouse, sales and front office. Management takes staff concerns seriously and is very hands on and active in the business. Is part of a large company but operates like a family business where everyone is a valued member of the team and their input and opinions matter. Great bunch of people, everyone gets along well and its a fun place to work but also very professional and they do a great job at what they do. Hours can sometimes be long during the busy times of the year as all customers need their order before the day ends  but the work is rewarding. 

I would not work here again as a last resort, they expect you to carry very heavy bags/boxes of heavy produce all by yourself, they tell you 50lbs at most, BS it will easily exceed 100lbs. The thing I hated the most was no guaranteed hours, they expect you to show up everyday just to see if you are working or not, if not they send you home with no pay. The only bright side of this place is the co-workers are friendly, and the people that train you are very dedicated.
 So if you can get welfare, take it, don't work here.

I was in a position to manage tasks very awkwardly and trouble. We   as team do not get along well as one or two of them enjoy walking around talking on their phones or singing to very loud Punjabi music. However I enjoy    working   very efficiently and showed less   amount respect to our fellow peers.

The department supervisor enjoys playing Pokémon go on his phone.
Good working environment if everyone shut up and work


No cars have to rely on public transit/ sky train 
Very early start time 4am instead of regular 9am by on weekends making not possible to show up “On Time”

I only worked here three weeks. I picked orders in splits. Everyone was very helpful and friendly, except for leadhand. All people working in warehouse,processing, dock and splits were friendly and helpful. I had an emergency on my day off,and had to leave province due to a fatal accident. I was late to inform supervisor,due to travelling, I apologize but he was not very  compassionate. He basically threatened my job,so I quit. He was very disrespectful compassionate.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Delivery driver 1 salary reported	$20.00 per hour
Order picker 7 salaries reported	$18.43 per hour
Opérateur de machine 8 salaries reported	$21.84 per hour
Shipper/receiver 16 salaries reported	$18.97 per hour
Agent de surveillance 8 salaries reported	$61,152 per year

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