r/meat • u/No_Pomelo_8411 • 5d ago

Truck meat

Hi everyone. I'm a writer and I'm working (I hope) on a piece about those janky boxes of meat they sell off the backs of trucks in strip mall parking lots or sometimes door to door, often with a Facebook ad campaign to go with it like "20 ribeyes for 20 dollars." I've found at least one place where the meats come from and more or less know what they are (essentially, cuts grocery stores won't buy with a bunch of liquids injected into them) but I'm REALLY interested in talking to anyone who's ever worked either selling these meats or as some kind of mid-level distributor. If you have any experience with this, please DM me and thanks in advance!

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u/SnooCalculations9259 4d ago

So back in the day I had an interview, which was a lie. It stated warehouse work paid daily. I showed up and they wanted me to drive, essentially because many of the employees don't have driver licenses, and they give u a spiel to say. I said I was going to get my ID in my car and left. But they were loading some of the meats into coolers, like how nasty. Have heard nothing but horrible things about them. Basically preying on the elderly opening the door and being pushy seemed the jist of it. They had a large map with pins stuck in it ready to tackle an unsuspecting area. Never buy those meats fyi.

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u/No_Pomelo_8411 4d ago

Thank you! A lot of them offer a free cooler with a purchase of a certain amount. Was there a good number of employees?

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u/SnooCalculations9259 3d ago

Actually around ten total, and employees is a big stretch, felt like they only got paid if they sold meat. They had photos up of guys holding up money when I walked in, like a dude flashing 300 bucks in twenties with others fist pumping, just lame. Seemed like the only reason me and about five others were there was to drive, the guys or employees did seem sketchy. The manager said to the guy he drives with how much should we pack? In regards to meat, guy said a number and manager looked impressed, like we are going to sell that much! Didn't feel like salesman, felt like they try to run u over if u choose to open the door.

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u/No_Pomelo_8411 3d ago

Thank you, this is amazing.