CDL-A Dedicated Food Service Driver – Sysco Central Florida Distribution Network

Dedicated multi-stop foodservice delivery supporting Sysco’s Central Florida network. Drivers combine CDL-A operation with repeated hand-truck and pallet-jack unloading at commercial receivers.

• Verifies product counts, temperatures, and order accuracy at each stop.
• Obtains POD signatures and documents returns or damaged cases.
• Operates liftgate, hand truck, or electric pallet jack for unloading.
• Communicates delays, access issues, and route changes with dispatch.
• Maintains load organization for mixed-temperature multi-customer trailers.
• Completes DOT pre-trip, post-trip, and ELD records each shift.

Hourly-plus-overtime model built for foodservice work that includes substantial non-driving time. Sign-on and detention sit outside the normal weekly range.

Day-cab fleet sized for repeated city and suburban delivery work rather than sleeper operations. Preventive maintenance is handled by the carrier; drivers report defects via ELD.

Mixed-temperature foodservice freight—refrigerated, frozen, dry grocery, beverages, and restaurant supplies—moves on multi-stop sequences built around customer delivery windows.

• Lakeland → Plant City → Tampa → Brandon → return
• Lakeland → Davenport → Kissimmee → Orlando → return
• Lakeland → Winter Haven via US-92 / US-27
• Primary corridor I-4; secondary US-98, US-27, US-92, US-301, I-75
• Coverage includes hospitality, institutional, and restaurant clusters along the Tampa–Orlando corridor
• Stop sequence can change same-day for traffic, product readiness, or HOS

• Valid Class A CDL; no HazMat required
• 6+ months CDL-A preferred; foodservice or multi-stop experience an advantage
• Minimum age 21; clean MVR free of recent DUI, reckless, or major preventable accidents
• DOT medical card, Clearinghouse, drug screen, employment verification
• Ability to repeatedly unload cases with hand truck or pallet jack in Florida heat

• I-4 congestion during morning and afternoon peaks
• Customer receiving delays of 30–90 minutes at constrained sites
• Warehouse bottlenecks when orders finish late
• Summer thunderstorms and standing water
• Holiday and tourism volume spikes

Lakeland sits on the I-4 corridor between Tampa and Orlando, creating steady demand for local and regional CDL-A drivers. Foodservice, grocery distribution, refrigerated logistics, LTL, and private fleets compete for experienced operators who can handle multi-stop work and physical unloading. National food distributors, beverage companies, and warehouse networks maintain continuous hiring pipelines. Drivers with clean MVRs and six or more months of Class A experience find multiple local options, while those who already know hand-truck delivery and tight urban docks remain especially marketable. Seasonal tourism and hospitality peaks further support year-round openings across Central Florida.

Central Florida’s freight economy is shaped by the continuous movement of goods between Tampa Bay and Orlando along Interstate 4. Warehousing, cold storage, retail distribution, and hospitality supply chains generate daily outbound and inbound volume. Food and beverage products flow from regional distribution centers to restaurants, hotels, resorts, and institutional kitchens that serve both residents and the large tourism industry. Secondary corridors such as US-27, US-92, and US-98 feed local commercial clusters in Plant City, Winter Haven, Davenport, and Kissimmee. Seasonal spikes around holidays, spring break, and summer vacation periods increase stop density and receiver activity, while the same geography allows multi-stop routes to return drivers to a central terminal the same day.