Hiring Area: Albuquerque Metro & Nearby Communities • Terminal: Albuquerque, NM
Early-morning refrigerated deliveries move grocery, restaurant, healthcare and institutional food product across the Albuquerque area with daily returns and weekly gross of $1,300–$1,700.
Drivers handle multi-stop refrigerated food deliveries that combine tractor work with physical unloading and direct customer contact at grocery, restaurant, healthcare and institutional locations.
Hourly rate plus overtime after 40 hours and stop pay after the first six deliveries builds the weekly total on normal route volume.
Local shop and approved outside facilities handle repairs; roadside breakdowns are coordinated through dispatch and maintenance.
Refrigerated dairy, fresh produce, prepared foods, chilled proteins, frozen product and mixed-temperature institutional orders move on multi-stop sequences.
Refrigerated food product moves daily from local distribution warehouses into restaurants, grocery accounts, healthcare kitchens and institutional facilities across the Albuquerque area. This mid-sized regional food distribution carrier runs multi-stop routes from an Albuquerque refrigerated yard, mixing pre-staged trailers with live loading and customer-side unloading. The work focuses on keeping product at temperature while meeting appointment windows for foodservice and institutional customers rather than long-haul reefer miles. Practical day-cab equipment and local dispatch support the daily cycle of deliveries and returns.
Albuquerque has an active CDL-A market built around the I-25 and I-40 corridors. Local openings concentrate in distribution, foodservice, beverage, LTL, construction materials and regional Southwest freight. National foodservice companies, beverage distributors and smaller New Mexico carriers all hire regularly. Multi-stop refrigerated delivery roles demand more physical work and customer contact than standard local dry-van jobs and commonly pay in the high $20s hourly range with overtime. Demand remains steady because restaurants, healthcare facilities and institutional accounts need consistent replenishment year-round. Both experienced local drivers and recent CDL graduates find openings, though refrigerated multi-stop experience is preferred for food-distribution positions.
Albuquerque sits at the junction of I-25 and I-40 and serves as New Mexico’s main commercial and distribution center. I-25 carries north-south traffic toward Santa Fe and Colorado or south toward Las Cruces, while I-40 moves east-west freight toward Arizona, California, eastern New Mexico and Texas. Food and beverage distribution, retail replenishment, institutional supply, construction materials, aerospace and defense logistics and general warehouse activity form the core freight base. Local refrigerated warehouse capacity and temperature-controlled distributors support restaurants, healthcare kitchens and institutional accounts, creating ongoing demand for multi-stop refrigerated delivery. Summer heat raises the need for proper pre-cooling and careful door management; mountain grades and occasional winter weather on higher-elevation routes can affect timing. The interstate network and established local food distribution infrastructure keep refrigerated freight moving through the metro every day.