Do you know someone then?
cheeky git… 
Hi Govenor
heard all this on Wed and I for one am sorry to see them go they have given many a new driver a start and everyone I encountered working there have been great guys , I hope yourself and all out of jobs there now find work soon
jx
Thanks Jen, been good times and was a nice easy job, now the fun begins finding something half decent again!! Going to miss all the night staff @ Newmarket & Thatcham, only ones who could tip & reload a trailer in under 30 min 
Hope your well and find some class 1 work soon. take care
It’s Goldman Sachs and their ware on “UnKosher!”
Governor!:
Thanks Jen, been good times and was a nice easy job, now the fun begins finding something half decent again!! Going to miss all the night staff @ Newmarket & Thatcham, only ones who could tip & reload a trailer in under 30 min
Hope your well and find some class 1 work soon. take care
Trunking was easy and I loved going up to Newmarket they always gave me a warm welcome and im gonna miss the yell from little phil of jennieeeeeeeee and it always tickled me that he called me mate all the time , shame I never got to meet you as spent most of the last eighteen months going in there at least once a week , only been to chelmsford once and no drivers where there so wasnt to be , anyhow hope you get the job your after soon best of luck finding something , oh and did a class 1 last night for first time 16ft double decker trailer into fradley UPN hub so got that first run out of way 
was with another driver but hes more than happy with my drive and next artic driver they need they are gonna call me happy days
Jen x
44 Tonne Ton:
Been around for a while. Will be interesting to hear what circumstances brought them to this state of affairs.
Working in the same sector but on a far,far smaller scale,i wouldn’t be surprised that the final nail was as follows.
The past winter has been a very lean time in the foodservice industry which obviously means lack of turnover and profit.
Easter is upon us,which is a very busy time for the foodservice industry and customer demands mean that you have to order in and keep stock levels high to fulfil demand.
Because little money has been earned through the winter and the banks are reluctant to help,you can’t buy stock which means you can’t fulfil your customers orders which means you wont produce turnover,which means you cant buy stock etc.etc.
It’s a vicious circle.
Good luck to the DBC staff on finding something new.
Good luck to the DBC staff on finding something new.
Well i didnt hang around and have been offered a job with our rival company Brakes, on multi drop work, but its a job and i aint gonna refuse a perm position, so gonna be starting on 10th april, gives me one week to find some class one work around my area
shame I never got to meet you as spent most of the last eighteen months going in there at least once a week
Blimey Jen youve got a bad memory as i was always at Thatcham when your were around either coming or going to Newmarket, you got a touch of Alzheimers
Governor!:
shame I never got to meet you as spent most of the last eighteen months going in there at least once a week
Blimey Jen youve got a bad memory as i was always at Thatcham when your were around either coming or going to Newmarket, you got a touch of Alzheimers
Whats your name then 
im sure I never called anyone governor except glen to keep him sweet lol
jx
Richard…Chelmsford Trunker 
Women Drivers!!!
but to be fair how was i to know you were governor you never said
Glad you found something by the way never keep a good driver down eh
jenx
Hey Gov, just noticed that in this weeks Essex Comical Young Gubbins have a notice in for an O licence for 6 trucks & 7 trailers or other way round at Citylink in Chelmsford. I’ve noticed a few less blingy motors of theirs on the road of late so they may be expanding. Might be worth a call to see if they are looking.
Hi everyone on the forum. I’m currently working (just) for DBC and it’s a pretty sad place to be I can tell you.
Governor, although I don’t think I met you, Phil on nights used to mention you quite a bit. Do you know what’s happened to Mark on the day shift? I think other branches have gone to the wall but we are still only being drip fed the info.
Can I just say that when i started at DBC I had little experience of driving having only used an 18 tonner to run up and down the M11 three days a week. I know that multidrop food work is not everyones cup of tea but they gave me a chance and for that I am grateful. They also spot if you have any potential to move up the ladder and after 8 years of driving set the ball rolling for me to move to the TM roll. Gutted as I was just about to book up my CPC when it all went bang!
It’s a real shame to see them like this after 110 years in the business.
I know that multidrop food work is not everyones cup of tea but they gave me a chance and for that I am grateful.
Same here, wasn’t my thing but the job was there when I needed one and it taught me a lot.
I expect a few of the drivers I worked with were still there, Matt Whiteley was a good one that I used to work with a fair bit. I think he used to dispair of my slapdash approach to parking along the roadside sometimes, being ex army it had to be right but he knew exactly where to stop to get the tail lift in the right spot and make the job easier. His attention to detail on stuff like that opened my eyes.
If in doubt he put an extra ■■■■■■■■, claiming that it wouldn’t do much good in the box. That’s something I’ve always remembered.
Matts still there in the final week, great bloke lots of us ex forces guys worked at DBC, good crowd!
Governor, although I don’t think I met you, Phil on nights used to mention you quite a bit. Do you know what’s happened to Mark on the day shift? I think other branches have gone to the wall but we are still only being drip fed the info.
Marks got an interview with Stobarts in Aveley next week, and is doing 3 days a week for his mates company pulling containers, if you know of any newmarket drivers who can get to Bishops Stortford, Brakes are looking for another 5 drivers to cover Cambridgshire area, im starting with them next tuesday, gonna be different from Night trunking!!
Governor!:
Richard…Chelmsford Trunker
ive been delivering bacon to dbc for over 20 years,shame they’ve gone…they seem to have lost there way over the last 4/5years and since iceland took them over it got even worse…
Glad you have found another job Governor Just today I had to deliver into Brakes at Woodley Reading absolutly massive place I would imagine there are afew jobs going there for people looking 
Jx
Saw DBC (foodservices) lorry and drag in Carmarthen today
Saw DBC (foodservices) lorry and drag in Carmarthen today
That will be from Petersfield on MOD contract, both Petersfield & Dundonald have been saved by Vesty Foods who will be running the MOD contract until its up for renewal in 2013.
Other depots are running for a few more weeks while administrators run down stock, all will be closed by end of month though!
saw one today,sure it was on 180 out of grimsby