Restaurant Depot - Homewood, Alabama

Tricia Crapet

For large quantity and bulk items. Plus their meats are great. We also buy some produce there. They have hard to find seasoning like Fennel. We go at least once a week.

Teakeyman

Now anyone can shop without a membership. The options are plentiful and the price seeded to be right on the money. Enjoyed walking around. Next time I will come prepared with a large cooler.

Saleem Rasheed

Rushed to get there 2 minutes before closing and was refused entry. I do lots and lots of business with restaurant Depot. Told the guy I was just there to get a few items(ground beef) literally would have taken me 3 minutes, and he started talking to me about costcos policy, and do I expect them to stay there all night? You just lost a valued customer over a few minutes. Wouldn't have a problem if it was actually closing time, but you were still open for an additional 2 minutes.

Kevin Ware

Probably the worst Restaurant Depot that I ve delivered to. Show up 7am for 8am appt, they started unloading the 7am appts at 8am. After the 7am appts were unloaded, I was next in line until store manager picked random trucks that had appts after me to unload them next.
I have a next stop in Buford, GA that has a 1300 appt. Needless to say getting to Buford from Homewood by 1300 isn t going to happen when it's 1030 Eastern and still have to unload.

Apparently appointments don t mean anything to this place. Avoid at all costs

Djaris Beavers

Better than local grocery store... I always get my chicken and fish by the case and its reasonable. They even have kosher products. Love this place. Make sure to take a jacket, the walk in cooler is COLD and the jackets they have are for smaller people.

John Howe

I was the unlucky driver to run a 3-stop
Load for this co.. First stop was at this facility in Homewood, AL. Arrived @ 7:35 am on 5/29/24 for a 8am Appt.. Was met in the parking lot by Mike Dozier(called himself the Receiving Mgr). He gave me his contact phone # but later never answered or called me back. Half a dozen times saying I only had 2ea pallets to whom ever came out didn’t resonate with anyone.
He explained that earlier there has been what sounded like a gunshot and now they had no power including whole mall complex(that really wasn’t all true,the other businesses had power). This went on all day and finally @ around 2pm power was back on and they started taking deliveries.
Unfortunately for me and a few others the dedicated local trucks were taken first even though some had later appts..
I only had 2ea pallets and needed to be up to their Nashville, TN store by noon.
Well, that never happened and finally @ 5:08pm was leaving to drive to Restaurant Depot in Nashville,TN to spend night in their parking lot.
Woke up @ 6am on 5/30/24 and checked in with receiving people. Same thing there too, they take all local reefer dedicated loads first no matter your appt. time. I had 9ea pallets and got unloaded by 8:25am, not too bad. I thanked the crew and headed over to Restaurant Depot in Memphis, TN.
Arrived there @ 11:55am, late for 8am appt. and expected to be worked in. Was met in receiving office by what later was mentioned the receiving manager of Memphis store. He went on to say that they couldn’t receive my 6ea pallets and they received someone else’s frt in my appt slot and now had no room to take my delivery and also that my broker(CH Robinson) had rescheduled for next day. This statement was a lie ! I called my contact and verified if in fact this had happened and it did not.
Beware of this outfit as they have some shady business practices, especially in Homewood, AL and Memphis, TN stores. The Nashville, TN facility operates much better and faster and more efficiently not to say more honestly too!
Seems the named receiving mgr title is only that, just a title and no authority. Some mentioned a lumper type charge of $80 to $100. I never had to pay at any of my stops and was told not to and that I would not be reimbursed.
If you arrive to the Memphis facility better hope you get a Dock or you won’t have space to turnaround and leave. There is an over abundance of pallets lining the outside perimeter of there parking lot that is a mess. Definitely no professionals at that place. Homewood, AL and Memphis, TN are operational dumpster fires. No restroom facilities were scene or offered. Got a Planet Fitness near Homewood, AL that let another driver use so there are some nice and considerate people out there.
Probably won’t waste my time doing any hauling for these people again. No bathroom facilities were seen and not offered. Overnighting is definitely doable but not at Memphis, TN.
If you want to witness cruelty to mankind this is the company to deliver freight to.
P.S.-I’ll add that the 3ea facilities that I did deliver to (Homewood,Nashville and Memphis are all not in very good(safe)neighborhoods. So proceed with caution if you’re running one of their loads to these areas(lock them doors).

Carlos A

7.5 hrs and counting just to get a door and still waiting. Got bumped cause a company truck showed up. On time or not expect to wait till past your 14 hr clock at this rate.

Harsh Modi

Big Store with lots of useful stuff for small restaurant. Not very well arranged and maintain you will find stuff on floor. If you going for first time it's hard to find stuff. Staff is kind a ok with attitude. Not very friendly for routine shopping, shopping with family or kids.