Door to Door Meat Sales
Some things seem like good ideas and some just don’t. This falls under the “don’t” category.
I’ve told my wife, “If I ever buy meat from a door to door salesman, please just shoot me on the spot”.
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Update: Many folks have pointed out that there are some quality, ethical meat salesmen that sell meat door to door. I actually have some friends of mine that are very happy with the meat they recently got from a meat salesman that came by in a MARKED, refrigerated truck. So, I think this falls under the same rules as just about everything else. DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
27 Responses to “Door to Door Meat Sales”
Comment from Sean
Time August 16, 2006 at 1:43 pm
I’ve never heard of anything like this… I’m especially freaked by the All reputable door-to-door meat sellers have…” line. There are reputable door-to-door meat sellers? People will buy anything! 
Comment from debt monster
Time August 16, 2006 at 8:09 pm
These guys come to my neighborhood all the time. They drive a compact pick up usually with a refridgerator on the truck bed. I don’t eat meat but if I did, I still wouldn’t buy from them.
They are worse than the Kirby Vaccuum cleaner salesmen! Beware!
Comment from Idea Senator
Time August 17, 2006 at 7:01 am
This is something new. I still love traditional idea of shopping for my feed. I cannot imagine just buying off from them like that!
Comment from Scott
Time August 19, 2006 at 8:11 pm
My relatives out in “back woods” have someone that comes by every few weeks, and she buys various lunch meats from him. I think he is associated with a store, but I’m not certain. The relationship with him has gone on over 20 years, perhaps much more. It always seemed odd to me, and yeah, that seems like an awful risk to do it.
Comment from Hazzard
Time August 24, 2006 at 6:39 am
Well, I can honestly say the meat truck has never driven up our street. I don’t think they’d get a lot of buyers around here.
Although, there are quite a few people getting home delivery of the milk (but that’s completely different since it’s a legit company)
Comment from SMB
Time September 24, 2006 at 3:34 pm
Strange, a guy stopped by just this afternoon and offered us meat from his truck. We politely declined.
Comment from jim
Time March 9, 2007 at 11:27 pm
You know, I have been purchasing meat from a company called great american steak, off and on for the last 6 years and thouroly sattisfied. they get thier meat from a local meat proccessing plant here in sacramento. I havent bought meat from a store in a long time
Comment from moxamillion
Time March 27, 2007 at 8:08 pm
I’ve been in the business for 5 years, and there are guys who are legit, and guys who are not legit, I have my power inverter in my truck so the freezer constantly runs. All our steaks at best choice have a 1 year gaurantee. for taste tenderness and against freezerburn
Comment from HappycustomerofEnterprisesteaks
Time March 28, 2007 at 1:02 pm
I can tell you to stay away from US BEEF. The filets are NOT REAL, they are chuck shoulders. All the meat is not choice, it is sellect so they lie about that as well.
There are many good door to door meat guys. I should know because I buy from one here in PA called Enterprise Steaks. I have sued Us Beef and won due to what I listed above. Enterprise Steaks has nothing but great steaks, and a really great price. I haven’t found a better deal ANYWHERE else!!
Comment from Ben
Time October 29, 2007 at 12:17 pm
I work for US beef. Some of what you’re saying is not true. The filets are real, they are not choice but they are real. Everything in the case is choice except the filets and the burgers. I really find it hard to believe you sued us beef as we guarantee everything for a year. If you had a problem it would have been taken care of.
Comment from meat man
Time October 22, 2008 at 6:54 pm
whats going on? hey you get bad people in all job fields. Not all guys that come to your door are out to get ya. I have been selling meat for 9 years .I carry a very good product. with a lot of repeat business.
Comment from Minitrucker79
Time March 12, 2009 at 9:32 am
Hey, i was a meat salesman for almost 4 years and worked for several different companies. ALL meat companies are not as bad as you people are making them out to be. I’ve worked for a couple shady companies, but i’ve also worked for a few really good ones too. Needless to say, as long as i was in that field of work, i ate nothing but the meat that i sold every day. I never had a complaint about the quality of the product that i was selling. I also had a lot of repeat customers as well. So, be wise in your decision making and you will almost always be satisfied.
Comment from murphey
Time March 26, 2009 at 4:57 pm
I was a meatman for a #of years. the key to getting good meat off a meatman IS, check the tempature of the freezer, read the boxxes, and for god sakes the #1 thing is the colar of the fat.no yellow fat. if you follow these 3 rules you will be happy with your choice to buy. if you want good meat look up great american steak company, in sacramento cal. google them. look for your self. a.m
Comment from karen
Time July 13, 2009 at 12:40 pm
One was just at my door trying to sell door to door with out a license. I would think a reputable business would have one. Purchase meat to feed to my family from the back of a truck? No Thank you.
Comment from Autumn
Time September 11, 2009 at 10:55 am
hey karen~ where the hell do you think your meat comes from that you buy in a grocery store? guess what, it is delivered in a TRUCK! So get a clue b4 you get on the computer and write ——– —- (edited by admin).
Comment from Hazzard
Time September 11, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Lots of input on this post. I was actually just talking to some friends of ours out at the lake and they have been very happy with the meat they’ve gotten from a commercial meat delivery service. I think the key here is to make sure you know who you are buying from and what you are getting. As someone in the comments stated, every industry has bad apples. When people show up to your door wanting to sell you something, regardless of what it is, you should do your due diligence and make sure they are legit.
Comment from Dave in Texas
Time September 21, 2009 at 4:48 pm
I thought I would google “meat peddlers” because I have a friend who is a recovering crack addict and he was selling meat door-to-door out of his truck. Thats how he kept his crack supply going. He said all the others doing it were addicts as well. Have you seen these guys? Beware!
Comment from meatdude
Time September 23, 2009 at 10:31 pm
to those who dont do sales, i sale meat door to door, a product that i feed my family and friends. but if i had to buy a soliciting license for every city, county, and town ship i worked in,i would spend prob over 10 grand a year on them permits. our country was built on peddlers, doesnt give anyone the right to charge me 20-100 to work some where for a day,
Comment from m schreiner
Time October 4, 2009 at 3:47 pm
i have been the meat industry for 10 yrs. there are good and bad companies. yes, there is alot of ‘shady’ sales people in the business because of the way they are paid, daily. I am a 40 yr old woman trying to support my family in a legitimate business. Just make sure all the beef you buy is USDA CHOICE and above, and check their freezer. If they dont have dry ice or an inverter (plugged in through the battery) do not buy the beef. This is an outside sales job and we work hard everyday. The responces that i get at the door sometimes are worse then what i would say at my #1 enemy…..just remember that most of us are sales people (working class just like you!!) trying to support our families too. Take some responsibility and do your homework before you buy.
Comment from david
Time January 3, 2010 at 1:28 pm
I have been selling meat for 9 years…Prime Selection in California has pretty good stuff.
We are regulated by many agencies, and members of BBB. The beef lacks pumps, preservatives, and tenderizers is all natural. Over the years we were forced to offer pretty consistent
quality. There will always in any business be customers who fall through the cracks..it is unfortunate, but for the most part I have huge customer base…I am also sure that in other parts of the U.S. there are other meat guys like me and customers who feel the same way.
David, Morgan Hill, Calif.
Comment from dustin
Time January 7, 2010 at 8:08 am
I have been selling meat for 3 years…and i am here to tell you that in every business i have ever worked in there has been bad guys and good guys, lets take a look at Berni Madolf…a reputable man that even the president would have invited over to dinner at his house…and all the while this man was stealing billions of dollars from hard working class people like me and you. Now lets take for example your local grocery store, mad cow disease was sold through the grocery store, salmenila is sold through the grocery store, atleast with our meat, you know its going from the butcher to your door, not to your rest stop were the trucker turned his truck off and forgot to turn it back on, and then to the back door of the grocery where it sat before it even went on the shelf. I have many satisfied customers, i have some dis satisfied customers, but atleast with our dis satisfied customers we have a Guarentee. Your local grocery doesn’t have a guarentee 
….So before you go around dissing meat sales man….maybe you should thnk about where your so called “good meat” really comes from…my wife wont even eat meat from the grocery any more, she thinks its repulsive…..she would much rather eat the meat that we sell, not just because we sell it, but because she is satisfied with it, and knows where it REALLY comes from.
Comment from dustin
Time January 7, 2010 at 8:12 am
and for the people who are discussing “soliciting permits” thre was a case a couple years back with the Johova Witnesses, who by the way won the case, and if you are a traveling “door to door” salesman, you dont need to get a permit becasue that is how you make your money…and 9x out of 10 not even the cops know that, but it is true, look it up…also, if your going business to business no one should really bother you either…but there will be some idiots, like people above, that will give you a hard time for just trying to make a living for your family, we dont step on your toes when your doing your job do we? atleast were not doing illegal things like selling drugs or better yet ourselves!
Comment from Chazz Ward
Time January 13, 2010 at 10:59 pm
DO NOT get meat sellers confused with Schwan’s Food Service. The two are completely different! Schwan’s is the way to go.
Comment from ronnie houston
Time March 18, 2010 at 9:14 am
i have sold meat door to door for 6 years.let me tell you how to know the difference in a scam and a legitament bussiness.1rst make sure they are inspected by the department of aggricullture and make sure they show you that the beef is not injected with solution and that your buying choice and not commercail beef. its not fair that because of a few we are all treated like scam artist
Comment from Carlos
Time July 3, 2010 at 6:57 pm
Intersting subject! I have been a door to door meat sales guy for 12 years, managed a company,Distict Managered for a company, and now I own my own Meat company, we are opening a 3rd Office in Hollywood California July 5th, All you experienced meat sales guys n gals, if you wanna come to Hollywood Ca, We are hiring now, we are also in pre production for reality tv show based on the Door To Door Meat Man!
Comment from BigEd
Time July 25, 2010 at 1:20 pm
For all the meatmen out there: you all know that no matter what company the meat comes from it is all the same sub-par product. Let’s be honest, go to a real meat counter and buy out the volume that is offered in six packs and the number is way higher than the $70 price tag we pay. The quality and urgency of the sale are an act that is customized purely to get them to buy. The biggest load of crap is when meatmen use words like “my customers”. C’mon, we all know what we do, so on this board atleast turn off the BS pitch. I’ll be the first to say it, I hustle the crap out of these people so I can pay my bills and put food on my table, and it usually is not the crap I sell. I stopped eating it after the first year.
Comment from Lucy
Time August 16, 2006 at 1:01 pm
Considering the financial matter it’s pretty cheap but if you think at your own health it’s just not worth it. After all the salesman doesn’t carry a refrigerator on his back.