A former worker at a local food distributor made a discovery that he fears puts the health of restaurant-goers at risk. He found mice, lots of them. Restaurant Depot is a big food distributor. According to its website, it has more than 130 locations in 33 states. One of those locations is in Henrietta. And when a temp worker made that shocking discovery, he contacted News10 NBC’s Deanna Dewberry.
Restaurant Depot is not a name most know, but perhaps we should. That’s because the giant Henrietta warehouse supplies food in bulk to restaurants and bars across the Rochester area. Its website says it all advertising that it’s the place where restaurants shop.
Jimmie Eddington III took a temporary job there before starting his current retail management position. And on his first day, he says he encountered something he didn’t expect.
“The first pallet that I’m supposed to put away, it’s actually a sugar pallet, and it’s got like droppings on there, like mice droppings,” Eddington recalled. “Immediately, I’m like woah!”
Moments later, he lifted a bag of sugar and made another discovery.
“It was actually a family of mice that was living inside the bag,” he…