Are you overpaying for your food and supplies? The short answer yes; In fact, you probably already know that you are.

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We all know running a restaurant is labor intensive, it seems like there is not enough time in the day to get everything done. Getting the orders placed to meet vendor cut-off times is challenging enough let alone checking prices on each item from multiple Vendors. As a result, most restaurants just place orders with the same vendors every week based off of convenience, maybe spot checking prices here-and-there on occasions... Does that sound familiar?

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The real question isn't are you overpaying... It's, Do you know how much money you are leaving on the table for the sake of convenience?

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Here are some things to consider when buying food and supplies for your restaurant:

• Are you shopping for the best price or just placing order blindly?

• Do you have multiple options for sourcing most of your needs?

• What is the overall cost/benefit of shopping, how much can be saved?

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Industry research shows that having 2-3 sources, when shopping for inventory, will reduce cost by an average of 10%. Thus, If you spend $40k/month on food and supplies, that's a yearly savings of $48,000!!

 

I believe most of the people reading this would agree that lowering cost by 10% is worth the effort, the question is do you have the time?

 

The good news is Sarbari has the solution. You don’t have to invest a lot of time or money to reduce your cost by 10%.