Year-End Restaurant Supply Sales: Case Pricing, Freight and Return Checks
Bulk sales can save money, but freight and return terms change the real price. Here is how to compare case pricing before you pay.
Author: Tom Brandt
Tom Brandt ran a catering kitchen in Wisconsin for nearly fifteen years and ordered smallwares by the case every month. He has seen half-size pans bought for a rack that takes full-size pans, cutting boards that stained after a month, glassware that broke faster than it paid back and case prices that hid freight. He writes Smallwares Brief to help kitchens read sizes, materials and pricing before they order.
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