[ben parrish]

Spoiler alert…every food distributor buys premade products from the same suppliers. Want premade FF, only three major companies. Want premade salad dressing…two or three…
Pre made chicken, pork or beef products..yup, two or three.
All these food suppliers also offer local produce, proteins and “scratch” ingredients for those restaurants that want to go to the effort of cooking healthy, unique meals and that has the customer base that will pay the necessary price to keep them in business.
The challenge is Americans want it fast and cheap. Sorry, nothing cheap about running a restaurant when they have rent that is passing $10-15 sq’. Dishwasher and buss boys demanding $15 hr. Utilities skyrocketing, insurance rates that are crippling. Taxes that hitting them yearly for each table, chair, TV, plate, etc. in the restaurant.
Blaming a supplier for distributing products that people are buying is like blaming alcohol manufactures for DUI’s.
Restaurants make decisions to buy products that can sell. You make decisions on what restaurants you eat at. Stop buying the $hit and manufactures will stop making it, distributor will stop delivering it and restaurants will sell cleaner, more unique menus….and guess what, someone will still need to deliver those avocados in January to Boston…you know, that local avocado farm will be at the farmers market on Saturday.
You can buy Twinkies at the grocery store just like you can buy local, organic produce. Same with any restaurant supplier that is capable of delivering the volume a restaurant needs to survive.
If you want to feed 30 people, you can pack that in a car. Want to feed 300 per meal, a BIG truck is backing up to the location. That car or truck can be full of organic, fresh products or premade, hit the microwave button”cooked” items.