Anyone price cheese at Restaurant Depot?
Cheese prices at the Depots by me are always much higher than US Foods or Sysco on cheese especially. I only go if I’m in a pinch. Wing prices are better though as well as some other items.
I use Sorrento 50/50. It’s slightly cheaper at Restaurant Depot, but it’s not enough that it’s worth having to transport it myself right now.
We go through like 50 cases a week between both shops. But I’m in a franchise with prices already locked in. I bet we go through 750 cases a week system wide
I do know we are literally at cost with cheese. They make there money on other items but not cheese
Grande Cheese user here…
Whole loaf part skim mozz - @$2.31/lb
~$2.20/lb shredded part skin mozz/prov blend
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$ 2.30 Bacio whole milk block, with some kind of rebate coming according to volume
RD is selling 6lb blocks whole or part skim starting 3/1-3/15 for $1.56 a lb!
I am going to stock up
RD in SoCal prices mozza at .20 over market. We pay .29 over market, this if for block cheese. I use a custom formulated cheese so I am locked in and won’t shop around. Our customers expect it.
Last year I was buying Grande from a dist. for 3.25 - 3.50 a lb. It was killing me and honestly grande is not THAT great. I think CA cheese is better. Lol
I also get my mozz from costco business and Ive been currently paying around 1.75-1.85 a lb.
Yes, we saved a fair bit signing up for that I thought more like 6% but we saved a lot switching suppliers a few years back as well
That kind of cost would sink me! We did a blind taste test with a bunch of customers and employees and while several people preferred the Grande it was not half of them in a test with three cheeses and all three got votes. For me, I would have to see a clear preference to think about paying an up-charge like that! Even at the 50-75 cents per pound premium that the prices mentioned above amount to the cost would be over $15,000 per year… and despite the familiarity all of us have with the name, I am certain that 99% of my customers have never heard of it so marketing the name would be no help.
For those of you paying $2.30 plus for whatever premium brand I suggest you do a blind test with at least 3 kinds of cheese and a couple of dozen or more testers and see what you find.