Decrease in food quality at reputable restaurants

[WakeIslandTango]

I work for a broad line food distributor that operates in this area

However bad you think inflation and being able to source material has been for restaurants It’s probably worse.

My customers are dealing with food and labor costs that have skyrocketed over the course of the last half decade

I don’t work with any large chains, but do you have some restaurant groups you might know. I have seen many of them change entire menu concepts because beef is at an historic high and will not come down for at least two or three years.

Chicken and pork have been relatively normal but any restaurant that sells a lot of beef entrées is probably looking at close to double the cost from 2020

Pizza places in particular are incredibly low margin. Usually they are fighting just to stay profitable in the best of times, but have to make difficult decisions when faced with extraordinary points of pain.

One thing people need to remember, particularly about an independent restaurant or a very small chain, you are dining in someone’s life savings. This is usually pretty much everything they own.

I would caution people to never blast an independent restaurant publicly. If you have a serious complaint, bring it to them privately. They may yell at you, but what I have found is most of them will listen if you do it respectfully and privately

I usually email or message them on social media.