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Picking up your groceries: is this time well spent?

Cash and Carry operations for foodservice appear to sell at a lower cost, but at what price?

Cash and Carry operations are opening up all over the place and while they appear to have a lower price than your foodservice distributor, things are not always what they seem. Do you know what it really is costing you to shop there?

Aside from the obvious, the price of gas, your time and most importantly, food safety, it could be costing you a lot of business!

Independent operators need to make sure they are spending sufficient time looking for ways to get people in the door and keep them coming back. With the economic conditions where they are, consumers are a lot more particular on where they spend their dollars. Many consumers are taking a hard look at the total value of their out of the house dining experiences and more of them are willing to pay the price for a good meal and good service.

Operators who spend their time in the front of the house, ensuring that their customers are receiving excellent service and in the back of the house making sure that what's coming out of the kitchen is at the quality level that keeps customers coming back.

New menu ideas, innovative new products, and servicing your restaurant are all value added services that your independent foodservice distributors DSR can provide you.

While saving .50 case on a tub of liquid shortening sounds like a huge savings, it is not. Let your DSR take care of getting product through the back door and focus your time and energy on making sure customers are coming in the front door.

We have provided you with a "Cost Calculator" for you to see what the actual cost of picking up your own product is. There is also a list of Pros and Cons and we think you will see that you are much better off purchasing your products from a qualified, dependable and customer service oriented foodserive distributor.

Download your Cash and Carry Cost Calculator here!