Are they anything special, on a day to day basis?

On Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 2:34:54 PM UTC-5, Taxed and Spent wrote:
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> Are they anything special, on a day to day basis?
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Is this a store? A local store?

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> On Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 2:34:54 PM UTC-5, Taxed and Spent wrote:
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> > Are they anything special, on a day to day basis?
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> Is this a store? A local store?


It's a wholesale vendor, various US locations:

http://www.restaurantdepot.com/


Their flyer:

http://www.restaurantdepot.com/Branc..._wisconsin.pdf

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Best
Greg

On Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 5:16:45 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
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> wrote:
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> > On Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 2:34:54 PM UTC-5, Taxed and Spent wrote:
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> > > Are they anything special, on a day to day basis?
> > >
> > Is this a store? A local store?
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> It's a wholesale vendor, various US locations:
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> http://www.restaurantdepot.com/
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> Their flyer:
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> http://www.restaurantdepot.com/Branc..._wisconsin.pdf
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> Best
> Greg
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Ok. Closest one to me is 165 miles away.

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Sep 2018 12:34:51 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote:
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>> Are they anything special, on a day to day basis?
> What do you mean day-to-day?
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> The don't sell alcohol. most states would require a liquor
> distributor license which often aren't easy to come by and there's a
> lot of politics and red tape involved.
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> Excellent prices on cheeses and lunch meats. Meats and seafood are
> not a big discount unless you buy by the case (30-40lb boxes of most
> stuff). Whole goats, pigs, lambs - but they're frozen. 30 different
> sizes and shapes of frozen cut potatoes (pass), but a 5lb bag of
> breaded or battered mushrooms for $7 is a no-brainer for me since
> you'd pay the same for 8 ounces at the restaurant. And where else
> can you get 40lbs of that luscious Kronos Gryocones for under $3/lb?
> Or 100 skin-on Vienna Beef Hot dogs for $65?
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> But a significant advantage is that many foodservice brands taste
> better than anything you can get a grocery store. The marinated
> meats, the gravy mixes, egg rolls, fancy desserts, the #10 can of
> roasted red peppers for $4.50 - so much stuff is superior to grocery
> store stuff. I think it's a conspiracy to keep people eating at
> restaurants - they purposely dumb down the food at grocery stores.
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> I lost my resale license but I've considered joining the KC BBQ
> society just to get free passes to shop there again. If you already
> have tax-exempt certificates then there's nothing stopping you from
> shopping there at least once. I went there more than Costco.
> Anybody can walk in a browse around - no door nazis checking
> membership cards like at Costco. Half the store is a refrigerator,
> literally. But they have fashionable and sturdy neon orange jackets
> you can borrow if you're thin-skinned.
>
> -sw

They sell alcohol here but you need a license to buy it.