Don’t Miss These Deals: Compare Brands to Save 36% on Chicken Breast!
Volatility continues in Commodity and Wholesale food prices, which creates daily challenges for restaurant and food service operators trying to manage their margins. To balance that, we bring you the best deals we are seeing in the market each week. This week you definitely should look out for opportunities with different Brands of Chicken and Beef and if Frozen is an option you can find some great savings on your protein ingredients as well.
We know that restaurant operators don’t always want to have to change their main vendor. All of the opportunities below are from within single distributors! So here are the deals this week:
tl;dr
Frozen deals are still out there this week with discounts of 15%-38%! Brand deals continue to be available in Eggs, Fish, Beef, Chicken, and Oil, so take some time to compare your current order guide and you can find deals of 15%-40%. Produce deals continue to be mainly in Odds & Ends with more opportunities with grade, packaging, and size. If the differences work for you then you have a chance to save money.
You can find deals of 29%-39% from single vendors with similar opportunities across vendors (31%-41%). As usual, even if you are using just one vendor you can find deals.
Some big Cash and Carry discounts this week (49%). So if this is an option for you, you may want to keep an eye out for deals.
Brand
We still see a good mix of Brand deals this week including 36%-40% on Chicken and 25%-27% on Beef. Keeping most attributes consistent, there definitely are trends in several product categories where you can find better deals with some brands than others. Here are the average percent savings on a cost per weight basis we are seeing right now:
| Category | Discount |
|---|---|
| Chicken Breast Boneless Skinless | 36% |
| Chicken Wings | 40% |
| Beef Ribeye Lip-on 12 Ounce Fat Added | 25% |
| Beef Bulk 80/20 Fine Frozen | 27% |
| FLOUR, HIGH GLUTEN ALL TRUMPS BROMATED | 19% |
| OIL, SALAD CANOLA CLEAR TFF MULTI-PURPOSE OIL LOW SATURATED FAT | 15%-17% |
| EGG, SHELL EXTRA-LARGE GRADE AA WHITE FRESH | 32% |
| SALMON, SOCKEYE FILLET 4-6 OZ RAW FROZEN | 16%-40% |
Frozen
Not many Fresh to Frozen opportunities, but Frozen deals are still there this week at lower discount (15%-38%). If a frozen option works for you, this can still be a good opportunity to get your normal product at a huge discount, especially fresh to frozen. Frozen product can also give you a buffer with uncertain traffic.
| Category | Discount |
|---|---|
| BEEF, RIBEYE CAB 112A LIP-ON RAW FROZEN | 15% |
| CHICKEN, BREAST SINGLE-LOBE 3 OZ BONELESS SKINLESS RAW IF FROZEN | 38% |
| BACON, PORK 18-22 COUNT LAID OUT HARDWOOD SMOKED RAW FROZEN | 18% |
| Bacon Layflat 14-16 per # FROZEN | 14% |
| Egg Beaters, EGG, LIQUID CAGE FREE 32oz FROZEN EGG BEATER | 17% |
| TURKEY, BREAST ROAST SKIN-ON SOLUTION ADDED 18% RAW FROZEN BUTTERBALL | 14% |
Odds & Ends
There are often price differences when there are different attributes with similar products. The grade, size, source, and a long list of others impact the price. You made decisions on what you would source when you first decided on the menu item, but how often can you check what is going on with prices now? Can you make a slight adjustment to save money without negatively affecting the end dish? Here are some of the products you may want to look at your options this week:
| Category | Discount |
|---|---|
| Jumbo Yellow Onions - 50 Lbs #2 grade comparison | 20% |
| Chicken Breast Boneless-skinless 5oz vs 3-10oz randoms | up to 49% |
| Fresh Yellow Bell Peppers 11lb case vs 25lb case | 20%-35% |
| Bacon Lay Flat 14-18 vs 18-20 | 10%-20% |
| Pork Chop Bone-in Center-cut 5 Oz 1412a vs 4oz & 6oz | 15%-25% |
| TURKEY, WHOLE BONE-IN SKIN-ON RAW FRESH-TO-FROZEN 8-12 LB vs 16-20 LB | 15% |
Remember, this is all based on normalized price per weight comparison.