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| - I am not in the food industry and have no idea the wholesale pricing of the supplies and food. Therefore, I cannot comment from the perspective of someone who is in the trade. I am reviewing from a retail customer's perspective.
The store is an eye opener to me as to the raw materials a restaurant uses. I didn't know Italian wedding soup comes in powder format, in bulk no less. The second a-ha moment to me is that the wholesale prices of the non-meat groceries are not much lower than the retail prices, when retail grocers put them on sale. I wonder if grocery stores sell things at cost sometimes to attract traffics.
99% of the products are sold in serious bulk size, such as curry powder by pound, frozen turkey thighs in 9 kg box. Unless your family is very big, I can't see you buying for personal use here.
There are some items sold in retail packages, such as bread, La Rocco cake, etc. They are not much cheaper than retail, but they look very fresh. The frozen meat in box is a deal. If you have a larger freezer in your fridge, I can definitely imagine going through 10 lbs of chicken breast in a few months.
We didn't shop at the cafe, but I noticed that there was a decent eating area in the cafe.
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