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clitter-box t1_ixzqejo wrote

Reply to comment by Chuck710Taylor in LPT: Shop for kitchen supplies at restaurant supply stores by guyinnova

You don't say :p

I was looking for, idk, "Walmart" or "sam's club" lol

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preggobear t1_ixzvn3m wrote

Where I live there’s a Maxwell but I think that’s limited to the Midwest/tundra region.

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CaptainBitnerd t1_iy1cne2 wrote

At least near me, there are a bunch, but nothing I'd recognize as a national brand. I'd think just googling for "restaurant supply near me" would be fruitful. But check first - some of them near me, at least, do verify that you're a real business.

Also worth checking - there's a "grocery store" that sells just monstrously big packages of everything, and also carries kitchen tools. I'm a bit mystified about what their clientele really is, though. I'd figure the only reason a real restaurant would ever send an employee out to a bricks-and-mortar store on the clock was a phenomenal failure to order their weekly trucked shipment. (But neither have I ever run a restaurant kitchen, so what do I know.)

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UncleGoats t1_iy1ug0i wrote

I worked in a restaurant in Knoxville, TN. We would have to get "emergency veggies" about once every two months, to hold till the truck got in the next day. There was an Asian grocery store about three blocks away that was a life saver. Seemed like every 4-6 months, someone would half to make a 30 minute drive to the Gorden's food service store, as something unexpectedly ran out or something broke.

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FortWendy69 t1_ixzzcd3 wrote

There was a period a couple years back where every restaurant in my area had K-Mart (Australian equivalent of Walmart) bowls and plates.

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BrotherGreed t1_iy0swrz wrote

>K-Mart (Australian equivalent of Walmart)

Fun fact, K Mart also started in the US (assuming it's the same K Mart and not a store with the same name.)

They used to be as plentiful as Wal Marts where I grew up, but in the early 2000s they died out, now there's only a handful left in the world.

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julbull73 t1_iy2ecea wrote

Ironically they bought Sears which was doing really well thanks to craftsmen and their appliances.

Then used it to hide debt and sold off the craftsman label.

Only to bury Sears and Kmart at the same time.

Sears was the best department store you bastards!!!!

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FortWendy69 t1_iy2978g wrote

Yeah I never could figure out if the two companies were officially related.

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LuvCilantro t1_iy0fz0i wrote

We visited China a few years back, and one of the breakfast buffet places had all Ikea dishes (cups, saucers, etc). Maybe the Ikea stuff is made in China, I don't know, but I found it ironic.

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ASK_IF_IM_PENGUIN t1_ixzv511 wrote

No restaurant buys from Walmart unless they want to go bust in three months

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