For instance, the California/Oregon summer salmon season was cancelled due to low salmon counts. I discovered at my local grocery store this morning that this has led to wild Alaskan salmon hitting $30.00 per pound, about double what it was a few weeks ago.
I haven't ordered salmon at a restaurant recently, but I'm sure it will hit those portion prices as well.
Bob
Originally Posted by
IcHot
We're starting to see inflation in basic food costs really take a bite out of our regular eating spots. At two places where we interact with the owner/operator, they've been apologetic about price increases.
Naturally, this seems worse for the cheaper places where they had smaller margins to begin with and can't absorb the price increases.
It mostly comes back to oil and I wonder how many restaurants are taking the double whammy of fewer customers and higher costs and then giving up the fight?