> Bidfood Wow - I didn't realise bidfood.co.nz was a US chain bidfood.com (Bidcorp). Food markets keep closing down. The consolidation of restaurant supplier

> Bidfood Wow - I didn't realise bidfood.co.nz was a US chain bidfood.com (Bidcorp). Food markets keep closing down. The consolidation of restaurant suppliers really affects the quality of taste a restaurant can get. My ex was a cook and the worse restaurants wouldn't even make their own sauces like Hollandaise - she would tell me what brand it was (often a restaurant supplier brand). It is noticeable when the chef has hand-selected their supplies e.g. tomatoes that have flavour. The root cause is that consumers tend to optimise for cost. Quality is harder to give a number to. We're not completely screwed yet - with time/effort (and moderate means) you can find some amazing places at normal prices. And there are people willing-enough to spend time/effort plus wealthy-enough but that market is much smaller (more exclusive). And unfortunately there are a lot of expensive places that don't optimise for food quality (because people desire other things for their money e.g. obsequiousness, rent-a-vibe cuisine, gastroflex, mealfluencing, yadayada). Aside: Roget's gets spanked by AI when looking for modern words.