@Roosh asked over in the men's forum:
When I was baking commercially, I sourced basically everything through UNFI (https://www.unfi.com/). They seem like more of a retail supplier than a foodservice supplier, but I didn't need anything more than that for my bakery where I didn't need anything "foodservice prepped" anyway (and they do offer many things in bulk packaging totally suitable for commercial kitchen use). Great for avoiding goyslops and unwanted additives, and if a good quality organic version of something exists, they probably have it.
(The Deli portion of the small store I was in also used separate local suppliers for all of the fresh stuff UNFI doesn't do: meats, eggs, dairy, produce, etc.)
It's not easy to do any kind of foodservice without dipping into dirty supply chains, but it IS possible to put out a quality product for a good price. The main thing is you have to care enough to forego a bit of convenience and potential profit.
When I was baking commercially, I sourced basically everything through UNFI (https://www.unfi.com/). They seem like more of a retail supplier than a foodservice supplier, but I didn't need anything more than that for my bakery where I didn't need anything "foodservice prepped" anyway (and they do offer many things in bulk packaging totally suitable for commercial kitchen use). Great for avoiding goyslops and unwanted additives, and if a good quality organic version of something exists, they probably have it.
(The Deli portion of the small store I was in also used separate local suppliers for all of the fresh stuff UNFI doesn't do: meats, eggs, dairy, produce, etc.)
It's not easy to do any kind of foodservice without dipping into dirty supply chains, but it IS possible to put out a quality product for a good price. The main thing is you have to care enough to forego a bit of convenience and potential profit.
