Vendors

Now with construction well under way I need to start lining up my vendors. Up to this point we have been purchasing everything at restaurant depot. This place is crazy they have everything from marscapone cheese to walk in refrigerators and at great prices. I will probably get a good amount of things here.

 

 

From being in the business for a few years I still have some connections with pastry specialty vendors.

 I plan to use parisgourmet, they sell MEC111 gelato flavorings, trablait coffee extract, cocoa noel chocolate and a few other items I like

. I will also purchase some stuff from qzina which sells basically the same stuff as paris gourmet but their prices are pretty reasonable. They sell chocoa , cocoa barry, valhrona and callebaut chocolate, I will probably get cocoa powder, pate glace, glucose, transfer sheets and a bunch of other things from them.

 I think a big part of our operation will be the gelato. I bought a case that can hold 6, 5 liter pans and we also plan to do gelato pops.

I will get most of these supplies from .pregel america. I like this company and have used them a lot in the past. I even took a class at their training center in North Carolina. They have free shipping to NJ.

For uniforms we decided on happy chef their selection isn't the greatest but they are very reasonably priced and local in Butler NJ (and the High Point Brewing companyramstein beer is next door) Chefworks has a bigger selection but are way more expensive.

To clean the uniforms, side towels ( don't bring them home and put them in the laundry basket in the bedroom your wife will get quite pissed)  and other items we are going with yankee linen . Even if you don't use their uniforms and you buy your own they will come clean them.

For paper goods I am going to try Imperial Bag & Paper . I have never used them before. I requested a price list and the guy his taking his sweet ass time getting back to me. We shall see. I can get most of the stuff at restaurant depot anyway.

For other bakery items like frozen eggs, sweetex, almond flour etc.. I am trying a local distribution companyA. oliveri and sons . As I tend to be anti corporation (sysco, US foods) I'll give them a shot. Hey one small business should help another ( my one good deed for the day)

I think that's about it. I ordered some stuff online
http://coffeesleevemojo.com/
http://www.uprinting.com/
http://www.printmyribbon.com/