What's it cost for a pound of beef?

Are you doing a good job managing your restaurant supply costs? Controlling costs can be the difference between your restaurant staying in business or failing. Unfortunately, there's very little transparency around restaurant supply pricing. Every vendor has a list price, but somehow, nobody is paying list.

Dashy Dash is on a mission to help restaurants save time and money, so we created this high-level look at Q1 2022 meat prices in Northern California. Restaurants can use this high-level report to benchmark their expenses and get a better idea around whether or not they're getting a fair deal.

If you're interested in this type of information? Don't see the data you're interested in? sign-up for a free Dashy Dash Account to get access to more detailed and timely price reporting and help put restaurants at the head of the table.

Bay Area Meat Price Report

So far in 2022, our Northern California members have collectively shared restaurant supply price information on over 4,000 products. These prices are taken directly from real invoices, but do not include any manufacturer rebates the member may have earned. Our Q1 Northern California data covers total purchases representing almost $400,000 in total supply spend with over $100,000 spent specifically on meats (Beef, Poultry, and Pork).

Separate from our invoice price database, we collect information on restaurant supply prices from a variety of online sellers.

Chicken Prices

We have collected chicken prices on a variety of cuts including chicken breast, chicken thighs, chicken wings, and whole chickens. The large price variances seen for chicken breast can largely explained by differences in quality and attributes with the most expensive "per lbs" prices being applied to Organic, Free Range, and Hormone Free products. The highest price chicken thigh products feature similar nutritional or environmental benefit claims.

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Chicken suppliers represented above:

• Allen Brothers
• Golden Gate Meat Company
• Grand Food, Inc.
• Modesto Foods

Note: We are not affiliated with any of the above suppliers. Their names, trademarks, and logos are property of their respective owners

Pork Prices

The pork prices extend to our restaurant members also show wide price ranges (the highest prices we've seen are as much as 80% more than the lowest prices within the same segment). Drivers of price differences include quality and a general increase in prices across all products from the beginning to the end of the quarter. However, quality and prices increases over time do not explain all the differences we've seen in prices, and some members are definitely getting a better deal than others.

Pork suppliers represented above:

• Allen Brothers
• Golden Gate Meat Company
• Grand Food, Inc.
• Keller Crafted Meats
• Modesto Foods
• Panizzera Meat Co

Note: We are not affiliated with any of the above suppliers. Their names, trademarks, and logos are property of their respective owners

Beef Prices

Overall the beef prices extended to our restaurant members were more competitive than the chicken and pork prices across the board, with much small ranges between the highest and lowest price items in each segment. In some instances we had a limited number of data points. Instead of showing a price range for those products, we instead displayed the average price we saw for those beef cuts.

Beef suppliers represented above:

• Allen Brothers
• Asia International
• Golden Gate Meat Company
• The Chef's Warehouse
• Marin Sun Farms

Note: We are not affiliated with any of the above suppliers. Their names, trademarks, and logos are property of their respective owners

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Are you interested in helping put restaurants first?

Transparency has been a problem in foodservice for tool long. We're leveling the playing field for restaurants by providing them with free tools and market information so they can save time and buy smarter. If you're a restaurant looking for new ways to handle invoices and save on supplies, join today.

Dashy Dash members get insights like the ones in the article above plus, invoice scanning and storage, detailed spend analysis and categorization at the line item level, and the ability to integrate with quickbooks...all for free for our earliest members.