TL;DR
Toppers Pizza is featured for its food waste efforts, with vice president of supply chain Donette Beattie discussing the importance of managing food costs. Buying in bulk can save money if done correctly, according to Beattie.
As public concern grows over the scale of discarded food in the country, managing how much food waste from your restaurant ends up in landfills could become a social issue as well as a business one.
But those costs are mostly out of operators’ control. Donette Beattie, vice president of supply chain for Toppers Pizza , a 73-unit fast-casual chain based in Whitewater, Wis., said that buying in bulk is a smart way to save money — if you don’t overdo it.
Buying in bulk can save money if you don't overdo it, Donette Beattie of Toppers Pizza said.
“You want the maximum pack size you can get, but you don’t want to go over,” Beattie said. “Then you put the stores in a managing waste situation.”
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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on May 16, 2016. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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