"Be realistic," agrees Rhoda Boone, food director of video for Epicurious and Bon AppÃtit. "Check the expiration date. If the item has one, think about if you'll really use the amount you're buying in that time. You're not really saving money if you're going to throw spoiled food away." Here are a few foods you should be wary of buying in bulk unless you really plan to use them frequently:

The more perishable the food is, the less the restaurant may buy at a time, unless the food item they are buying in bulk sells a lot and goes pretty quickly. This leads to the first reason why restaurants buy their food in bulk:




Buying Food In Bulk For Restaurants