Gracie
Chain discounts have nothing what so ever to do with their success or lack of it. We have a small Mom and Pop restaurant and our discounts with the same vendor's are only about 3% off what the big boys get. That is not the reason. check out the startups and then the one's that have closed. The big boys are closing at a rapid rate! I still say it is the rent per sq food that is killing everyone. The turnover is obscene.
Bu the way Russ and Gracie and all of you fine TOTV folks....check out this web site and you can see Michelle and I in the upper right hand corner of our site
www.downtownmarketgrille.com
Carlent