Restaurant Depot is a national wholesale chain that services the food service industry. There's one in downtown Seattle. They are like Costco, but will only sell wholesale to members with a food service based business license. You can shop as a regular person, but the wholesale deals are off limits. They have EVERYTHING on the cheap. Food and hard kitchen goods of all kinds. Think Dexter fillet knives for like $5 - 8 bucks a pop. Cutting board at $5 bucks. Whole rib roasts for pennies on the dollar and much less expensive than either Costco or Cash & Carry. Crazy cheap wholesale prices.

To get around the food license requirement, get yourself a $35 dollar annual membership to the Kansas City BBQ Society. Your KCBBQS membership comes with a free membership to RD. Just take your KCBBQS card down to RD and they'll sign you up on the spot.

There ya go! It's that simple.
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