Master Purveyors
Meat wholesaler · Hunt's Point ·
Prime dry-aged beef supplier delivering to restaurants and homes
Prime dry-aged beef supplier delivering to restaurants and homes
"A Hunts Point-based distributor that operates 14 trucks crossing below 60th Street daily, whose owner Mark Solasz warns about the truck-specific charges and their ripple effects: “The congestion tax — $14.90 per crossing — isn’t charged once a day [as is the case with passenger cars and motorcycles, a spokesperson confirmed] but every time a truck crosses into the zone,” he says, adding, “The cost will be passed to restaurants and, ultimately, consumers. What about the bodega owner making $12 sandwiches? Where’s the room to raise prices to $15?”" - Melissa McCart
"I learned that this furnisher of prime, dry-aged beef to restaurants and hotels is delivering by van to private consumers in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and parts of Long Island and New Jersey, and by FedEx to other parts of the country, with veal chops, chickens, bacon, and pork chops available." - Erika Adams
"As a USDA-inspected meat processor in Hunts Point that normally supplies restaurants like Pastis, Veronika, and Cote, Master Purveyors briefly closed after several butchers showed COVID-19 symptoms but reopened the next day because management had pre-split the staff into three teams that never crossed paths, paid them in full, and rotated work so a sick employee would only sideline one unit. After two weeks the three ill butchers returned, but the business now retains just about 15 percent of its regular revenue; a normal week moved 250,000 pounds of meat to restaurants, while direct-to-consumer sales currently account for only about 1,000 pounds. Management reports losing roughly $150,000 a week, is prepared to lose up to $4 million over the crisis, and is determined to stay open to preserve the supply chain after 63 years in business." - Gary He
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