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From: S. maltophilia4/11/2025 12:05:08 PM
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Even McDonald's imports some of their ingredients.

For Restaurants That Rely on Imports, the Tariff News Is Scant ReliefConfusion and uncertainty hang over an industry with thin profit margins and few domestic sources for foreign ingredients.


Asian ingredients that are subject to new tariffs are key to much of the menu at 886, a Taiwanese restaurant in New York.Credit...Adam Friedlander for The New York Times

By Pete Wells

  • April 10, 2025


Every waiter knows the type: the volatile diner who barges in with a list of demands, orders an off-the-menu item that sends the kitchen into a panic and then at the last minute changes his mind and decides he’ll just have the steak.

So if anybody knows how to handle President Trump’s stunning reversal on tariffs, it’s people in the restaurant business. Still, it’s safe to say that they’ve had a rough week.

Chefs who had been furiously calling their suppliers, stockpiling.....

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