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While grocery stores aren’t the only businesses absorbing these new costs, many restaurant chains are especially vulnerable.
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From soy sauce to seafood, imported ingredients are core to their menus.
Here are seven major restaurant chains now facing higher costs due to tariffs on global food staples.
Even basics like soy sauce and rice vinegar are getting more expensive for suppliers.
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That puts pressure on cost-controlled items like unlimited salad and breadsticks.
Chipotle
Chipotle’s commitment to “real ingredients” includes a global supply chain.
Avocados from Mexico, spices from India, and rice from Asia could all be affected.
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Panda Express
America’s most ubiquitous Chinese fast food chain is feeling the heat.
Nobu
This high-end sushi empire relies on premium imports like Japanese wagyu, miso, and seafood.
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