Gourmet: From a Stall in Northern Europe-Chapter 151 - 125: Live Chickens and Ducks, Do We Have to Kill Them Ourselves?

"We have stock, we have stock, but not right now. You have to wait until tomorrow morning. The rain just stopped, and both of my ships will go out for fishing in the middle of the night."

"Okay, by the way, does Mr. Magna offer delivery service? The restaurant where I work is about to open for business. Although the hotel has its own supplier channels, I still trust Mr. Magna's seafood quality more."

"Delivery service? Uh, I haven't really thought about that. Do you need a large quantity?"

The two briefly discussed on the phone and agreed to talk in detail in a few days after assessing the situation.

Lin Chen himself also wasn't sure about the supplier situation at the hotel. Out of cautiousness, he wanted to ensure a second option.

In case the suppliers fall short on stock, he could get ingredients from other channels, which is a very common occurrence for restaurants.

Every restaurant usually deals with more than two or three suppliers, often comparing them and choosing the one with good quality and cheaper prices.

Suppliers usually offer products with specific directions, such as seafood suppliers, meat suppliers, vegetable suppliers, dairy suppliers, etc.

All categories combined, there must be at least four or five suppliers simultaneously providing goods, along with four or five backup options.

Magna obviously also knows the rules of this business, so he didn't outright refuse but suggested discussing in detail after a few days.

At his scale, further expansion in the seafood market is almost impossible, so shifting towards supplier direction is his only option. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Lin Chen's proposal is essentially offering him an upward growth opportunity.

If he can maintain a cooperative relationship with a hotel of such caliber, it will be a credible resume when engaging with any company in the future.

Of course, he also understands that the supply channels of such a large hotel are definitely very comprehensive, and he probably won't get the big slice of the pie, at most being a backup option.

But it doesn't matter, doesn't Lin have his own food truck? Becoming the exclusive supplier for his personal food truck is also a good choice.

Even though they haven't had detailed talks yet, Magna has already convinced himself.

As long as Lin offers a price above the cost price, he'll do it!

Thursday morning.

While most people are still asleep, Lin Chen has already driven his food truck alone to the seafood market.

Lucas must have been video editing until late; let's not even talk about the green card issue. If his channel gains traffic, I'll get a share of the money.

For minor tasks like grocery shopping, it's better not to bring him along. Let that guy rest more and let Boss Magna help with delivery, so he can familiarize himself with the route.

Even though they haven't officially discussed and signed a contract, both have pretty much tacitly accepted the reality.

"Good morning, Lin. What do you want today? Just caught two hours ago, super fresh, and there are live ones too!"

The seafood variety today is particularly complete, with some even stored in large tanks, alive and well.

King crabs and bread crabs that weren't seen before are plentiful in a large tank today.

Lin Chen didn't consider these ingredients suitable for restaurant use, simply glanced over and skipped them.

For the food truck, convenience, speed, and low cost are key factors, and it's best to use ingredients that don't require much processing.

After walking around the stall twice, he quickly decided on today's menu.

"Magna, how much of this squid do you have?"

Spread across the crushed ice are squids bigger than a face, even larger than he had known before.

"Squid, right? Not much in stock, just two boxes, about fifty or so. This thing was pushed up from the deep sea by undercurrents due to rain and wind; usually, you have to go to the far sea to catch them."

Only over fifty?

This amount certainly isn't enough for the stall; it needs to satisfy the basic positive review point requirement of 200 servings.

It could work if he cuts and sells the squid, but he feels that's not right, and it's not satisfying to eat. Better to add some other ingredients.

"Give me both boxes then. How many of these yellow croakers do you have? A lot? Fine, bring four boxes."

Although yellow croakers are a specialty along the coast of Great Xia, they are actually distributed in various countries' sea areas worldwide, especially in Western Europe, where quality yellow croakers are produced, albeit not in quantities as large as in Asia.

It's still early, just past five, and there are no other customers in sight at the seafood market besides him.

The main clientele for this market is various restaurants, which usually place orders in advance and pick up without delay. Walk-in customers like him are rare.

Magna called over a helper to watch his stall, personally loaded six boxes of seafood onto his pickup truck, and followed Lin Chen's food truck to the beachfront hotel.

"Oh, oh!! So, it's here. I always thought this building was constructed as beachfront villas for rental, didn't realize it's a restaurant."

Upon arrival, Magna being a local instantly felt familiar.

"Radisson is indeed considered one of the top hotels here, with a good location. It's an honor to cooperate with Radisson!"

Previously, Lin Chen didn't reveal the hotel's name, and he hadn't expected it to be the giant Radisson.

Although it's a high-end hotel newly built this year, and hasn't been known for any chains, based on the tourism benefits and the land area bought within just half a year, it's evidently a super-rich enterprise unmatched by any.

Helping to move the seafood into the restaurant's cold storage, they chatted briefly, reached a cooperation intention, and Magna hurried off to prepare the contract.