“It hurts”: restaurants tighten their belts, reduce portion sizes as food costs skyrocket
Ahmed Abdulkadir used to stock his restaurant without thinking about it on his shopping list, but now a simple stop at the store is painful. Commodity prices, from rice to cooking oil, have skyrocketed, leaving the restaurateur right in the store aisle wondering, “Okay, do I need it?” “It hurts,” he said Wednesday morning, the …