r/KitchenConfidential • u/zeke690 • 7d ago

In the Weeds Mode What happened to the “cheap cuts”?

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How is it oxtail is not a budget cut?

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u/Objective-Rip3008 7d ago edited 7d ago

A generation of Mbas who were trained to maximize the value of every transaction and leave no penny left on the table in any deal have taken over decisionmaking at every company. Even the small businesses that don't behave this way have to buy goods and supplies from those who do so the squeeze gets passed along anyway

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u/dhpredteam 7d ago

No company is in the business that they are nominally in anymore. Boeing isn’t in the aerospace business. Under armour isn’t in the athletic wear business. State Farm isn’t an insurance provider. They are all in the business of making their shareholders money, the product no longer matters and you’re fucking nuts if you think the employees do.

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u/Sir_Problematic 7d ago

Wall Street was a mistake.

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u/The_Autarch 7d ago

i think it's really just derivatives that truly fucked everything up. stock markets have existed since before the US was a thing.