Husband you've abandoned me Fine I'll focus on raising my son novel Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Cutting Corners

JASMINE’S POV

Apparently, the owner was the Carrington company. I was surprised when I found out. I never expected to hear of the Carringtons again...

But it made sense they were practically the champions of restaurant industry , completely dominating it. They owned multiple successful fast food chains and restaurants in the country as well as internationally. I thought of the other restaurants I had applied to, I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them were also under the Carrington company.

"Since you were there even when the owner was there would you say has changed the most since the change in ownership?" I asked Josh. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Mmhmm, I would say they are cutting corners now. The chefs say their budget was cut so they have been forced to buy cheaper ingredients for the kitchen. Cheaper ingredients will drastically change the flavour of of a dish," Josh explained. "It seems the customers have noticed too because I’ve had customers complain to me about dishes they liked not being up to par."

My eyes widened when he mentioned the complaints, as that had happened to me too. There were times when a customer would complain about their food. I just thought maybe the chefs had made a mistake in the kitchen or something but it was actually a sign of a deeper problem.

I felt saddened because I remembered when I ate here in the past. I thought the garden house was a great restaurant with great food. So for it to start falling short now it was sad to see.

"So who knows where the company will be in a year or two?" Mike asked.

I didn’t know whether The Garden House closes in future or not. I never ate at the restaurant again after that time with Keith and Anthony and neither did I keep up with it afterwards. I suppose I would find out in due time.

Hopefully, it wouldn’t close down just yet, I just started working here after all. I hoped there was time for things to turn around. I thought to myself.

"But these new owners I heard they own a lot of other successful restaurants, right? So why is this one failing?" Megan asked.

That was a good question I thought to myself. A question with a sad answer, unfortunately.

"Well I’ve heard that sometimes bigger companies will buy another company in the same industry not to continue running them but to get rid of competition," I explained to her. "So if they close it down after buying it doesn’t matter."

It was something I’d overheard during a meal/meeting with Keith and his business partners and thought it applied in this case. The garden house was big business that had been doing well it was big competition to other restaurant businesses.

"But isn’t that just a waste of money?" She went on to ask.

"Initially it may be a waste of money but in the long run the company will make it back and even more due to less competition." I further explained.

In the grand scheme of things the Carringtons’ losing this restaurant chain was insignificant when they owned so many other more successful ones, they would definitely make so much more than they lost from this. Still, what a shame. The garden house was a good restaurant. But I guess this was how business worked.

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