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Not true. Restaurants can use any status of beef, as long as it come from a facility that have be inspected and approved, not necessarily by the USDA.
While the USDA grades most beef sold contained by the U.S., it is the inspection of the production services, not the position of beef, that determines whether a brand can be sold within the U.S. or not.
Restaurants such as Outback steakhouse and most steakhouses will use Choice cuts of beef, and feasible contribute one or two Prime level selection. Some will use a exceptional brand such as Sterling Silver or Certified Angus Beef brand to manufacture sure it is the best choice available (only the top 5% of choice beef qualify for any of those two brands).
Restaurants that market cheaper steaks will most recurrently use Select order beef which is a step below Choice. Select is one and the same class of beef you will find within your grocery store. Some restaurants that use beef first and foremost for dishes excluding steaks, such as stirfry, will buy the cheapest level of beef they can find, which are usually Utility category.
There are a few restaurant chains, and independent restaurants, that use one and only single prime level beef. Prime title beef is not comfortable to find. Those restaurants usually charge a premium for their steaks though Prime order is really singular a dollar or two more than Choice order, depending on the cut.
Brandon O'Dell
O'Dell Consulting
Restaurants/Retail/Bars
www.bodellconsulting.com
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usually utility status. They would notify you if it be better.
Depends on what country but within the u.s. it have to be usda approved 1st
USDA Choice or better or they can't use it