Behind the counter against the southwest wall, to the right of the door, are two sets of shelves holding displayed merchandise. To the right of the door in the southern corner is a cupboard with a copy of the Speech skill book Biography of the Wolf Queen. There is also a doorway behind the counter in the middle of the southwest wall. There are two doors out of this room one in the eastern corner and one in the southern corner. On the northwest wall there is a row of three wall shelves coming down the wall in the row, with a chair and small dresser further to the left. There is a low table in front of the counter and a dresser with a couple of display racks full of displayed merchandise on top against the northeast wall. The counter is filled with displayed merchandise that can either be bought or stolen, while under the counter is a bowl. The counter comes out from the northwest wall and extends about halfway across the room. The problem is if we can find the clients to buy them.Entry is into the main store, with a large firepit against the southeast wall, which has an empty pot hanging over it. "We don't have limits on how much we can import this year. "Now we are experiencing high quality and low price, about 35 percent less than last year," she says. The good news, Sparvoli says, is that the rainy spring (in Europe) bodes well for this year's black and white winter truffle season. The world of selling is tough because of the competition," Bassi says.Īnd it's not the money-maker you might imagine at these prices, according to Sparvoli: "You would be surprised by how low the margins are for us because they are expensive for everybody" (though she declines to disclose what those margins are). "Purchasing in Italy and France is very tough because we need steady connections. Bassi and Sparvoli say they pick up a new batch of truffles from John F Kennedy International Airport every other day, all year round. This summer, the company imported about 100 pounds of the black summer truffles per week on average.
alone.ĭone4NY has 200 truffle hunters in Italy and France to help supply its 500 restaurant clients around New York City. (He declined to share how many total pounds Urbani ships around the world.) In 2015, an exceptionally good year for white truffles, Giordano says the company sold about 3,000 kilos or 6,614 pounds of white truffles in the U.S. they cater to 1,200 restaurants.ĭuring white truffle season in fall and early winter, Urbani supplies about 400 pounds of white truffles to United States each week, with 10 percent sold at retail and 90 percent to restaurants. Giordano's sixth-generation company supplies truffles to 68 countries and thousands of restaurants.
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