Or the quality of their product may suffer. Or they've come up with a way to automate or 'outsource' garlic-bag-stuffing.

Most likely once the garlic guy is fired, the recipe selections will no longer include garlic-lime chicken, or situation extremely similar to this.

What is extreme similarity? Identity?

Garlic is simply too common in most cooking to eliminate, so the outcome will be extremely similar with obscure ingredients like lemongrass or papaya or thai chile paste.