Targeted at the time-starved consumer with Ready-2-Eat or Heat-N-Eat fresh prepared food components that are “better for you”, portable and portioned for one or two. Walgreens gets it and is positioning for a much larger share of the fresh food retailing dollar. With less than 13% of household income allocated to food competition is you might say heating up! At 4PM you may soon be picking up dinner on your way home from work at Walgreens.
In a programs rolled out from Boston to San Francisco, Los Angles to Chicago consumers can now find fresh fruits and vegetables, salads, sushi , sandwiches and Heat-N-Eat meat loaf. In addition Walgreens spokesman Robert Elifinger stated “ Our San Francisco area customers are already buying a lot of food in our stores, and there are requests for more product offerings," he said.
In addition to the items listed above - and
Walgreens' more traditional offerings, including candy, potato chips and soda -
there'll be meats, wraps, soups "and other on-the-go meal options, as well
as convenient alternatives for tonight's meal," Ready-2-Eat and Heat-N-Eat meal components
are a hallmark of the grocerant niche.
With this new market test underway, Walgreens is
now testing fresh food in New York via Duane-Reade, Chicago and the San
Francisco bay area. For all of my regular readers you have heard it hear before
but this trend is sweeping the country from coast to coast.
These expanded points of distribution may well
challenge many a legacy fresh food retailer including chain restaurants,
grocery stores and convenience stores for market share.
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