As long as multi-generational family's gather for meals together, the
demand for more divergent flavors continues to permeate. Grocerant mix and
match bundled meal component offerings allow for increased family integration,
understanding and acceptance in less time without a required cook from scratch
skill set.
In the 1940's cooking from scratch was the normal. The average home cooked
meal took 150 minutes to prepare. Everyone sat down at the table and enjoyed it
or not but they all ate the same thing. Today's "home cooked meal"
takes on average less than 30 minutes to prepared. In most cases at least two
different entrées are served.
The average time spent inside a McDonalds in the 2,000 was 11 minutes.
Today 65+ percent of all McDonald's food is sold via the drive-thru. U.S.
fast-food chains are increasingly remodeling restaurants in an effort to garner
additional drive-thru customers inside and increase sales, simple because the
drive-thru can't hold all the cars.
Walgreens is creating and bundling
distinctive differentiated food consumable's as an entity
with identity by day part in a mix and match meal component format in
select urban setting targeted at both the office worker for lunch and meal
components for them to take home for the family dinner. It is a successful
program. With over 8,025 units operating in the United States, Walgreens has
the potential to become the most disruptive force in food retailing in 50
years. Walgreens with its modular mid-sized foot-print is garnering customers
from both restaurants and grocery stores.
Consumers Want Easy to Prepare Meals and Meal Components
The
grocerant niche continues to grow with companies like Central Market,
Whole Foods, Wegmans and 7 Eleven entering the fresh prepared better for you
space. Meal time is now becoming a time of convenient meal participation,
with differentiation and individualization for the entire family.
Safeway with its lifestyle stores are heading in the right direction however
the stores are so large consumers are forced to spend more time in them than
they want.
More often than not the multi-generational family today is multi-ethnic. Creating
a demand for more varied menu flavors and additional cooking skill set that is
simply does not exist today. Grocery stores, Convenience Stores, Restaurants
and Chain Drug Stores are all selling Ready-2-Eat and Heat-N-Eat fresh prepared
food. Is your focus family dinning? Are you selling
meals or meal components for Take-Out, delivery or Take-Away? Outside Eyes can
propel inside results.
www.FoodserviceSolutions.us has been the global leader in the Grocerant
niche since 1991. Success does leave clues.
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