At 7-Eleven Convenience Means Skip the Checkout Line

Fresh food fast is important at 7-Eleven according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. Technology is playing an increasing role in delivering fresh food fast according to Johnson as 7-Eleven is piloting mobile scan & pay self-checkout at 14 convenience stores in the Dallas area.

This new Scan & Pay platform allows customers to skip the checkout line and pay for items using the 7-Eleven app. The frictionless shopping experience is integrated into the 7Rewards loyalty program, allowing customers to automatically earn 7Rewards points upon purchase, redeem points to purchase applicable products, as well as receive all in-store promotions.

Here is how it works. Scan & Pay, customers need to update the latest version of the retailer's mobile app and register with the 7Rewards loyalty program. Once inside the store, customers open the app and tap "Start Scannin" at the bottom of the home page.

From there:

·         Customers must be within the geo-fenced area in or around one of the 14 pilot stores for the shopping feature to appear.

·         As they shop, customers scan items with a bar code using the guides on their phone screen. Items are added to their basket, along with any discounts or promotional pricing.

·         Customers pay for purchases using Apple Pay, Google Pay or a traditional debit or credit card. Scan & Pay stations with clear shopping bags are in the store.

·         Once they pay for their purchases, customers scan the QR code on the final confirmation screen at the Scan & Pay confirmation station. 

"We want every interaction with 7-Eleven to be valuable and delightful and fast," Singh said. "Customers can now take control of their shopping experience and earn loyalty points at the same time. Customers are given a variety of options when they walk into a 7-Eleven store, from product assortment and customization all the way to payment methods. We are taking the in-store retail experience to the next level with a series of innovations. Scan & Pay is one of them."

Scan & Pay works with Android and iOS devices and is available for all merchandise except items that require cashier assistance, including hot foods, financial services and age-verified products.

Foodservice Solutions® specializes in outsourced food marketing and business development ideations. We can help you identify, quantify and qualify additional food retail segment opportunities, technology, or a new menu product segment.  Foodservice Solutions® of Tacoma WA is the global leader in the Grocerant niche visit Facebook.com/Steven Johnson, Linkedin.com/in/grocerant/ or twitter.com/grocerant

Hot Dogs and Sports are a Natural Platform to build Success

Building a restaurant brand with a local sports team is an outstanding platfrom to drive top line sales and bottom line proifts according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®.

So, when Portillo’s  announced a new partnership with the six-time World Champion Chicago Bulls there was little doubt that loyal fans of the Bulls and Portillo’s would both be winners.  The Chicago icons are collaborating on a new post-game promotion called Fourth Quarter Franks, which awards home game attendees with a complimentary hot dog if the opposing team misses two consecutive free throws in the Fourth Quarter. Bulls ticketholders have 48-hours to redeem their ticket at a participating Portillo’s restaurants CEO Michael Osanloo t for a free Chicago-style hot dog.

“Since Portillo’s was founded in 1963, we have been proud of our strong hometown ties to the Chicagoland area,” .. “We are excited to partner with one of the city’s most iconic sports teams, the Chicago Bulls, and we’re thrilled to add a new way for fans to relish this season’s home games.”

“We are excited to kick off our new partnership with local favorite, Portillo’s, this season,” says Matthew Kobe, vice president of business strategy & analytics for the Chicago Bulls. “We know our fans will be excited about this promotion and look forward to the added energy it will bring to the fourth quarter of our home games.”

The Fourth Quarter Franks promotion begins on Friday, November 23, with the Bulls hosting the Miami Heat. The promotion is only eligible for Chicago Bulls home games and can be redeemed at Portillo’s restaurants in Illinois and Merrillville, IN. Guests can redeem the offer in-restaurant or as part of a drive-thru order.

Do you have a regional brand in looking to elevate your profile?  Have you considered a local retailer or sports team?  Foodservice Solutions® specializes in outsourced business development. We can help you identify, quantify and qualify additional food retail segment opportunities or a new menu product segment and brand and menu integration strategy.  

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Grocer ShopRite Grab-N-Go fried chicken is ‘Better-for-you’.

Once again, the old adage rings true if you can’t ‘beat them join them’.  ShopRite a Mid-Atlantic / Northeastern grocer recently said it has converted its eight-piece, grab-and-go fried chicken to an antibiotic-free offering making it a ‘better-for-you’ fried chicken in search of restaurant customer conversions according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®.  

The ‘better-for-you’ chicken was developed with Perdue Farms, the chicken is marketed under the ShopRite Kitchen brand, with the label sporting a “No Antibiotics Ever!” (NAE) yellow flag and the Perdue logo.

Just like a restaurant fried chicken that is made fresh daily, ShopRite Kitchen NAE fried chicken is hand-breaded and cooked in trans-fat free oil. The chicken, also available in a drumsticks-and-thighs pack, is raised cage-free, and made fresh daily according to ShopRite.

To garner attention ShopRite features recipe and meal ideas for the NAE fried chicken, including Southern Chicken and Waffles, Fried Chicken Game Day Spread and Leftover Fried Chicken Buffalo Chicken Salad on its website and blog.

ShopRite noted that the NAE fried chicken is part of its effort to serve up convenient and healthier meal solutions. Last April, the grocery chain launched no-antibiotics Perdue rotisserie chicken products    under the ShopRite Kitchen NAE banner. Items include whole rotisserie chicken, roaster breast and roaster leg quarters. The chicken is raised entirely without antibiotics on an all-vegetarian diet.

Chain restaurants had better look out as the price for ShopRite chicken is priced at or below most conventional rotisserie and fried chicken offerings.

Interested in learning how Foodservice Solutions 5P’s of Food Marketing can edify your retail food brand while creating a platform for consumer convenient meal participation, differentiation and individualization? Email us at: Steve@FoodserviceSolutions.us or visit:  www.FoodserviceSolutions.us for more information.

Tommy Hilfiger Growing Sales with Fresh Coffee

Success does leave clues and for one clothing retailer driving topline sales and bottom line profits now includes a cup full of coffee.  Industry leading clothing retailer Tommy Hilfiger has partnered with Foxtail Coffee to drive incremental business in Orlando, FL locations according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma WA based Foodservice Solutions®.

New partnerships can drive sales in foodservice today as your brand is searching for the new electricity to help drive the brand forward according to Johnson. So, just what is your brands new electricity? According to Johnson, “Brand relevance is in part driven with innovation in new food products in combination with new avenues of distribution all of which are the platform for the new electricity.”

Johnson stated “that in my minds-eye the new electricity must be very efficient for the supply and includes such things as fresh foods, developing brands, unique urban clothing, grocerant positioning, Fresh food messaging, autonomous delivery, cashier-less retail, plates, glasses, cash-less payments, digital hand-held marketing.

All retailers to survive the next generation of retail must embrace the artificial intelligence revolution while simultaneously embracing fresh food that is portable, fresh, with differentiation that is familiar not different. 

As part of the Tommy Hilfiger debut collaboration, Foxtail will have a café space inside the store, serving up the hand-crafted beverages that have made the coffee shop an Orlando favorite. Alex Tchekmeian, Foxtail's co-founder stated "When you think classic, cool American style, you think of Tommy Hilfiger," ... "We're humbled Foxtail has become an integral part of the Orlando community, and we could not be more excited to work with the brand to serve great coffee to even more people here."

The café will also offer light food options and will integrate elements of the brand's signature style into the shop. Foxtail Coffee was born in Winter Park in 2016 and has since grown to several locations around Central Florida. The company is dedicated to responsibly sourcing its coffee, which remains locally roasted. Foxtail aims to connect with new people one cup at a time through its approachable atmosphere and quality products.

"We are passionate about showing people what a cup of coffee can be," Tchekmeian says. "This partnership will allow us to share a taste of Orlando with Tommy Hilfiger fans, whether they're locals or one of the city's millions of visitors." It is important to note that Foxtail Coffee is a new company not a large company.  Is your brand ready for a new partnership? Do you want to grow you fresh food brand?

Are you looking for a new partnership to drive sales? Are you ready for some fresh ideations? Do your food marketing ideations look more like yesterday than tomorrow? Interested in learning how www.FoodserviceSolutions.us can edify your retail food brand while creating a platform for consumer convenient meal participation, differentiation and individualization?  Email us at: Steve@FoodserviceSolutions.us or visit:  www.FoodserviceSolutions.us for more information.

Pilot Flying J Partnerships Drive Sales

Success does leave clues and in retail foodservice there are very few things that work better than Limited Time Offers (LTO) of unique branded products according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®

Pilot Flying J’s new LTO Cinnabon French Toast Sausage Bites are perfect for breakfast or snacking on the road that fit in to its branded messaging creating ‘new electricity’ according to Johnson. The bites feature sausage wrapped in fluffy dough inspired by the world famous Cinnabon dough which are then rolled in Cinnabon French toast seasoning and served with a side of maple syrup.

New partnerships can drive sales in foodservice today as your brand is searching for the new electricity to help drive the brand forward according to Johnson. So, just what is your brands new electricity? According to Johnson, “Brand relevance is in part driven with innovation in new food products in combination with new avenues of distribution all of which are the platform for the new electricity.”

Johnson stated “that in my minds-eye the new electricity must be very efficient for the supply and includes such things as fresh foods, developing brands, unique urban clothing, grocerant positioning, Fresh food messaging, autonomous delivery, cashier-less retail, plates, glasses, cash-less payments, digital hand-held marketing.

Foodservice retailers to survive the next generation of retail must embrace the artificial intelligence revolution while simultaneously embracing fresh food that is portable, fresh, with differentiation that is familiar not different.  That will require brands to embrace new fresh food partnerships more now than ever before according to Johnson.

Pilot Flying J has codeveloped a s fun food combo that is only $3.09 for a three count ($4.29 for a five count) and sold exclusively at select Pilot and Flying J Travel Centers. Try them with Pilot Flying J’s exclusive line of delicious coffee varieties brewed for those who drive America.

Foodservice Solutions® specializes in outsourced food marketing and business development ideations. We can help you identify, quantify and qualify additional food retail segment opportunities or a new menu product segment and brand and menu integration strategy.  Foodservice Solutions® of Tacoma WA is the global leader in the Grocerant niche visit Facebook.com/Steven Johnson, Linkedin.com/in/grocerant/ or twitter.com/grocerant

Christmas Shopping save time take the Kids to McDonald’s It’s OK

McDonald’s continues to evolve with customer relevance. After listening to customer feedback and evaluating new consumer focused research  they rolled out more healthy changes to its  it kids’ meal according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®.

Parents can be reassured that McDonald’s new platform of choices that include bottled water and low-fat yogurt free of artificial ingredients are better-for-your-kids than previous platforms. McDonalds has removed artificial preservatives from the meal’s low-fat strawberry Yoplait Go-Gurt and has added a 16.9-fluid ounce bottle of Dasani water as a beverage option at no extra cost.

These tweaks come after McDonald’s outlined in February a nutritional overhaul of the Happy Meal that included making cheeseburgers a request-only item, reducing the size of the French fries, cutting sodium in the chicken McNuggets and reformulating the chocolate milk’s sugar content.

They have also removed artificial preservatives from the chicken McNuggets; while pledging that every meal combination offered on its Happy Meal menu boards in the U.S. will have 600 calories or fewer. So if your out shopping and need to save time go ahead and treat the kids to a Happy Meal.

Are you looking for a new partnership to drive sales? Are you ready for some fresh ideations? Do your food marketing ideations look more like yesterday than tomorrow? Interested in learning how www.FoodserviceSolutions.us can edify your retail food brand while creating a platform for consumer convenient meal participation, differentiation and individualization?  Email us at: Steve@FoodserviceSolutions.us or visit:  www.FoodserviceSolutions.us for more information.

Hy-Vee Market When you can’t beat them Join them

Hy-Vee Inc. the Grocery store; has Market Grille in-store restaurants at six stores in the West Des Moines, Iowa, metropolitan area grocery stores for those who may not know. In order to drive sales Hy-Vee will adopt the restaurant sales platform ‘food delivery’ for lunch and dinner according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®.

The new platform adds to a click-and-collect option for the restaurants, Hy-Vee said. To access delivery service, customers download the Hy-Vee Market Grille app, enter their address and, if delivery is available, it will show a delivery option for ordering.

Nate Stewart, executive vice president of perishables at West Des Moines-based Hy-Vee stated “We know customers are busy and are looking for fast, fresh and delicious mealtime solutions, and now we can bring our family friendly Hy-Vee Market Grille menu right to their doorsteps,” “We’re excited to build on our curbside-to-go option and offer even more convenience through our delivery service.”

What are your sales per square foot?  Will opening a restaurant increase your sales per square foot?  Will opening a restaurant inside your grocery stores increase customer traffic?  Do your customers want to come into your grocery store and sit down and eat or do they want takeout? If you don’t know the answers to those questions you might want to call the team at Foodservice Solutions®.

Invite Foodservice Solutions® to complete a Grocerant Program Assessment, Grocerant ScoreCard, or for product positioning or placement assistance, or call our Grocerant Guru®.  Since 1991 www.FoodserviceSolutions.us  of Tacoma, WA has been the global leader in the Grocerant niche. Contact: Steve@FoodserviceSolutions.us or 253-759-7869

Tired of Cooking Grocerant niche Fresh Prepared Meals.

Have you cooked all you want to this holiday weekend? Ok, then start enjoying your time off and buy some grocerant niche fresh prepared multi-flavor, multi-ethnic Grocerant meal components. Heat-N-Eat and Ready-2-Eat fresh prepared food with portability is driving retail food success in 2018 according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®.

Where are you shopping for you food today is not the same place your mother was nor is the meal prepared the same way. 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 66+ 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.

Consider this,  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.

You can find grocerant niche Ready-2-Eat and Heat-N-Eat fresh prepared meal components today at drug stores, liquor stores, grocery stores, club stores, and even furniture stores the ilk of Ikea. In 2018, 83.2% of family dinners served in the home in the US include at least one grocerant niche meal component. In fact 13% of US Adults planned to pick up a fresh meal or meal component from a restaurant to serve with their at home Thanksgiving Dinner.  

Regular readers of this blog know that 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.

More often than not the multi-generational family today is multi-ethnic as well. Creating a demand for more varied flavors and additional cooking skill set that is simply not there. Lacking the skill set to prepared fresh prepared multi-ethnic meal components at home coupled with the time it takes to prepared a home cooked meal it is clear the buying habits of consumers will continue to evolve.

Bundling mix and match meal components into a meal is one key driver within the grocerant niche. Given that most American family are comprised of multi-cultural background. The fight for share of stomach will only intensify. So, make life simple, join the crowd, save time, and money try a fresh prepared meal or meal component.

Interested in learning how Foodservice Solutions 5P’s of Food Marketing can edify your retail food brand while creating a platform for consumer convenient meal participation, differentiation and individualization? Email us at: Steve@FoodserviceSolutions.us or visit:  www.FoodserviceSolutions.us for more information.

Wawa’s Holiday Office Party Fresh Food Fast Catering

Consumers are dynamic not static and Wawa continues to drive customer relevance by being just as dynamic as consumers according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. 

The holiday season is here and Wawa has elevated its brand platform enabling large and small office to get delivery of Wawa fresh grocerant niche Ready-2-Eat and drink fresh food expanding the choice for employees.

Food Delivery and setup is handled by Wawa's catering associates. The catering service allows Wawa to reach customers in more convenient and creative ways than ever before, the company said. It includes breakfast, lunch and snacking options, such as:

·         Breakfast – Bagel trays, Sizzli boxes, and assorted seasonal fruits, bakery and parfaits.

·         Lunch and more – Hoagies, salads, cheesesteak bars, meatball bars, mac and cheese bars, gobbler bars, soups and sides, and customized kids boxes.

·         Snacks – Chips, cookies, soft pretzels, brownies, and Philly Boxes featuring Wawa's favorite Philadelphia treats.

·         Beverages – Coffee and cold drinks.

The service is currently available in Philadelphia's Center City and the immediate surrounding neighborhoods. The chain plans to expand catering to more areas in the future.

Steve Hackett, catering and delivery project manager for Wawa stated "Time and time again we hear from our wonderful customers how much they would love to host a party, corporate gathering or even receptions using their Wawa favorites! We are thrilled to now be able to offer this Wawa experience right into the homes, offices, and social spaces of our hometown customers with a fully customized experience,"

"At Wawa, we believe we exist to go beyond filling orders to fulfill the lives of our customers, every day. With this new catering and delivery offer, we are thrilled to take the next step in that commitment and be a part of even more customers' lives in an entirely new way," he added.

To order Wawa catering, customers can visit WawaCatering.com or call a Wawa catering coordinator at 855-WAWA-2GO, then choose delivery or pickup; specify the event's date, time and guest count; and design the menu.

On the day of the event, Wawa catering associates will arrive at the designated location and set up the food and beverages. Current catering options feature customizable hoagie trays, fruit bowls and salads, as well as hot bar setups that let customers create their own Wawa favorites.

Foodservice Solutions® specializes in outsourced business development. We can help you identify, quantify and qualify additional food retail segment opportunities or a new menu product segment and brand and menu integration strategy.  Foodservice Solutions® of Tacoma WA is the global leader in the Grocerant niche visit Facebook.com/Steven Johnson, www.Linkedin.com/in/grocerant/ or www.twitter.com/grocerant/

Healthy Snacking is driving Customer Adoption of C-stores Food

Alice May Block  famously said “Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.” However in the minds-eye of todays consumers its high protein, gluten free, keto, paleo, vegan, organic, local, fresh, all-natural, free from artificial ingredients, preservative free and non-GMO according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®.

In fact, 41 percent of consumers want snacks to provide an energy boost, while 80 percent are willing to pay more for snacks with health attributes, according to The Hartman Group’s The Future of Snacking study.

Paige Brown, director of marketing at Stryve Biltong Snacks, a maker of meat snacks stated "We've seen changes in the industry as certain fads have come and gone, [but] we are also seeing a trend that consumers are willing to spend more money on great-tasting, high-quality, healthy snacks, and manufacturers are filling that demand," 

Today's definition of healthy continues to evolve, so does the demographics of the healthy snack consumer. Healthy eating is becoming the new norm for men and women, both young and old, as they grow more mindful of nutrition and the role it plays in their everyday lives. However, if there is one thing that rings true across healthy snack consumers, it is that they'll flex different food values at different occasions.

Betsy Frost, director of platform marketing innovation at General Mills Convenience stated "In terms of pre-packaged snacks, you see a lot of different need states represented in different ways than in the past,"… "'Healthy' snacking was for a time about low-calorie options, where you often traded taste or texture of the 'real thing' for a lower calorie option or portion-controlled 100-calorie pack. Now, we see healthy snacking mirror the core values of the consumers."

Three macro trends that are driving this, according to Minneapolis-based General Mills Convenience, are:

1.       The changing of food values. Consumers are looking for more real food experiences.

2.       Consumers’ changing eating habits. "People snack more throughout the day and are looking for snacks to do more jobs for them than they have in the past, such as a meal replacement or mini-meal, a before- or after-workout supplement, or a mental or energy boost," Frost explained.

3.       The boom of the food entrepreneur. "With more snacks being in more non-traditional outlets, food entrepreneurs have found it easier to turn a home hack that served their personal needs into thriving, purpose-driven organizations," she added.

Snacks, min-meals, or just plain fun food fast one thing is clear the ‘halo’ of  better-for-you food is expanding in every sector of food retail today according to Johnson. 

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Mini-Meals, Snacks, Treats Millennials Love Fresh Food Fast

Millennials eat more meals per day than their parents did but they are smaller meals, fresh meals and most don’t cook them they buy them from fast food restaurants, convenience stores, or grocery store deli’s according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®.

Technomic’s 2018 Snacking Occasion report found, 71% of consumers say that when they snack they are usually watching TV at home. But as for what they’re snacking? Compared to two years ago, 13% of consumers are consuming more sweet snacks and 13% are consuming more salty snacks; those numbers are slightly higher among younger consumers.

Technomic continued saying ‘For young snackers, packaged fruit snacks are a crowd pleaser, so stock up on options such as Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups and Fruit by the Foot. Older snackers also enjoy these options, as they’re a throwback to their school days.

Speed of preparation is crucial for many shoppers when they buy snacks. In fact, a full 50% say it’s important to them when making a choice, according to Technomic’s Snacking Occasion report. Options to keep on the shelves include guacamole (prepared or as a display of avocados, tomatoes, onions, cilantro and limes) and tortilla chips, potato chips and French onion dip and oven-baked options such as Totino’s Pizza Rolls all sell well in grocery delis.

The Snacking Occasion report found that, 57% of consumers say that a snack’s brand is important to them when choosing what to buy.  Think crave-ability as 81% of consumers say that flavor or taste is important to them when choosing snacks, so if they’re able to try it, they may be more likely to buy it.

Foodservice Solutions® specializes in outsourced business development. We can help you identify, quantify and qualify additional food retail segment opportunities or a new menu product segment and brand and menu integration strategy.  Foodservice Solutions® of Tacoma WA is the global leader in the Grocerant niche visit Facebook.com/Steven Johnson, www.Linkedin.com/in/grocerant/ or www.twitter.com/grocerant/

Captain D’s Success Price, Value, Family

Building sales is hard work within the restaurant sector and for that past three years chain restaurants have been capitulating year over year customer counts to other sectors according Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®.  While the creator of the Knapp-Track casual-dining index, would call this “Allocation Nation,” suggesting that consumers on tight budgets would cut restaurant spending to pay for other things like car payments. So how do you get the customers back? Not by raising prices according to Johnson.

Captain D's, has found the right path to garner customer trial while building top line sales, bottom-line profits  by introducing its new $3.49 Snacks and brings back its 10 Piece Family Meal seasonal special, providing customers a broad choice when solving their mealtime dilemmas during this busy time of year.

Bindi Menon, Captain D's Vice President of National Marketing states "This time of year, people are on the go either working, shopping, or spending time with family," …"Our hearty snacks are perfect for the busy shopper needing something while they are out running errands, and our 10-piece family meal provides dinner for the whole family when there is no time to cook– problems solved."

Captain D's $3.49 Snacks feature craveable southern-style fish tenders or butterfly shrimp, each served with Captain D's world-famous hush puppies. With a focus on family Captain D’s has a 10-piece family meal comes with 10 pieces of Captain D's signature batter dipped fish, a choice of two family-style sides and plenty of hush puppies for $19.99.  Also great for holiday parties and family gatherings is the 36 piece butterfly shrimp platter being offered through the end of the year.

Are you ready for some fresh ideations? Do your food marketing ideations look more like yesterday than tomorrow? Interested in learning how www.FoodserviceSolutions.us can edify your retail food brand while creating a platform for consumer convenient meal participation, differentiation and individualization?  Email us at: Steve@FoodserviceSolutions.us or visit:  www.FoodserviceSolutions.us for more information.