Americans love
affair with restaurants is not dying or fading away. However increased competition with innovative
food with a twist broadens consumer choice of dinning with quality, ease at
home. Ready-2-Eat and Heat-N-Eat fresh and prepared food is expanding consumer
choice of Mix & Match Meal component options.
Restaurants,
Convenience stores and Grocery stores are all selling Take-Away food. Meal Mix & Match grocerant meal
components have been the leading sector in retail foodservice of late. It’s
menu magic.
Mix & Match
grocerant food allows the consumer to spend more time in front of the 65 inch
TV. Grocery store brand loyalty and
frequency increases with each advancement in quality Ready-2-Eat and Heat-N-Eat
food. Here are examples of Mix and Match
Meal components from Grocery stores only:
What is your local grocery store are selling? More important how are you positioning your
brand and products? Below are local grocery or C-store offering from around the
country. Can you guess which retailers?
Goat
Cheese Strawberry Salad: spring mix topped with thinly sliced
strawberries,
blueberries, walnuts and crumbled goat cheese
Cajun
Seasoned Potatoes: roasted potatoes topped with Cajun
blackening
seasoning
Coconut
Crusted Mahi Mahi and Chicken Tenders: coated in
toasted
panko bread crumbs and cream of coconut (ready-to cook)
Mexican
Lasagna, Mushroom Risotto
Crabcakes,
Aegean Salad: shell pasta with Feta, onion, artichoke hearts, cherry
tomatoes
and kalamata olives
Caprese
Panini, BBQ Chicken Quesadilla,Matzo Ball Soupeared Chicken Breast with Peach
& Chive Sauce
Parmesan
Chicken Fingers, Turkey Roulade with Cranberry Stuffing.Side orders
Cauliflower
Spinach Gratin
Artichoke
& Asiago Croquette, Spaghetti with
Seasoned Tomato Sauce, Escarole & Beans
Apple Almond Yam Cakes
Since 1991 retail
food consultancy Foodservice Solutions® of Tacoma, WA has been the global
leader in the Grocerant niche for more on Foodservice Solutions® Bing or Google
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