Hot Dog Carts once a novelty are quickly became an acceptable option for
a hot meal, snack or on the go ready-2-eat fresh lunch option in urban
centers. Today hot dog carts are alive
and well, but crowed out is some cities by taco carts, carts offering wraps and
some focused on salads alone.
The take-away fresh prepared ready-2-eat and heat-N-eat food aka the
grocerant niche is expanding beyond carts to food trucks, C-stores, Grocery
stores and retail drug stores all adding made to order foods.
Walgreens is offering fresh prepared products from sushi, salads, wraps
and sandwiches all made fresh in the stores is select urban markets while
offering fresh prepared packaged options in many suburban locations. Gone are
the days of roller grill hot food masked as fresh and better for you.
Consumers increasing are leveraging many platforms including restaurants,
grocery stores, C-stores, food trucks, carts and C-stores for purchasing meal
components that can be bundled into a family meal. Fresh prepared ready-2-eat and heat-N-eat
food that is “better for you” will continue to drive retail sales as long as it
continues to get closer and closer to the consumer. What new avenues of
distribution is your food in?
Outside eyes can deliver top line sales and bottom line profits. Invite Foodservice
Solutions® to provide brand and product positioning assistance or a grocerant
program assessment. Since 1991
Foodservice Solutions® of Tacoma, WA has been the global leader in the
Grocerant niche for more on Steven Johnson and Foodservice Solutions® visit http://www.linkedin.com/in/grocerant or twitter.com/grocerant
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