Since Rao’s started selling its homemade Italian sauce served in its legendary East Harlem restaurant in the early 1990s, the brand has continuously expanded the breadth of its retail line, from sauces to dry pasta, soups, ketchup and frozen entrées — including frozen brick oven pizzas. We spotted Rao’s brick...
As people seek new culinary experiences, some have started to familiarize themselves with the tapestry of flavors and textures in authentic and heritage-rooted African cuisine. Available in the supermarket freezer aisle is the Ayo brand from West African Foods, a business started by a husband-and-wife team... Read...
Traditional ethnic flavors found on food trucks and street foods have been showing up in a variety of retail food categories ranging from snacks to desserts. We recently spotted Urban Accents Plant Based Smokin' Chipotle Street Taco at a local supermarket and were intrigued with this Mexican-inspired shelf-stable meatless mix....
Many world cuisines feature a dumpling of some sort, but none is more popular than the Chinese dumpling. As Americans explore multicultural foods, demand for dumplings and other Asian products has skyrocketed. According to Datassential, 60% Read the complete article as it appeared in MeatingPlace (pdf)
When we think about a meal kit, many of us imagine a box showing up at our front door, ready for us to prepare at home. But more and more grocers are seeing meal kits as an opportunity, and have started offering their own kits for Read...
Many hunt not only for convenient meal options — often with a focus on well-being — but also for exciting flavor adventures. The frozen happi foodi Plant Based Shawarma Bowl seemed to fit this desire (more…)
A whopping 20 billion franks — yes, that’s billion! — are consumed in the U.S. each year, according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council. It’s one of those classic foods that people enjoy in a variety of ways, often (more…)
As the frozen food category shows continuing growth, LaChoy recognized this opportunity and recently introduced a line of easy-to-prepare frozen entrées. The three items all feature classic Asian-inspired flavors (more…)
Ground beef alternatives have been around for a number of years, but plant based “steak” is relatively new. Nasoya now sells its refrigerated Plantspired PlantbasedSteak with a Korean BBQ Flavor that is marketed as “vegan” (more…)
Private label food brands have shown considerable growth these past few years, so it makes sense that Walmart continues to invest in its house brands, (more…)
