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Product Category Spotlight: Score with Salads By Bob Sims repared salads often give consumers the feeling of eating healthier, a trend that steadily continues to increase among diners. In a survey by the International Food Information Council (IFIC), more than half of respondents (56 percent) stated that fruits and vegetables came to mind as having health benefits beyond basic nutrition. Food producers serving the supermarket and convenience store foodservice channels should take this information and use it to their P ads were second only to prepared chicken with weekly sales averaging $2,288 per store per week, but facilities need to look at salads in new and innovative ways. Broadening the Category Sales "Salads have grown into a broader food category with more than just traditional greens and mayonnaise-based potato, coleslaw and macaroni salads," says Jovan L. Djokovic, executive chef at US Foods. "But salads are still underutilized on most menus in America." Prepared salads give retailers more than appeal to the demographic of shoppers looking for health attributes in quick and easy, to-go food. Perhaps the most appealing attribute of prepared salads to retail foodservice comes in the form of sales. Nielsen reports show that prepared sal- Underutilization usually involves taking the traditional salad construction and adding a protein. With ethnic foods on the rise, the new American interest in foodie type dishes and the perceived health benefits of anything called salad, producers need to experiment with their offerings. advantage by ramping up their prepared salad programs. ECTIO F R N P E EVERY GRAIN D I S C OV E R T H E N O R T H DA KO TA D I F F E R E N C E STANDARD PATENT FLOURS Dakota Champion/Dakota Diamond/Miller's Choice SHORT PATENT FLOURS Dakota Pride/ Bakers Pride/ Dakota Maid CLEAR FLOUR Dakota Warrior LONG PATENT FLOUR Dakota Brave SPECIALTY FLOURS Whole Wheat Flours/Malted Barley Flour/ White Whole Wheat ﬂour ORGANIC FLOURS: Dakota Maid Organic Spring Wheat Flours/ Dakota Maid Organic Whole Wheat Flours HIGH-GLUTEN FLOURS Dakota Chief/Empire Builder/Dakota State/Capitol/ Big 15/Dakota Queen/Dakota King/Dakota Premier Call 1-800-538-7721 to discover the difference. www.ndmill.com 10 * FEBRUARY 2016 * commissary INSIDER ISO 22000 / PAS 220 CERTIFIED http://www.ndmill.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of instore - February 2016

instore - February 2016
Editor's Note - Prepared Foods
Table of Contents
News - On Our Radar
Product Spotlight - Cakes
Product Knowledge - Belly up to the bar
Merchandising - Breakfast to go
Commissary Insider - Insight Insider
Food Safety - Foolproof Your HACCP Plan
Equipment - Either Way You Slice It
Product Category Spotlight - Score with Salads
Packaging - Future Solutions
Operations and Logistics - Communication and Service
Retail Foodservice - Winning the foodservice dollar
Specialty Insights - Healthy Italian meats
Equipment & Packaging - Fresh and warm
Product Trends - First to market
Product Showcase
Ad Index

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