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Del Real Foods takes
authenticity nationwide
by Ryan Atkinson

ne of the takeaways from last
month's Foodservice @ Retail Summit during the National Restaurant
Association's annual show was that consumers are asking for more options when
it comes to Mexican options from their
supermarket prepared foods departments.

Mexican meals to supermarkets, delis, restaurants, club stores and retail
stores. Herb Bowden, the company's

president, says restaurant chains like
Chipotle have helped push Mexican cuisine in popularity across the country,
not just in the Southwest.
"In the Midwest, barbacoa was not a
common product five to seven years ago,
or carnitas even, ten years ago," Bowden
says. "Restaurants like Chipotle and QDoba helped pave the way to help popularize these types of prdoucts"
And because consumers nationwide now
have access and enjoy those Mexican
specialties, they have started looking for
them in their local grocery stores.

Data revealed by Technomic principal
Wade Hanson during the summit shows
that Mexican foods topped the list of responses - at 22 percent - when consumers were asked where they would
like to see more variety.
That's where companies like Del Real
Foods come into play.
Del Real, headquartered in Mira Loma,
CA, is a national supplier of authentic

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