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INSIGHT INSIDER

Raybern's Foods

FOOD SAFETY

CATEGORY SPOTLIGHT

Hygienic
equipment

Prepared entrees

INSIGHT INSIDER

convenience stores. All of our customers,
all of those retailers, need something a
little bit different. Our sales teams go out
and meet with them and really try to understand what they need."

Raybern's focuses on
classic sandwiches,
new ﬂavors

While their exact needs may differ, all
those customers share a common demand:
dependable, quality sandwiches.

It starts with the bread
Raybern's got its start in 1978, the story
goes, when two guys named Ray and Bernie decided to convert their beloved New
York style deli sandwiches into a freezable
product that was good enough to share nationwide.

by Ryan Atkinson

R

aybern Foods serves a wide range of
retailers with its pre-made, heat-andeat lines of Raybern's sandwiches. From
c-stores and supermarkets to club stores
and other convenience channels, the San
Ramon, California-based company has been
shipping a variety of sandwiches to a variety
of customers for 40 years.

While sauces, meats and toppings were
taste-tested and critiqued, the process really all started with the bread. For years,
the company worked to fully develop
its bread recipe that emerges from a microwave or oven just right, or "Bakery
Soft" as Raybern's puts it.

In short, Raybern's must be a different supplier for each of its partners.

The proprietary recipe and method
aren't discussed, but the company will
gladly talk about their importance.

"All of our customers, all of
those retailers, need something
a little bit diﬀerent."
MARISSA GOMES, RAYBERN FOODS

"We work with retailers in a lot of different channels," says Marissa Gomes, senior
marketing director for Raybern's. "We're
working with grocery, we're working with
mass, we're working with club stores and

Photos: Raybern's

"The bread is huge. I didn't realize
how special our bread truly was until we were doing competitive analysis and looking at some other breads
that claimed to be microwave-ready,"
Gomes says. "There's really no comparison.
Our fl avor, our texture in our bread is really
something that is special to Raybern's, and
something we're proud of."

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Instore - December 2018

Instore - December 2018
Editor's Note - A wider scope
CONTENTS
News - NEED TO KNOW
Spotlight - BY THE NUMBERS: Deli meat
Merchandising - ON DISPLAY: Artisan breads
Specialty Insights - CONSIDER: Sushi
Cover Story - The road ahead
Commissary Insider - December 2018
INSIGHT INSIDER - Raybern’s focuses on classic sandwiches, new flavors
Food Safety - Cross-industry collaboration aids hygienic design
PRODUCT CATEGORY SPOTLIGHT - Prepared entrees
Feature - Grain gains
Product Trends - FIRST TO MARKET
Product Showcase
AD INDEX
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Instore - December 2018 - CONTENTS
Instore - December 2018 - 7
Instore - December 2018 - News - NEED TO KNOW
Instore - December 2018 - 9
Instore - December 2018 - Spotlight - BY THE NUMBERS: Deli meat
Instore - December 2018 - 11
Instore - December 2018 - Merchandising - ON DISPLAY: Artisan breads
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Instore - December 2018 - Cover Story - The road ahead
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Instore - December 2018 - INSIGHT INSIDER - Raybern’s focuses on classic sandwiches, new flavors
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Instore - December 2018 - Food Safety - Cross-industry collaboration aids hygienic design
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Instore - December 2018 - PRODUCT CATEGORY SPOTLIGHT - Prepared entrees
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Instore - December 2018 - Feature - Grain gains
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Instore - December 2018 - Product Trends - FIRST TO MARKET
Instore - December 2018 - Product Showcase
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