Meal Solutions

Chain hopes offering will be popular with a.m. crowd

Only 58 percent of U.S. adults agree that prepared foods sold in supermarkets are safe, according to the NPD Group.

Increasing quality, price tier variety could boost store brand meat and poultry sales.

The plant would support rotisserie chicken sales.

Retailers could fare well within the store brand dip and spread segment by thinking outside of traditional offerings.

Pizza preferences are evolving to reflect a hunger for healthy, wholesome and gourmet qualities.

Retailers need to innovate to lure shoppers away from pizzerias — and to own-brand pizza offerings.

The retailer is offering more than 50 seasonal pumpkin products.

The brewery will begin distribution with a Post Oak Pale Ale.

After choosing the fish and sauce, customers cook the meal at home in an oven-safe bag.

Foodservice spending is up, but visits are flat, states The NPD Group.

Consumers are invited to submit recipes for “stuffed” dishes containing up to eight store brand items to win gift cards.