The Dish on Comfort
Make it close for comfort: Provide convenient comfort foods to busy consumers who don’t have time in their own kitchens but do have an interest in real ingredients, favorite flavors and fresh premium taste.
Blount’s Family Kitchen ready-to-heat refrigerated meals
Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo with Penne
Macaroni and Beef in Tomato Sauce
Beef Stroganoff with Noodles
Chicken with Noodles in Marsala Wine Sauce
Introducing:
Time-crunched parents seek
Source: Mintel, “Lifestyles of Young Families”, January 2019
Nearly all young families from all backgrounds make a point to get some family time around the dinner table, but navigating the dinnertime menu can be a challenge.
of moms say that weekday dinner is the typical occasion for eating
pre-packaged meals
Source: Mintel, “Marketing to Moms”, Sept. 2019
3
/
2
quality
serving
ease of preparation
Take comfort in adding high-value fresh meal solutions to the refrigerated case that
Elevate your refrigerated offerings with ready-to-heat entrees that deliver the freshness and taste that today’s shoppers — including choosy family members — demand.
The need for more convenient fresh meal solutions is undeniable.”
Source: “Refreshing the Fresh Food Sector”, Institute of Food Technologists, January 2019
International Food Information Council, 2018
of consumers say that convenience has a “significant impact” on their food purchase decision
%
5
Consumers want
fresh, convenient ingredients
and
“
Source: National Frozen and Refrigerated Foods Association, 2019
The refrigerated case holds
The
refrigerated
aisle is a
“go-to” source for consumers’ diverse, foodie- and family-friendly snack
and small meal needs.
Get comfortable working with a partner with a century-plus legacy of providing
From our founding in the 1880s to our specialization in premium prepared foods, Blount combines tradition and innovation
Our chefs’ love of food and eating well guide inventive additions like the new Blount’s Family Kitchen meals.
New Blount’s Family Kitchen entrees were carefully crafted to offer premium, classic flavors and wholesome, fresh ingredients that are so important to today’s consumers.
Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo with Penne
Macaroni and Beef in Tomato Sauce
Beef Stroganoff with Noodles
Chicken with Noodles in Marsala
Wine Sauce
Provide
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Sales of
refrigerated dinner entrees topped $219,922,609 for
the past 52 weeks ending Dec. 1, 2019, a .5% increase
from the
previous year.
Source: IRI.
great potential
fresh, real foods that conumers crave.
comfort foods
success
and
and
boost sales:
and
attract attention
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meals.
for food retailers
that consumers of all ages crave.
with
convenient comfort foods…
but never settle when it comes to providing the quality your shoppers demand.
