General Mills, Minneapolis, expanded its Totino's brand to include Totino's Pizza Sticks and Totino's Stuffed Nachos, available in retailers nationwide.
Convenience remains the category’s most essential benefit.
July 28, 2016
Sales of prepared meals turned slightly positive in 2015 after three consecutive years of decline, notching an increase of a little less than 1% on gains for both refrigerated and frozen side dishes, according to an executive summary on prepared meals, produced by Chicago-based Mintel.
For the past few years, consumers have been giving frozen snacks the cold shoulder. Until the cold food industry transformed the coveted snacking occasion into an all-day affair.
Although an average of 85% of restaurants, fine dining and quick-service restaurants offer appetizers on their menus, nearly 35% of consumers eat appetizers at home, according to a report produced by Datassential.
Preferred Meals provides meals, fresh-prepared snacks and frozen prepared snacks, entrées and complete meals for contract catering and home delivery.
May 31, 2016
Elior Group, France, signed a definitive agreement through its U.S. subsidiary, culinary management leader Elior North America, Charlotte, N.C., to acquire Preferred Meals.
gardein introduced Meatless Pepperoni Pizza Pockets, where each pocket consists of a non-GMO wheat flour outer crust filled with marinara sauce, meatless pepperoni and vegan mozzarella and contains 9 grams of total protein.