DELI BUSINESS

03/28/2024

Vote for your favorite deli innovation. Finalists include Belle Chevre, Brooklyn Cured, Caputo Cheese, Cedar's Foods, Cibo Vita, Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, Athenos, Ficacci Olive Co., Greenridge Naturals, Laura Chenel, Mama's Creations and Montchevre.
Details can be found here: https://delibusiness.com/beyond-the-flavor/.

Cast Your Vote for This Year’s Deli Innovation Award With an overwhelming number of entries, the inaugural Deli Business Innovation Award entrants brought their best to the table and store shelves. With a focus on [...]

03/20/2024

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01/30/2024

It's soup season! The IDDBA reports chicken soup unit sales are up 2%, and the biggest growth is in vegetable soups, which showed a 6% growth in unit sales.

By offering a rotating selection of both hot to-go and prepackaged soups, delis can capitalize on this profitable segment. With colder weather, hot comfort food sales tend to spike, and there is no better time [...]

01/19/2024

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01/12/2024

DELI BUSINESS invites all deli, packaging and technology companies to send us your most innovative products. Winners will be featured in the spring issue of DELI BUSINESS. Don't wait, nominations are open now! Get all the details at https://delibusiness.com/call-for-2024-deli-innovation-awards-entries/.

01/26/2023

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Dec/Jan 2023

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09/14/2022

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08/18/2022

🔻18th Annual People’s Awards🔻
Deli Business’ annual Peoples Awards recognizes the best of the best in the industry.

These individuals come from a wide range of backgrounds and experience, but what they have in common is notable careers and contributions to the field.

The following pages detail this year’s winner’s careers, business philosophies and crowning achievements, along with insight on their personal lives.

Kowalski's Markets
The Fresh Market
Giant Eagle
Albertsons Companies
Orrman's Cheese Shop
UNFI
Gourmet Foods International
Giant Eagle

Deli Business’ annual Peoples Awards recognizes the best of the best in the industry. These individuals come from a wide range of backgrounds and experience, but what they have in common is notable careers and [...]

07/07/2022

07/05/2022

A deli revival fueled by the return of food bars is in full swing.

The dark days when fears of COVID infection left many consumers eager to get in and out of supermarkets as quickly as possible, and turned olive, antipasti and other food bars into silent deserts look to be behind us.

IDDBA
DeLallo
Kedem Foods

The dark days when fears of COVID infection left many consumers eager to get in and out of supermarkets as quickly as possible, and turned olive, antipasti and other food bars into silent deserts look [...]

05/26/2022

St Pierre, in partnership with The Tennis Channel has launched a nationwide competition, offering shoppers the chance to win a trip to Paris and tickets to attend the Roland-Garros major in 2023.
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Part of St Pierre Groupe, award-winning St Pierre Bakery offers a range of European baked delights – from tasty brioche loaves and rolls to delicious Belgian waffles and French crepes. St Pierre is the number one brioche brand in America and the UK, with a brand value in excess of $150 million.

Boulangerie St-pierrebakery St Pierre USA TENNIS.com ROLAND-GARROS

St Pierre, in partnership with The Tennis Channel has launched a nationwide competition, offering shoppers the chance to win a trip to Paris and tickets to attend the Roland-Garros major in 2023. ...

05/17/2022

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Overall, the category did approximately $679 million, with 75% of the business coming from whole pizza sales.
With an average retail of $6.48, deli whole pizzas provided a great value to other take-out options.


IDDBA Pocino Foods DeIorio Foods

In the United States, 350 slices of pizza are eaten every second, with 40% of Americans eating pizza at least once a week,according to the Washington, D.C.-based National Restaurant Association’s (NRA) Pizza Industry Council. And [...]

05/17/2022

P r i v a t e. L a b e l.
Traditionally, private label products in supermarkets have not been designed to be distinctive.
In fact, Eunkyu Lee, professor of marketing at New York’s Syracuse University says private labels have long aimed to imitate well-known national brands while prioritizing lower prices.

Syracuse University
Saval Foodservice
BelGioioso Cheese

Traditionally, private label products in supermarkets have not been designed to be distinctive. In fact, Eunkyu Lee, professor of marketing at New York’s Syracuse University, says private labels have long aimed to imitate well-known national [...]

05/06/2022

ROAST BEEF REMAINS A BIG PLAYER IN THE DELI...
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According to Integrated Fresh, a Chicago-based market research firm, roast dollar sales grew 14.2% between February 2020 and February 2021, the most of any deli meat, with the exception of sausage.

Deli Brands of America Hormel Foods

When it comes to deli meat, roast beef has had more of a challenging path than turkey and ham. This whole muscle meat is not only more costly, but also has to contend with a [...]

05/06/2022

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What has changed the most with the pandemic is where shoppers are sourcing their SUSHI.
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’The Robots Aren’t Coming. They’re here!’
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Case in point, California rolls with avocado, crab and cucumber, and Philadelphia rolls with smoked salmon, cream cheese and cucumber.
Today, sushi is a $27.5 billion market, according to Sushi Restaurants in the US – Market Size 2005-2027, updated Dec. 29, 2021, by IBISWorld, with U.S. headquarters in New York City.
This market size is expected to increase 23.9% in 2022.


AFC Sushi Snowfox

Americans might not be as ready as their Japanese counterparts for robot-rolled sushi. Take the semi-automated conveyor-belt-style Sushiro restaurants based in Osaka, which New York-headquartered Baum+Whiteman International Restaurant Consultants calls a good example of its [...]

04/05/2022

😮New York-based Statista reports that, in 2022, the Sauces and Condiments segment will generate $226.5 billion in global revenue, an increase of 4.9%.

Lakeview Farms Rojo's Autentico Don's Prepared Foods
Silver Spring Foods, Inc. Beaver Brand

https://www.delibusiness.com/getting-creative-with-condiments/

From easy spreads for wraps to delicious toppings on chicken, condiments offer a plethora of choices for the creative retailer and consumer. And the popularity of condiments continues to grow. New York-based Statista reports that, [...]

03/25/2022

💥SEVEN TRENDS TO STIR UP PREPARED FOOD SALES.

Grabbing a prepared meal from the deli has come a long way from its roots in corned beef on rye. Today, deli prepared foods represent more than $20 billion in sales, according to 52-week data ending Oct. 3, 2021, in the Madison, WI-headquartered International Deli Dairy Bakery Association (IDDBA) What’s In Store 2021. What’s more, the pandemic has seemed to improve register rings. Every prepared food segment, with the exception of appetizers, showed an increase in dollar sales, with entrées (+24.9%), desserts (+21.4%) and sandwiches (+18.6%) showing the highest double-digit increases.

IDDBA

Grabbing a prepared meal from the deli has come a long way from its roots in corned beef on rye. Today, deli prepared foods represent more than $20 billion in sales, according to 52-week data [...]

03/25/2022

The CDC estimates that each year one in six Americans get sick from contaminated food or beverages and 3,000 die from foodborne illness.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that foodborne illnesses cost the United States more than $15.6 billion each year.

‼️Food Safety 101‼️




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Consider this: according to a study by the Atlanta-based U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in six delis had a refrigerator that was too warm; one in four delis had sanitizer solutions [...]

03/21/2022

May spring visit your life with messages of peace and a moment of happiness!
Happy Spring!
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03/16/2022

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February/March 2022

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01/25/2022

It’s 4 p.m. What’s for dinner?🤔
This is the question that resonates with consumers across the nation. It’s no wonder!
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Three-quarters of supermarket operators say they use end cap displays to promote prepared food offerings, while 72% offer holiday meal packages and offerings and 80% promote their options via their website, with 72% using Facebook and 66% print advertising, according to Datassential’s 2021 Supermarket Prepared Keynote Report.

Lowes Foods Tyson Foods Adams Hometown Markets Don's Prepared Foods Sahadis

It’s 4 p.m. What’s for dinner? This is the question that resonates with consumers across the nation. It’s no wonder! Eighty percent of Americans ate dinner daily in 2020, versus 67% for lunch and 63% [...]

01/25/2022

Consumers traditionally shop in both the grocery and deli sections of the store, and they are looking for adventure and quality in their snacks.
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According to Food Insight’s 2021 Food & Health Survey the share of consumers who report replacing meals with snacks has grown to nearly 40%, and a little more than one in four of us snack several times a day.

IDDBA St Pierre USA Bakery Street, Inc. La Panzanella Artisanal Foods Co.

https://www.delibusiness.com/snacks-are-the-new-meals/

Snacks are becoming the new meals as consumers look to eat in convenient smaller quantities rather than sit down together for more extended mealtime gatherings with family, friends or co-workers. And producers expect consumers venturing [...]

01/25/2022

🥩Once the pandemic hit, deli meat sales saw a huge rise in demand, as more consumers were eating at home and many people opted for lunches with the food they bought themselves at the supermarket.
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Still, most in the industry believe that deli meats will continue to stay popular in 2022, even with higher prices.
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Volpi Foods Foods Columbus Craft Meats Cibao Meat Products Inc Nueske's Applewood Smoked Meats

Deli meats have been a great solution for customers during the pandemic, as many found themselves in their home office searching for meal solutions throughout their quarantine and stay-at-home time. Once the pandemic hit, deli [...]

01/25/2022

🧀 Cheese Corner 🧀
Say “Greek cheese” and most people think FETA😉
But the cheese heritage of Greece is ancient, rich, and far more varied.
Greeks had been producing and trading many fresh and aged cheese types well before the 8th Century B.C. ..
Let’s set the record straight about feta...
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Say “Greek cheese” and most people think feta. But the cheese heritage of Greece is ancient, rich, and far more varied. Greeks had been producing and trading many fresh and aged cheese types well before [...]

01/25/2022

After all this time eating in pandemic isolation, the final weeks of 2021 and the early months of 2022 could offer an opportunity for the deli to make a statement with dips and spreads suitable for social gatherings.

Deli dips and sauces brought in more than $550 million in the quarter ending April 18, 2021, according to the Madison, WI-based International Dairy Deli Bakery Association’s (IDDBA ) What’s In Store 2021, and spreads accounted for another $231 million.
Lakeview Farms
Silver Spring Foods, Inc.
DeMedici Imports
USA Pulses

After all this time eating in pandemic isolation, the final weeks of 2021 and the early months of 2022 could offer an opportunity for the deli to make a statement with dips and spreads suitable [...]