date:Jul 20, 2012
Prepared foods at retail may be found in a growing number of formats, but supermarkets have 60% market share of prepared food purchase visits. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. had the next largest share at 15%, and convenience stores have a 12% share.
The market for store-made meals and prepared foods which include rotisserie or fried chicken, hot pizza, hot food bars with Asian-style entrees, sushi bars, deli sandwiches and soup and salad bars is doing well in this period of economic doldrums, Packaged