ROSEMONT, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–U.S. Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE: USFD) announced these days the launch of Summer Scoop 2019 (Summer Scoop), showcasing 21 innovative merchandise designed to help impartial eating place operators keep up with nowadays’s busy diners. The fast-paced increase of the ease-eating market is reshaping the restaurant enterprise, with 38 percent of U.S. Adults – including 50 percent of millennials – pronouncing they are much more likely to have eating place meals introduced than they were two years ago.1 “We lately surveyed more than 500 unbiased restaurant operators and observed that the most effective 53 percent felt confident in their capability to use transport services,” said Stacey Kinkaid, vice president of product improvement and innovation at U.S. Foods. “Right now, we realize that delivery and on-the-cross dining are causing global principal shifts inside the restaurant.
In fact, more than 80 percent of consumers use services that permit them to enjoy restaurant meals outside of the restaurant, at minimum monthly.2 This Summer Scoop lineup offers our clients the equipment, the products, and the self-assurance they need to offer shipping, take-out, grab-and-go, and retail solutions for any-time, everywhere dining. Summer Scoop additionally highlights the intersection of client comfort and environmentally aware practices for eating place operators. It delivers on-trend menu offerings, services, and disposables to attain new clients and create extra opportunities for ordinary diners.
Convenience Meets Environmentally Conscious
While customers tend to eat off-premises at a better frequency, 65 percent are concerned with the take-out boxes’ environmental impact and to-pass packaging.3 Summer Scoop has an assortment of sustainable alternatives, including bowls, which appear on one-1/3 of U.S. Menus and have grown at a sixteen percent charge over the last four years.4 Highlights include:
Monogram Molded Fiber Bowl: This bowl is 100 percent compostable and Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) licensed. It is sustainably made from molded wheat fiber and can be used for both warm and cold food. It’s also a Serve Good product, meeting rigorous standards set through U.S. Foods for accountable sourcing or waste reduction.
Monogram Wheat Fiber Soufflé Cup: This Serve Good item is used for sauces, dips, dressings, and other condiments. It is one hundred percent compostable, crafted from molded wheat fiber, and BPI licensed.
Monogram Pulp Folding Container: This item is one hundred percent compostable, BPI-certified, and is designed with a double-locking system that requires no lid. This Serve Good product comes in a 32-ounce length.
On-the-Go Proteins and Greens
With transport and on-the-go ordering creating a massive impact on the dining landscape, bowls – touted for being client-pleasant and flexible – are a quick-growing fashion on menus that make it easy for operators to adapt their on-premises menu to move. Summer Scoop gives many exertions-saving and on-fashion objects ideal for delivery, including completely cooked and pre-sliced meats and pre-washed produce alternatives. Highlights encompass:
Chef’s Line All Natural* Hickory Smoked Diced Pork Belly: This slow-cooked meat is smoked for four hours, disposing of steeply-priced time, hard work, and the need for a special gadget. The factor profile meets the U.S. Foods Unpronounceables List initiative’s requirements to produce products with simple, more recognizable components.
Patuxent Farms All Natural* Sliced Fire-Grilled Chicken Breast: Helping eating place owners with quick instruction and constant portioning, this flame-seared whole muscle bird breast is fully cooked with defined grill marks and comes pre-sliced.
Cross Valley Farms Baby Leaf and Herb Mix: This pre-washed, equipped-to-use product includes parsley and dill for an aromatic, on-trend blend that can be utilized in the diffusion of programs. This item requires no extra attention, from salads to burger toppers, so it’s the ultimate again-of-house product.
Snacking On-the-Go
Consumers are on the move more than ever before, and because of this, they need food gadgets that fit their active lifestyles. Summer Scoop produces numerous snack and dessert take-hold of-and-cross products, which reduce exertions and education expenses and offer retail answers that may develop a restaurant operator’s business. Highlights include:
Chef’s Line Lemon Loaf Cake Slice: This object is made with California lemon juice without high-fructose corn syrup, artificial flavors, or preservatives. The element profile complies with the U.S. Foods Unpronounceables List initiative and springs pre-sliced and pre-wrapped to take hold of and pass utilization.
Chef’s Line Chocolate Banana Swirled Loaf Cake Slice: Pre-sliced and pre-wrapped, this product is made with ripened complete bananas and midnight cocoa semi-candy chocolate. It does not contain excessive fructose corn syrup or artificial flavors, colorings, or preservatives, and the aspect profile complies with the United States Foods Unpronounceables List initiative.
Chef’s Line Buttermilk Biscuit: Made with real butter and buttermilk and no artificial flavors, colorings, or preservatives, this larger biscuit may be served warm from the oven gravy or as a sandwich holder. The ingredient profile complies with the United States Foods Unpronounceables List initiative.
Online Ordering Made Easy
Summer Scoop also functions ChowNow, part of U.S. Foods’ CHECK Business Tools, to assist eating place operators benefit from delivery and to-move trends. ChowNow builds online ordering systems at once into a restaurant’s internet site, social media page, or branded cell app, which goes an extended manner to help eating places defend their emblem. ChowNow is fee-free, providing eating places at a simple flat rate. Visit the ChowNow phase on the U.S. Foods website to analyze more.
