What Opportunities Does Home Meal Replacement Have for Me?

Today's dinner customers are making a special request, and whoever can fulfill it — be it restaurateur or grocer — will be rewarded handsomely. Time-pressed and cooking-shy consumers (many of whom have discretionary income to burn) crave freshly prepared take-home meals that are a step up from traditional fast food.  They want  the fruits of a chef's labor, but they want it without a wait.  And  they want to enjoy it in their own home — hence the coining of the term "home meal replacement" (HMR).

A slew of  recent  studies  confirms that the HMR trend is no fad. Consumers opt for a takeout dinner at home a whopping 61 percent more often than they did 10 years ago, whereas they choose to eat dinner in a restaurant 4 percent less often, according to a 1995 NPD Group survey. "Time poverty" is the catalyst, and the underpinnings of the take-home trend aren't likely to change soon. In two-earner families, neither worker has the time, energy, or desire to cook (or clean up after a meal). And while burger and pizza chains once satisfied Americans' need for carryout, fast-food ennui has set in.   Customers now seek ever-changing variety and freshness for  dinner.

From the restaurateur's perspective, supplying such fresh food on demand isn't easy. Despite oodles of hype about the size of the HMR market, so far the trend has bred few company success stories in terms of execution and profits. "Selling takeout food, especially if it's not for immediate consumption, is one of the hardest things to do in the food business," says Marcia Schurer,  president of Culinary Connections in Boulder, Colorado.

The members of the Customer Review Team invite you to come in and meet with us in our state of the art Culinary Business Center. Our primary purpose will be to increase your GP and reduce your stress. We look forward to growing your HMR business together and in partnership.   

Human Resources

Human resources continues to be the most troubling issue for restaurant owners. 

We can help you with the following:

• Job Discriptions
• Employee Hand Books
• Training Manuals
• Opening & Closing Checklists
• And More!

      Sandwich of the Month Club

The SYSCO NNE Sandwich of the Month Club is the latest in a series of specialty marketing programs that the Sysco Foods of NNE Customer Resource has developed just for you. In addition to this valuable program, please come in for a Customer Review to see some of our other unique marketing programs; Profiting from Specialty Coffee Drinks, Brew Pub Cuisine and The Home Meal Replacement (HMR) Program. 

The Sandwich of the Month Club contains 12 sandwiches that are intended to be rotated monthly. You will notice that most are simple to produce with an average of 6 ingredients including bread. All of these recipes not only have the supc#’s but they also have photos making them all the more appealing for the employees paid to produce them. With the photos readily available, you now have a tool for training and controlling consistency.This program is designed for customers who have a primary vendor relationship with Sysco Foods of NNE. For these customers SYSCO NNE will supply all the necessary customized marketing tools and materials needed to promote the sandwich of the month club to include signage, direct access to your SYSCO Chefs and quality training materials.

  

 

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Brew Pub Cuisine 

One of the trends that continues to sweep the country is the rise of the modern day brew pubs that has become the spring board of “Brew Pub Cuisine”, profitable, trendy and growing daily in patron interest. The purpose of this program is to assist you in designing a brew pub menu that cross merchandises and promotes the unique beers that are currently on your menu.