Progressive Grocer - March 2010 - (Page 102)

Foodservice A sampling of the latest advances Bar Loaded for By Bob Ingram Food retailers are literally raising the bar in terms of what’s being offered at their food bars, and the requisite equipment for this accelerated trend is keeping pace. iant Eagle recently opened its third Market District location, a 150,000-square-foot unit in Robinson Township, Pa., near Pittsburgh, and this showplace destination is chockablock with food bars: there are hot and cold bars featuring home-style favorites, wings, fresh vegetables, gourmet toppings and pizza, as well as a rosti bar for the national dish of Switzerland: shredded Yukon Gold potatoes with a variety of toppings. The rosti bar is alongside a crepe bar, and there’s also a beverage bar with coffee roasted on-site, seasonal specialty drinks like mulled cider, and fruit smoothies. The newest Market District store also has a sushi bar and an Asian street G bar with a Singapore sampler of specialties from a tandoori oven, in addition to peanutsauce dishes from a satay grill, stir-fries and fresh-baked naan. Supermarket food bars have obviously come a long way from the ubiquitous salad bar, and food bar equipment design has An expanded array of food bars has added to retailers’ foodservice offerings, as well as their bottom lines. • Progressive Grocer • March 2010 A H E A D O F W H AT ’ S N E X T www.progressivegrocer.com http://www.progressivegrocer.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Progressive Grocer - March 2010

Progressive Grocer - March 2010
Table of Contents
Nielsen’s Shelf Stoppers/ Spotlight: Dairy/Yogurt
Green Grocer Awards 2010: Seeing Green
Multicultural Marketing: Use Your Common Census
Harold Lloyd on … “Making a Difference”: The Employee’s First 30 Days: It’s Now or Never
The Lempert Report: Enter the ‘Koodies’
Independent Retailing: Keep Cash Flowing With Trade Terms
Progressive Grocer’s 2010 Meat Operations Review: Value on a Platter
Progressive Grocer’s 2010 Seafood Operations Review: Seafood Hits its Stride
Executive Insight Series: Lasting Impressions: Forward Thinking
Produce: Tracking the Transition to Traceability
Meat: Heinen’s Freshens up Service Benchmarks
Natural/Organic: Nature’s Best on Ice: Natural and Organic Frozen Foods
Frozen/Dairy: Cold and Colder: Trends in Frozen and Dairy
Baby Food: Green to Grow On
Green Promotions: Along for the Ride
Foodservice: Loaded for Bar
Case Study: Clean Carts
What’s Next: Editors’ Picks for Innovative Products

Progressive Grocer - March 2010