Meal Assembly Watch

Another article about the Publix market.

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/18/Business/Publix_joins_meal_pre.shtml

“Publix joins meal prep market preps for create-a-meal
The chain plans to open a test site in the bay area, where several smaller shops have already emerged.
Meal prep exploded out of the Pacific Northwest into a industry with revenues topping $270-million in 2006. The spark was two working mothers in Snohomish, Wash., who went into business sharing recipes for homemade frozen gourmet entrees. Their Dream Dinners now has 234 franchised stores. Super Suppers from Forth Worth, Texas, has 200.
Still, most stores are single units run by would-be entrepreneurs. They have a habit of clustering in the same upper-end neighborhoods, insuring the industry eats its young. A store count from the Easy Meal Prep Association found 301 stores opened in 2007 while 138 closed.”

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• Why the Meal Prep / Meal Assembly Kitchen Franchises are Failing. Part 3
• Publix spices up recipe with Lithia meal-preparation store
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• Dream Dinners of Fort Mill Celebrates Three Year Anniversary