Supermarket deli business is hot, hot, hot. In data reported by Supermarket News, deli-prepared food sales totaled $31.3 billion for the 12-month period ending August 27, 2022. These statistics reflect a 9.3% year-over-year growth and a 19.2% uptick from the pre-pandemic 2019 period.
Much of that growth is from prepared fried foods like fried chicken, potatoes, and vegetables, but supermarkets are often hard-pressed to meet the increased demand for these menu items because of inherent difficulties, such as handling cooking oil inside grocery stores, maintaining oil quality, labor shortages, oil storage, and safety issues.
A proper fryer management program can markedly improve convenience, safety, and quality and offer a measurable value add for supermarkets.
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