Scope of this Report

Retail Prepared Refrigerated Foods: The Market and Technologies

This report quantifies and analyzes the retail market for prepared, refrigerated food products sold through U.S. supermarket deli, meat, and produce departments.
Technologies and best practices to enhance product quality, assure product safety, and extend product shelf life are discussed in detail.

Sales estimates include those made through U.S. supermarket channels only. Sales made through convenience stores, warehouse clubs, drugstores, and other classes of trade are not included. Sales made by restaurants and institutions are also excluded, unless otherwise noted.

What This Study Does Not Include

For the purposes of this study, products that are not defined as prepared refrigerated foods include the following:

• Prepared products that are distributed and sold at frozen temperatures from supermarket frozen food cases,
• Dairy products, including milk and cheese, which, although processed, are not commonly considered prepared foods,
• Sliced meats sold through self-service and full-service deli departments,
• Produce that has no added value, such as bulk vegetables and fruit with PLU (Price Look Up) numbers, and
• Raw meat, pork, or poultry that has no added value.

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