Salads/Salad Bars to Grow

摘要

Five food categories are served by about 9 out of 10 operators and make up 60% of the total lunch sales: chicken-based hot entrees, salads/salad bars, burgers (e.g. hamburger, turkey, veggie), cold/hot sandwiches/subs and beef-based hot entrees. There are, however, some significant differences across segments in the percent of lunch sales in some of the categories. In schools, chicken-based hot entrees are 20% of total lunch sales compared to 15% in the other segments, and pizza/calzones are 13% versus 5% in the other segments. In colleges, burgers are 13% of total lunch sales compared to 9% in the other segments, while in nursing homes/long-term care/senior living, beef-based hot entrees are 13% of total lunch sales compared to 9% in the other segments.