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Healthy Foods Stay on Trend
The Mediterranean foods category remains strong.
After all these decades, Mediterranean foods continue to be the flagship category in the deli.
But while venerable Mediterranean products remain vibrant and growing, the pandemic and its eco- nomic aftermath changed everything about what consumers want in the deli and how
they want to purchase it.
BY BOB JOHNSON
The deli traces its roots back to the neighborhood markets that made familiar items available to Italian, Greek, Jewish and Middle Eastern immigrant commu- nities, and continues as a destination for consumers looking for fine foods that fit with a modern healthy lifestyle.
“We’remoreinterestedinMediterranean foods because they align well with the new diets,” says Greg Klein, chief marketing
officer at Lakeview Farms, Delphos, OH. “They have relatively simple ingredients and clean labels, and a lot of them are bean based, which is in demand.”
Lakeview Farms started offering dips, desserts and specialty items in 1988 and has steadily expanded its ethnic offerings by acquiring Tribe Mediterranean Foods, Inc., Flan Rico Confectionery Inc., Luisa’s and Simply Fresh Foods, Inc.
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