Packer Insight — Chef’d and Other Meal Kits at Retail

Produce Retailer editor Pamela Riemenschneider and staff writer Ashley Nickle discuss the revamped meal kits from Chef’d and other products now in stores -- and the all-important question of where to merchandise them.

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November 15, 2022 01:46 AM

Pamela Riemenschneider and Ashley Nickle

Produce Retailer editor Pamela Riemenschneider and staff writer Ashley Nickle discuss the revamped meal kits from Chef’d and other products now in stores -- and the all-important questions of where to merchandise them.

MORE: Shelf life improvement sparks rapid retail growth for Chef’d

MORE: Pamela’s Kitchen: Chef’d Meal Kits

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