As Shoppers Continue to Cook at Home and Increase Spending, Side Delights Potato Products Deliver on the 2022 Trends

Newport Seaside, CA – Aspect Delights® kicks off the New 12 months with the plant-based merchandise that customers search to save lots of money and time whereas lowering meals waste. Whereas cooking at house is right here to remain, customers are in search of straightforward to organize meals. Latest information reveals that 44 p.c of customers cooked extra usually in 2021 than pre-pandemic¹, and with supply-chain considerations and a renewed appreciation of consuming at dwelling, the pattern doesn’t look like going away. In a current KPMG survey, customers estimated a 22% enhance in meals expenditures in 2022 in comparison with pre-Covid spending². In response to the Produce Blue Guide High 5 Meals Developments of 2022, “Simple Meals” earns the primary spot³.

Aspect Delights® provides customers an inexpensive resolution with varied time-saving merchandise such because the comfort line of Steamables, Bakeables, and Grillables and potato kits together with Flavorables and SaltHouse potatoes that are packaged with seasonings and particular salts. Your complete line of Aspect Delights® merchandise additionally consists of widespread potato varieties, natural and connoisseur potatoes with quick and easy recipes for any meal kind at any time of day on the Recipe Page of the Side Delights Website.       

Along with comfort, Aspect Delights® potato merchandise help the elevated give attention to ‘Environmentally Aware Consuming,’ as customers begin the brand new yr with a renewed curiosity within the Mediterranean weight loss program, Entire 30, flexitarian diets, and a dedication to lowering food waste.⁴ “Potatoes are excellent for plant-based diets based mostly on their dietary worth, filling nature, and their flexibility,” mentioned Kathleen Triou, President and CEO of Recent Options Community. “Recent potatoes have a protracted shelf life and leftover potatoes may be mashed or utilized in recipes akin to soup or a potato hash – lowering meals waste and saving cash. They’re the suitable vegetable to advertise this time of yr.” 

For extra info on Aspect Delights® merchandise and its community of farms, go to SideDelights.com and GrownWhereItMatters.com.

1. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1243529/changes-in-cooking-habits-since-the-start-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/
2. https://www.supermarketnews.com/consumer-trends/us-consumers-expect-higher-grocery-spending-2022
3. https://www.producebluebook.com/2022/01/05/top-5-food-trends-for-2022/#
4. https://www.marthastewart.com/8191479/food-trends-2022

About Recent Options Community, LLC:  Recent Options Community (FSN) is the unique provider of Aspect Delights^® potatoes and onions.  FSN is a gaggle of family-owned potato and onion growers and shippers who assist contemporary potato and onion consumers develop their classes, maximize class funding, and enhance gross sales. FSN delivers class insights, collaborative innovation, and customised assortment. Recent Options Community, LLC companions embrace: Sterman Masser, Inc. (Masser Potato Farms and Keystone Potato Merchandise in Sacramento and Hegins, PA), Recent Resolution Farms (White Pigeon, MI), Michael Household Farms, Inc.  (Urbana, OH), Basin Gold Cooperative, Inc. (Pasco, WA), NoKota Packers, Inc. (Buxton, ND), Solar-Glo of Idaho, Inc. (Sugar Metropolis, ID) and Mack Farms (Lake Wales, FL).