Our society is always on the go. People seldom take the time to prepare meals from scratch anymore. Because of this, the need for heat and eat meals and snacks has grown exponentially. “Heat & eat” typically refers to meals that have been prepared from scratch, pre-cooked and frozen, refrigerated, dehydrated or preserved then packaged for protection and transport prior to being thawed, re-hydrated, heated and consumed.

Food manufacturers process many foods served in the foodservice industry, including most heat & eat items. In particular, pre-preparation and custom packaging of heat & eat foods enables the convenience store (C-store) operator to provide more consistency, be more efficient and help the faster paced, on-the-go consumer be on their way.

Windsor Foods, a leading food manufacturer, prepares heat & eat meals, snacks and hand-held food items like José Olé® burritos, mini tacos and tacos for foodservice outlets, as well as C-stores. C-Stores now have several brand new heat & eat choices for their on-the-go consumer. E-Z Eats!® from Windsor Foods, has a re-closable self-venting lid, cooks fast and just plain easy. With its exclusive cup design E-Z Eats!® fits into almost any car’s cup holder. It’s a natural for most ‘To-Go’ and C-store menu items.

To discover other hot new trends in heat & eat foods for foodservice, contact your broker at Windsor Foods today to learn of the many options available to make your operation a quick success.