Prepared Foods

Plymouth, Wis.-based Sargento has made it easier to plan meals and add excitement to salad and potato dishes with the introduction of the latest Salad and Potato Finishers.

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. has unveiled the newest incarnation of its A&P Fresh store at 459 Route 31 South in Hampton, N.J. The newly renovated location offers customers a “one-stop” gourmet shopping experience with fresh foods and quality groceries offered amidst an innovative European market design.

Kroger is going gourmet and all out with its new and largest store, located in Texas. Jacksonville, Fla.-based Regency Centers, a national owner, operator and developer of grocery-anchored and community shopping centers, has announced the completion of construction at Waterside Marketplace shopping center with the formal opening of the center, and the first and largest Kroger Marketplace store in Texas, in October.

Tyson Foods has rolled out Skillet Creations meal kits, which enable consumers to make a full meal in just 10 minutes. Containing 45 percent less sodium than previous Tyson frozen meal kits, Skillet Creations come in five varieties: Grilled Chicken Fajitas, Grilled Steak Fajitas, Grilled Chicken Tuscany & Penne, Asian Style Orange Chicken, and Strogonoff.

As home cooking continues its ascendance in these difficult economic times, Berkeley, Calif.-based Simply Asia Foods has brought out five new stir-fry sauce pouches that add instant flavor to authentic at-home Asian dishes.

In celebration of May as National Bar-B-Que Month, Pat and Gina Neely, breakout stars of the Food Network’s hit show “Down Home with the Neelys,” will make a guest appearance and sign copies of their new cookbook at Schnuck Markets, Inc.’s Chesterfield, Mo., store on May 30. To build further interest in the event, all Schnucks stores will offer the cookbook at a significant discount of $16.77 -- 40 percent off the cover price.

New Yorkers summering in the Hamptons on Long Island this year will once again be able to receive deliveries from e-grocer FreshDirect. Beginning May 14, the company will resume its Hamptons summer service, offering convenient fresh seasonal and local produce and foods, including barbecue-ready fresh items, competitively priced groceries, organic and natural selections, and bulk products.

Dinner plans have become easier yet with the market introduction of four additions to Tyson’s Heat ’n’ Eat Dinner Meats Line. The Springdale, Ark.-based food processor is producing these items for the refrigerated meat case of the grocery store, supplementing the nine brand offerings already in stores.