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Three reasons why Homestyle fits the bill for delivery

Published on 22nd December 2021

Meal delivery, on the go and take-away continue to rule the roost in the ‘out of home’ food service industry, and we’re here to help you get ahead of the curve to meet the ever-increasing expectations of your consumers.

Latest research shows meal delivery, on the go and take away, accounted for over half of total ‘out of home’ spend in 2021, so offering good quality, streamlined delivery service is crucial, check out our helpful guide on how to get started here.

Why the big increase? It’s easy to point fingers at Covid… but since more and more restaurants are utilising delivery services such as Just Eat and Deliveroo, consumer demand for high quality meals brought to their door has sky rocketed.

With this in mind, here’s three reasons why our Homestyle brand can help you win over even the strictest of foodies amongst your customers… straight from the freezer.

Quality always wins

Quality is still consumers’ number 1 driver on where they will eat, coming in above price and breadth of choice. With this in mind, it could be a good idea to prioritise traditional consumer favourites and do these really well, alongside healthier options and any seasonal specials.

Keep the crunch

The major complaint people have when ordering food delivery is it arriving cold, tried and tested by our Development Team the innovative Homestyle coating keeps it crunch for extended periods whilst maintaining a warm, succulent core. Helping you extend your delivery zone whilst still keeping your customers happy with quality, consistent products.

Flexibility is your friend

71% of consumers would like to see new items on their food menu at least once a month, our versatile Homestyle range is perfect for changing your menu whilst still keeping the same core ingredients allowing you to use one product across your menu. Our Development Chef has created a quick and easy guide of 8 different ways you can use our Shredded Chicken on your menu, download it here.

You can view our award-winning Homestyle Range here, if you are looking to source a supplier or stock the range, please contact our Development Chef Chris Moyes on 01978 666115 or simply fill in a contact form.

Goodness Me! continues to lead the market, 25 years on

Published on 9th August 2021

As Meadowvale’s first branded food service product range launched over 25 years ago, Goodness Me! quickly became number 1 in popularity and central to the hospitality sector, from the school canteen to your favourite restaurant.

Throughout the years, Goodness Me! has remained largely unchanged, that is until now.

Meadowvale Foods is delighted to unveil exciting, new developments to the Goodness Me! Brand, it’s most sustainable range yet. Now using only responsibly sourced palm oil, with reduced salt and allergens, no phosphates and fully recyclable packaging.

Nigel O’Donnell, Managing Director of Meadowvale Foods explained the key strengths and benefits of the brand foing forward, saying:

“I’m thrilled to share the developments we’ve made to the Goodness Me! brand."

"The brief was clear, continue to deliver on our core values of serving healthier, tastier chicken, that have made us so successful, whilst bringing it in line with our goal to reduce our impact on the environment.”

Nigel continued,

“The new look GoodnessMe packaging is now fully recyclable, eliminating at least 9 tonnes of plastic going to landfill every year. In terms of the product, we only use responsibly sourced palm oil (RSPO), allergens have been reduced, salt content meets FSA guidelines and the meat content has been increased."

"All of this has been achieved whilst continuing to deliver great tasting, healthier chicken, using only natural chicken breast fillet, which of course, is fully cooked and individually quick frozen to help reduce waste and eliminate the risk of handling raw poultry, even more important in today’s environment.”

With the introduction of recyclable packaging, we have also taken the opportunity to upgrade the pack design and introduce all new on trend imagery for greater stand out in freezer. We have also created a number of menu idea videos to demonstrate the flexibility of the range and provide inspiration.

Chris Moyes, Development Chef at Meadow Vale praised the versitiliy of the brand, saying:

“Each product has so much versatility. From sandwiches to salads, wraps to burgers and great tasting curries, the products can be oven baked, added straight to your dish or thaw and served."

"As a chef in a busy kitchen, you can be confident you’re serving healthier, tastier natural chicken fillet breast with reduced salt, allergens and no phosphates.”

To request more information on the Goodness Me! range, please get in touch.

Our Commitment to Sustainability

Published on 16th August 2021

Moving our Goodness Me! range to recyclable packaging, eliminating food waste and installing solar panels to help power our offices are just a few examples of steps we are taking on our journey to become a more sustainable business and reduce our impact on the environment.

Packaging

One of our biggest changes is to our packaging, we are delighted to announce a major step forward on our packaging with our relaunched Goodness Me range now using only fully recyclable packaging, reducing our waste to landfill by 9 tonne each year. Alongside this we have reduced the bag size of our popular Cooked Chicken portion range saving a further 1 tonne.

Food Waste

A huge talking point within the industry is around food waste, restaurants are estimated to waste 200,000 tonnes of food each year. Frozen is a great way to combat waste as you only use what you need and it has a much longer shelf life. With our focus on tackling food waste, we have not sent any food to landfill for well over 5 years, we have also seen a huge trend of the industry switching to frozen to combat waste and the unpredictability we experienced during COVID.

Other great changes we have made is ditching the polystyrene when sending out samples to customers, these have moved to a printed carboard box which is fully recyclable and insulated with Wool from Wool Cool a natural recycled product that helps keep our products frozen.

Our main office building is now fitted with Solar Panels helping us produce renewable energy and reduce our carbon footprint.

Finally becoming more sustainable isn’t just about reducing our carbon footprint, we support our local community by making regular food donations to local charities.

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