Deli

Supermarket rotisserie chickens share a few characteristics — steamed skin, similar look, and they all taste pretty good while they are warm. The quality of the birds was affected most by how they were handled and monitored. Here are notes on the chickens we tried from 14 Washington area stores, listed in alphabetical order. We weighed them and in some cases found discrepancies in the weights listed on the label. …

Aiming to make the holidays easier and even more delicious, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has opened online ordering for its freshly prepared Thanksgiving Dinners. Customers can choose from a roast turkey, spiral ham or beef rib roast with a number of tasty side dishes that feed 8 for around $8 per person. Fresh & Easy will prepare the fresh holiday meals at its world-class kitchen. …

Grissom’s Foods VP and General Manager Keith McIntosh has named food industry veteran Toni Reeves as the company’s National Sales Manager. …

Sabra Dipping Company, the country's leading hummus manufacturer, introduced a new flavor of its Garden Variety hummus, Asian Fusion.  Inspired by the tradition of Asian cuisine, Asian Fusion hummus brings two culinary worlds together, uniting ginger and sesame flavors with rich hummus. The new variety will be available this month in stores nationwide with more Garden Variety flavors to follow next year. Two other Garden Varieties, Tuscan Herb and Southwest, were released earlier in 2012. …

The new report from IDDBA, Consumer Shopping Dynamics: The Decision Tree, finds that shoppers expect better information in the deli and bakery. Consumers today have nearly unlimited access to every kind of information. It is not surprising that they are looking for information in the deli and bakery as well. The full report is available at www.iddba.org. …