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Side Delights® offers consumers healthy and convenient menu options for 2019 as plant-based food trends continue and retail potato sales top $11 billion in 2018 San Francisco, CA  (February 13, 2019)– Side Delights®supports the growing Food as Medicineand plant-based menu movement to help treat and prevent chronic illness. Naturally plant-based, Side Delights®fresh potatoes creates lines of healthy and flavorful value-added kits, gourmet, convenience, organic, fresh-cut and bagged potatoes. The trend is making an impact at the store level, with a 20% growth increase in plant-based food at retail and plant-based foods dollar...
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Convenient potato products provide sports fans and athletes with hearty healthy side dishes San Francisco, CA  (08/23/18)–– The Green Bay Packers reportedly created the term tailgating in 1919. They used this to describe the activity of fans with pick up trucks packed with foods such as “ham, potatoes, and custards and enjoyed them from the back of the truck with the ‘tailgate’ down.1” Nearly a century later, tailgating has evolved, but one thing has stood the test of time as America’s number one side dish – Potatoes. Tailgating is no longer...
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Side Delights® makes it easy to follow the 2018 Best Diets with Potatoes San Francisco, CA  (May 21, 2018)– Side Delights shared data from the recently released U.S. News and World Report 2018 Best Diets rankings report1, with the top five focusing on vegetables, including potatoes.  The top two ranked diets (a tie) are the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet. The Mediterranean diet is based on the healthy eating habits of the region and recommends foods such as olive oil, fish, and vegetables – such as potatoes. The report...
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Side Delights® answers the question, “What to serve with my BBQ this grilling season?” San Francisco, CA  (June 4, 2018)– Grilling is synonymous with holidays, but according to a recent study – the 4thof July leads with 63% of Americans selecting it as their choice for bringing out the grill1, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Father’s Day, and Mother’s Day round out the top five.  BBQ Bible Author and expert Steven Raichlen predicted back in 2015 that “Side dishes would move center stage” and they have done just that. According to...
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Side Delights® makes it easy to teach kids to cook and make healthy meals with potatoes San Francisco, CA  (April 23, 2018) – Side Delights® announces easy recipes and options for parents and children who want to make healthy choices, while the popularity of cooking shows for junior chefs creates a new interest in cooking for kids. Side Delights® potatoes are the ideal solution for teaching kids to choose healthy choices while helping them learn to cook.  Side Delights® offers parents and kids easy recipes that are good for them...
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Side Delights® provides consumers with a variety of potatoes and recipes for creative brunch menu items in line with 2018 trends San Francisco, CA  (March 7, 2018) – Side Delights® announces potatoes as a favorite in the growing brunch trend as consumers continue to embrace brunch beyond the weekend. Brunch is a top food trend again in 2018 for restaurant goers and home cooks, with the four top breakfast components being eggs, potatoes, bacon and bread.1 How do consumers want their potatoes prepared for brunch? Breakfast Hash is one of the top five...
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San Francisco, CA (February 20, 2018) – Side Delights® announces additional support for potatoes ability to impact athletic performance. Potatoes as a performance food are gaining notoriety during the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, with the newly released Olympian Menu and announcement that performance nutrition is now a critical part of athletes’ strategy to win. The PyeongChang 2018 athlete’s village kitchen has 180 chefs serving 7,000 meals a day at its peak, and two senior sports nutritionists appointed to the United States Olympic Committee. Team USA shipped 85 pallets...
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