Year after year, potatoes remain the most menued item in foodservice*. Whether it’s a center-of-the plate item or an innovative side dish, potatoes are the perfect canvas for your globally-inspired dishes. From craveable comfort to buzzworthy innovation—or anything between—potatoes are the vegetable guaranteed to always be a hit.
*Source: 2016 Technomic, Inc.
Available in a wide range of fresh, frozen and dehydrated forms, potatoes are the new go-to ingredient when it’s time to innovate. From side dishes to center-of-the-plate, they hold their own no matter how you feature them. Little wonder they are one of the America’s most popular and beloved vegetables.*
*Source: 2016 Technomic, Inc.
Whether they’re baked, mashed, scalloped or roasted, in a bowl or on a pizza, on a salad bar or behind the line—potatoes make for happy kids and clean plates. And not only are they delicious, but potatoes provide the energy, carbohydrate and potassium kids need to power performance throughout the school day.
Today’s consumers value flavor, freshness, and convenience making potatoes an excellent choice to meet today’s consumer demands. Potatoes USA is here to help retailers understand shopper behaviors, potato assortment, pricing and merchandising options to drive their potato category performance, while also inspiring consumers with the variety, versatility and creativity potatoes can bring to their meals. Come explore shopper data, educational tools and market insights.
