Deli/Prepared Foods
Lunds & Byerlys, Edina, Minn.
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imple, quality ingredients form the foundation of the prepared food offering at Creations Café, located in 14 of Lunds & Byerlys’ 26 locations. The Edina, Minn.-based retailer focuses on choice when it comes to the café, which features hot and cold buffets, and salad and taco bars. “The differentiation there is behind the scenes — our kitchen teams,” says John Stueland, director of deli and foodservice. “They source great-quality ingredients. They do minimum processing and preparation to them, and they just put out great, simple, fresh, high-quality prepared foods.” The self-service element of Creations Café allows customers to create their own meals in the portions they want, without being hemmed in by a predefined portion or price point; however, the cafes also offer whole sandwiches, subs and sushi. The eateries also have a dedicated checkout so customers can quickly purchase their items to take out or eat in. In both the Creations Café and the deli department, Lunds & Byerlys has introduced several better-for-you options to meet customer demand. Stueland’s team has
added freshroasted and -steamed vegetables, as well as replaced the breaded and fried fish items with baked or broiled nonbreaded salmon, cod or tilapia. While pasta is still available, the selection is usually only one variety instead of the three or four previously offered, and now fresh, seasonal grains are on the menu, like brown rice and quinoa. The deli also offers an extensive cheese department with highly trained cheesemongers, many of whom have been certified by the Denver-based American Cheese Society. “It’s great to have the certification on the wall of the cheese counter, or on the name badge of the employee, but the whole group just benefits from having the training,” Stueland says.
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