Food artisans and the new gourmet snacking trend

Artisan bakers are the pioneers of this route to differentiation, with an ever-broader offering of sandwiches, open sandwiches, quiches, breakfast deals, lunches and other takeaway snacks throughout the day. All the other food artisans, such as butchers, charcutiers, fishmongers, greengrocers, cheesemongers and pastry chefs, can also enhance their offering through gourmet snacking for immediate or […]

Artisan bakers are the pioneers of this route to differentiation, with an ever-broader offering of sandwiches, open sandwiches, quiches, breakfast deals, lunches and other takeaway snacks throughout the day. All the other food artisans, such as butchers, charcutiers, fishmongers, greengrocers, cheesemongers and pastry chefs, can also enhance their offering through gourmet snacking for immediate or later consumption at the office or at home.

For example, butchers can offer takeaway plates of meat carpaccio. Charcutier-caterers often present traditional or exotic ready-made dishes, served hot or ready to reheat at the office or at home. Greengrocers will attract on-the-go consumers with gazpachos, tapas, fruit or vegetable salads made from freshly cut produce for the summer, minestrones and soups in winter, as well as vegetable broths and freshly squeezed fruit juices. Fishmongers can ride the wave of takeaway sushi. They also know how to prepare fish & chips or a ceviche for the menu of the day. Cheesemongers create cheese-based sandwiches or platters for aperitif-style dining in summer. They can also offer a complete package for a successful raclette or cheese fondue at home. Pastry chefs bank on originality with exotic pastries at teatime.

With 70 years’ experience in manufacturing small cooking equipment and refrigeration appliances for fast food, Roller Grill offers all artisans of taste in search of snacking offers the widest range of compact, high-performance equipment designed for intensive use, such as planchas, induction hobs, toasters, contact grills, crêpe machines, waffle makers, hot-dog concepts, bains-marie, fryers, refrigerated display cabinets, tapas display cabinets etc.