Portion Usage Triples Following Covid Regulations To Stay Safe

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OVER THE PAST 9 MONTHS WE’VE SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE USE OF SINGLE PORTIONS DUE TO HYGIENE FACTORS AND WITH THE INCREASE IN TAKEAWAY OFFERINGS.

The UK Government launched a set of Covid secure guidelines for venues wanting to re-open to serve food & drink safely.  These guidelines emphasised the need for an increase in hygiene measures, with which it was advised to use single serve portions where possible to avoid the use of shared sugar pots or condiment shakers. (Read more)

Portion usage has increased dramatically with the number of pepper portions sold alone increasing by 350% compared to last year, and salt increasing by 134%! 

Why have portions become so popular? 

  • Reduced risk as portions are single use. Portions provide a clean and hygienic option that avoids the spread of unwanted germs.

  • Customers don’t have to share spoons/touch open bowls, bottles, shakers or grinders. This reduces consumer touch points and potential contamination.

  • Helps downtime as less items on tables that need to be cleaned between sittings.

  • Saves waste and the cost of having to discard bowls of sauces or preserves, which cannot be left out at self-service areas or on tables between guest sittings

  • Portions have always been great for takeaway food options - there has been a large increase in the number of food outlets offering takeaway food over the last couple of months.

  • They are very inexpensive and do not add measurably to the cost of the meal, yet actually offer a great branding opportunity.

Did you also know portions can now be made using compostable paper? Protect the environment & your customers! You can make a sustainability statement too by using our Rainforest Alliance Sustainably sourced Black pepper, Mediterranean Sea salt or even Himalayan Pink Salt.

To find out more about the benefits of Portions, such why they save money, click on the following link https://bit.ly/31SVU4d

National Burger Day! What is the most popular sauce?

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It's National Burger Day, so thinking about all things that go with burgers...

What is the most popular sauce?!

Some would say sauce is a very important necessity with all foods, but with so many available that spoil us for choice, which sauce should you choose? There are a large number of new sauces that have come to the market over the recent years (including the Heinz Smokey Baconnaise we have just been trying here at Nutshell) but it seems the good old sauces are always still top of the pops.

Let’s take a look at the most popular sauces at Nutshell over the past year…

1.       Heinz Tomato Ketchup
No surprise here as Tomato Ketchup has always been one of the most popular sauces in the world! But it shows the old faithful still goes on. In the past year Nutshell sold nearly 3 times as much as all the other sauces put together!

2.       HP Brown Sauce
Another iconic sauce that’s still very popular and often served as an option alongside Tomato Ketchup, although it doesn’t quite drum up the same volume! That said it is the 2nd most popular, mainly due to its uniqueness.

3.       Heinz Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise - a sauce you can have with anything! Hence it’s up there as people like the creaminess and don’t just use it in sandwiches and salads as it commonly would have been.

4.       Heinz BBQ Sauce
A truly legendary sauce, one of the tastes of summer, reminder of the fun times around the BBQ. Long live summer. Often used as a marinade for meat, to give it a great flavour.

5.       Heinz Tartare Sauce
A surprise? Maybe not the sauce you expected to see near the top of the list, but a ‘must have’ with your seafood dish.

What does the future hold? Everyone likes to try new sauces and new flavours are always welcomed, will Tomato Ketchup get knocked off its perch….?

The team here at Nutshell are often found doing trials on new sauces to continually improve our product range. We’re like bees around a honey pot when a new sauce comes in! Any reason to roll in the bacon butties (or whatever suits)!

Looking for a bit of punch in your sauce? Check out the Heinz Firecracker sauce – a smokey, tomato based sauce with a chipotle spicy kick. It goes perfectly with pizzas, meats or anything you want to spice up!