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24 MYROUSESEVERYDAY MARCH | APRIL 2013
I t appears the rest of the country is finally catching up to the way we eat.
SupermarketNews reported that the AmericanCulinary Federation has
identified locally sourced meats and seafood, and locally grown produce,
as hot trends for 2013. Eating local has been a hot trend around here for centuries.
Other trends to watch? We’re adding even more international groceries to our
shelves, as Indian, Asian, Middle Eastern, European and Central American
and South American food becomes even more popular. You can shop the
world in our store.We’re also introducing new farmstead cheeses, and artisanal
breads, charcuterie, honeys and chocolate, and other smaller batch, distinctive
products. And more choices for people on special diets are hitting our shelves
every day. Gluten-free food is becoming even more popular than 2012.
We here at Rouses are celebrating one other trend; it’s an upward trend, from
#10 to #7 on the Supermarket News list of 2013 Top 10 Small Chains and
Independents. Thank you for helping us grow our local company into a
national success.
—Donny Rouse
12 Great Things to
Eat Right Now
1. Crawfish-boiled hot dogs
and green onion smoked sausage
2. Beefsteak tomato sandwiches
3. Bagels with cream cheese and Mayhaw jelly
4. Tabasco Bloody Mary’s with Boscoli okra,
spicy beans and olives and onions
5. Sammy Kershaw’s Spices and Sauces
on burgers and steaks
6. Beer-battered fried catfish
7. Mickey Brown’s tamales
8. Chappapeela Farm’s Louisiana duck
9. Natchitoches crawfish pies
10. Crawfish Monica
(available at Jazz Fest and in our frozen seafood case)
11. Sweet potato fries
12. Kleinpeter’s Ponchatoula
strawberry
ice cream 12