Overview of ready meals.

... Research 1 A ready meal is... perceived as a 'one person meal, intended as the major constituent for a dinner time occasion, that is chilled or frozen and that requires no preparation other than heating and could be eaten on it's own'. Quote from: The Meat Business 1998 by the Meat and Livestock Commission. Chilled meals tend to be more expensive, fresher and better for immediate use than frozen meals. But people might buy ready meals and freeze them at home if they do not shop often. Chilled ready meals market is worth £600m and M&S own about 50% of it. The ready meals market grown about 20% per year, this shows a major change in lifestyles. Overview of ready meals. Chilled ready meals. *The sale of chilled ready meals has increased as they are believed to be healthy and because chilled ready meals used to be more expensive than frozen ready meals, but they have now

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