Market Selections®

Before pizza boxes were invented, takeout pizzas were often placed on cardboard bases and slipped into large paper bags for customers to carry home.

For centuries, local markets served as community gathering places where shoppers picked up fresh ingredients, prepared foods, and daily essentials all in one stop.

Cheese was discovered more than 7,000 years ago and remains one of the world's oldest prepared foods.

The word "deli" comes from the German word delikatessen, meaning “delicacies” or fine foods.

Pizza traces its roots to flatbreads that have been enjoyed for thousands of years, long before modern pizzerias became popular.

Prepared foods became increasingly popular in the mid-20th century as advances in refrigeration and packaging made it easier to keep ready-to-eat meals fresh and convenient.