{"id":9152,"date":"2020-09-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/40.87.96.138\/?p=7191"},"modified":"2020-12-09T15:13:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T20:13:40","slug":"grocery-dive-walmart-elevates-meal-options-with-sushi-and-craft-beer-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hisshosushibeer.bar\/my\/2020\/09\/09\/grocery-dive-walmart-elevates-meal-options-with-sushi-and-craft-beer-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Grocery Dive: Walmart elevates meal options with sushi and craft beer restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9152\" class=\"elementor elementor-9152\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f7fdf42 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f7fdf42\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65541280\" data-id=\"65541280\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55edc6d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55edc6d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Article Originally Published on Grocery Dive, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grocerydive.com\/news\/walmart-elevates-meal-options-with-sushi-and-craft-beer-restaurant\/584898\/\">\u1019\u1030\u101b\u1004\u103a\u1038\u1000\u102d\u102f\u1016\u1010\u103a\u101b\u103e\u102f\u1016\u102d\u102f\u1037\u1012\u102e\u1014\u1031\u101b\u102c\u1000\u102d\u102f\u1014\u103e\u102d\u1015\u103a\u1015\u102b<\/a> \u1000 <span>Krishna Thakker<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b6a3e1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3b6a3e1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cc-devserver.com\/dev\/wp-hisshosushibeer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/CBB-News-Feature.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22fee310 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22fee310\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Dive Brief:<\/h3><div>\u00a0<\/div><ul><li><span>Walmart is partnering with Hissho Sushi and Craft Beer Bar to launch the concept inside a Walmart Supercenter in Rogers, Arkansas, according to a press release. The sushi restaurant serves items including hand-rolled sushi and hot appetizers and will employ 20 people, including highly trained sushi chefs.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span>Selections on the menu include California rolls, as well as spicy red pepper and crunchy shrimp rolls. Hot appetizers include Asian chicken wings,\u00a0shrimp, dim sum and a list of eight wines and 12 rotating beers on tap featuring beers from local brewery Bike Rack Brewing Company. The restaurant also serves breakfast items like avocado toast, acai bowls and fruit smoothies.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span>To open its in-store restaurant during COVID-19, Walmart and Hissho will provide employees with training focused on hand-washing and sanitation and require them to wear masks and be screened before each shift. The restaurant will also be operating at half capacity with tables and chairs spread six feet apart, and require customers to wear a mask to enter, per Arkansas\u2019 guidelines.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"hybrid-ad-wrapper hide-small show-large\"><div class=\"hybrid-ad-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"hide-small show-large\"><div data-container-ad-unit-id=\"\/21662595662\/grocerydive\/grocerydivehybrid2-desktop\"><div class=\"row native-ad brand-studio\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79ee8597 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79ee8597\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Dive Insight:<\/h3><div>\u00a0<\/div><p><span>While many customers are still choosing to cook at home and skipping the dine-in restaurant experience due to safety concerns, Walmart&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><span>full-service, in-store restaurant signals the grocer&#8217;s interest in elevating its meal options. Although the grocer has always offered the typical supermarket prepared foods like fried chicken and deli items, shoppers are looking for new dishes, and innovation is key in keeping them interested.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Supermarket prepared foods represent the fastest-growing sector of the foodservice industry and exceed $12.7 billion in annual sales,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grocerydive.com\/news\/prepared-foods-drive-deli-sales-but-gaps-remain\/562339\/\">according to FMI<\/a>. While sushi has always been a supermarket staple, consumers have shifted to wanting more than just a grab-and-go selection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Walmart has worked with Hissho, the nation\u2019s second-largest sushi provider, in the past. The grocer launched &#8220;Hissho on the Go&#8221;\u00a0at Walmart locations in the Charlotte, North Carolina,\u00a0area late last year. Hissho chefs make hand-rolled sushi off-site daily for delivery to the stores.<\/span><\/p><p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Prior to Walmart, Hissho\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grocerydive.com\/news\/meijer-opens-sushi-restaurant-and-craft-beer-bar\/572263\/\">partnered with Meijer<\/a>\u00a0right before the pandemic to open its craft beer and sushi bar inside a location in Brighton, Michigan. The restaurant features offerings similar to what Walmart\u2019s Hissho restaurant sells, but works with a different local brewery<\/span>.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span>In addition, Hy-Vee and QFC recently opened sushi bars inside new stores, Wegmans now offers sushi to-go through its delivery app and Target tested a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grocerydive.com\/news\/grocery--will-sustainable-sushi-boost-targets-grocery-business\/533983\/\">sustainable sushi line<\/a>\u00a0in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article Originally Published on Grocery Dive, click here to read the\u00a0original by Krishna Thakker Dive Brief: \u00a0 Walmart is partnering with Hissho Sushi and Craft Beer Bar to launch the concept inside a Walmart Supercenter in Rogers, Arkansas, according to a press release. 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