MANAGEMENT/ CHEFS:

Ti Martin, Alex Brennan Martin, Brad Brennan — Co-proprietors

Paul McGoey — Co-proprietor/General Manager

Stacey Leonhard — General Manager

Jamie Shannon — Executive Chef

WHAT:

Foodies Kitchen® is the first full-service meals market to open in New Orleans.

Foodies Kitchen® offers an interactive shopping experience featuring a over 100 restaurant prepared meals for the home, all available daily. This innovative shopping experience offers fine wines, artisan breads, the freshest produce and meats, specialty food items and a coffee bar. Shoppers are invited to dine-in, but there’s no wait and no waiters in the informal dining area!

HISTORY:

1999 New Orleans Magazine — Best Prepared Meals

MISCELLANEOUS/OPERATIONS:

* Open daily from 7 AM to 10 PM

* Limited seating in the café and al fresco

* All major credit cards accepted

* Handicap access

* Non-smoking facility

WHY?

Over one third of Americans say they would like to eat more meals prepared away from home than cooked at home. So, the U.S.market is 33% under served. In 1996, for the first time, people ate more meals prepared away from home than cooked in the home.Today's busy consumers hit the streets with open minds and empty stomachs. At 4:00 p.m. 71% of the U.S. adult population does not know what they are having for dinner. Our society has cultivated an educated and intrigued culinary public.

Food magazines, food channels, cooking vacations, celebrity chefs and increased leisure travel have contributed to a large constituency of food enthusiasts. Foodies Kitchen® is a meals market!.