The pandemic has taken ghost kitchens from a budding trend to one of the fastest-growing, most important restaurant opportunities today. Many experts believe the shift from dine-in to delivery-focused kitchens is here to stay. Either way, the rise of the ghost kitchen presents new challenges and opportunities—and knowing how to optimize them will be key to ongoing success.

Foods like fresh-dried mashed potatoes are perfect for ghost kitchens for several key reasons. Most importantly, high-quality fresh-dried mashed potatoes taste just as delicious as fresh-made mashed potatoes. Their texture, flavor, appearance, and customer appeal are equally as good.

In addition, fresh dried mashed potatoes deliver an impressive list of benefits for ghost kitchens:

• They hold and travel well—a must for takeout and delivery orders.
• They’re shelf-stable—making them an excellent pantry staple that can be kept on hand without taking up valuable space in the refrigerator or freezer.
• They require no peeling, chopping, or boiling—reducing kitchen staff needs.
• They can be prepped in batches and stored in the refrigerator for a few days, further reducing labor demands.

A final, and significant, benefit of fresh-dried mashed potatoes is that now, more than ever, customers are craving comfort foods.

And nothing delivers comfort like mashed potatoes.

Content courtesy of Idahoan Foods

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