Convenience products such as lunchmeat, lunch kits, frankfurters, dinner sausage,
breakfast meats and convenience meats enjoyed sales of $14 billion last year
and the sector is expected to grow even larger due to new developments in flavoring
and convenience packaging. Consumer demand for convenience meat is the fastest
growing category in the refrigerated processed meat market, according to Packaged
Facts. Total sales in refrigerated processed meats market should reach $17 billion
by 2006.