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These Marinara Insights Will Make Your Menu Even Better!

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It’s already the workhorse among sauces in most kitchens, but there are even more ways to maximize your menu with marinara.

First, the lines between a red sauce and marinara are blurred on just how important both are for a menu. According to Datassential, red sauce appears in a menu description in 47% of menus nationwide. Marinara is on 32% of menus. Add a meat to either red sauce or marinara, and you’ll discover a menu penetration of 16% of ‘meat sauce’. Add them all up, and you’ll tally 95% of restaurant menus have relevance to the rich and hearty flavor that customers love.

Marinara is also one of the most versatile ingredients in the kitchen for menu applications beyond pasta. As a sandwich sauce, a sauce for meatballs, chicken parmesan, lasagna, are just a few. Then, as a dipping sauce, marinara is perfect for everything from pizza crusts and bread sticks to chicken tenders. Thus, marinara is clearly a kitchen essential.

Yet, unless your operation is positioned as an authentic Italian restaurant, most operators have turned to fully prepared marinara sauce as the solution. This time and labor solution also assures consistency in flavor and consistency.

Among the brands of fully prepared marineras, Tuttorosso® Fresh Marinara Sauce stands out from the competition. Made with fresh ground tomatoes, Tuttorosso offers a savory sauce with tomato puree and seasoned with extra virgin olive oil, onion, garlic, and spices.

Tuttorosso fully prepared sauces are made with fresh tomatoes.
Tuttorosso fully prepared sauces are made with fresh tomatoes.

The #1 best-selling Italian-inspired brand in retail*, Tuttorosso is the one that consumers know and love. Tuttorosso Fresh Marinara Sauce and Pizza Sauce offer a premium positioning for a menu, with a special trial offer of $10 off per case rebate on purchases through December 31, 2024. Want to try Tuttorosso? We’re so confident that you will make the switch, we’re happy to provide you with a free sample of our marinara sauce or pizza sauce.

*Circana, Total US MULO, Canned and Bottled Tomatoes, Italian Inspired Brands, Last 52 Weeks ending 11-3-24