Meat and poultry, which traditionally have been powerful supermarket deli magnets, are becoming less forceful.
Deli meats sales were flat in 2014, with a volume increase of 1.1 percent, reports the Nielsen Perishables Group, a Chicago-based fresh foods consulting and research firm. Meats, which comprise 20.7 percent of deli revenues, trail the 2014 overall deli growth of 5.7 percent in volume and 7.4 percent in dollars.