Dwight Yoakam's Line of Bakersfield Biscuits Brand(R) of Frozen Foods Is Now Offered in Local Chicago-Area Jewel Food Stores

Dwight Yoakam's Line of Bakersfield Biscuits Brand(R) of Frozen Foods Is Now Offered in Local Chicago-Area Jewel Food Stores

LOS ANGELES, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Dwight Yoakam is more than a Multi- GRAMMY(R) winning country music sensation and actor. The multi-talented star is also the creative force behind his Bakersfield Biscuits Brand(R) of frozen foods which is introducing its line of frozen delicacies into Chicago-area Jewel grocery stores. Jewel customers and Bakersfield Biscuits fans will now be able to purchase the Chicken Lickin's(R) brand Chicken Fries and Chicken Lickin's(R) brand Buffalo Style Bites which are available in the frozen food section of the meat department.

The Jewel Tea Company started it all in 1899 with tea and coffee being sold from the back of horse-drawn wagons in the Chicago area. By 1932, the purchase of 70 former Loblaw stores expanded the business into full-fledged grocery stores. Today, Jewel-Osco operates 204 food and drug combination stores and 77 freestanding drug stores in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and Wisconsin. One-stop shopping used to mean convenience and broad selection of food and drug products, but Jewel-Osco has since expanded the definition to include on-site banking, full-service bakery services, prepared meals, floral shops and photographic processing services. Jewel-Osco is the Midwest Division of Albertsons, which is located in Boise, Idaho. The company is now 2,400 stores strong in 38 states and employs over 200,000 associates.

"I'm delighted to finally be able to introduce Bakersfield Biscuits Brand 'Chicken Lickin's' Chicken Fries and Buffalo Bites to the Chicago-area," says Yoakam. "We've had a great response to all our 'Chicken Lickin's' products throughout other parts of the country."

Modern Foods markets and distributes the Dwight Yoakam Bakersfield Biscuits Brand line of frozen food products nationwide. "Modern Foods and Dwight Yoakam, as a team, have been very adept at creating innovative retail food products that zero in on the changing needs of the consuming public," says John Marburger, President of Modern Foods, based at the Grissom Aeroplex in Peru, Indiana. "The positive consumer feedback has been tremendous, it just shows we are moving in the right direction."

Yoakam's Chicken Fries are breaded, French fry-shaped all white meat chicken breast patties with rib meat. Also made from all white meat chicken breast meat patties with rib meat, the breading of Buffalo Style Bites has a spicy buffalo-style flavor and are shaped like drumettes and wings. Both products are boneless and fully cooked, come in convenient resealable poly bags and are ready to prepare in just minutes: "Just heat 'em and eat 'em(TM)," says Dwight.

Currently, Yoakam is on his "Watch Out Tour '06" in support of his critically acclaimed album "Blame the Vain." Yoakam can also be seen alongside Tommy Lee Jones in the critically acclaimed motion picture "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada."

The Bakersfield Biscuits Brand of frozen food products includes three types of Chicken Lickin's Chicken Fries, Chicken Lickin's Buffalo Bites, three types of Lanky Links pork sausage, Platter Patties pork sausage patties, as well as Border bean dips.

For more information on Modern Foods and Yoakam's Bakersfield Biscuits Brand of frozen foods, including a full list of product descriptions and tasty recipes please visit www.modernfoods.net.

For more information on Dwight Yoakam, including biographies, message boards, photos, tour dates and more, please visit his website at www.dwightyoakam.com.

Source: Modern Foods

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