Prepared meals popular at grocery chains

Whether it?s from a traditional grocery or a health-food chain, the most popular item this holiday season is prepared meals that take a couple of hours to reheat.

Ten years ago, Wegmans Food Market, which has one Maryland store in Hunt Valley, began offering prepared traditional turkey meals that include a fully cooked and seasoned turkey, herb stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, buttered corn with red peppers, fresh cranberry relish and dinner rolls. It?s enough to feed 10 people. Sales of prepared holiday meals are up 30 percent this year from last year at Wegmans.