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Schnuck Markets serves up modern Asian cuisine via new restaurant partner

Grab-and-go items from Sister Sister Kitchen roll out to all stores

Russell Redman

January 26, 2022

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Sister Sister Kitchen entrees and appetizers will be sold in the deli and prepared foods areas at all Schnucks locations.Schnuck Markets

Extending its partnerships with local restaurants, Schnuck Markets plans to carry a line of pan-Asian grab-and-go entrees and appetizers from Sister Sister Kitchen in St. Louis.

Schnucks said Wednesday that the Sister Sister Kitchen items will be sold in the deli and prepared foods sections at all of its store locations. Offerings will include entrees such as General Tso’s chicken, vegetable lo mein and Singapore noodles along with appetizers like egg rolls, potstickers, crab rangoon and many others.

Part of St. Louis-based LuLu Restaurant Group, Sister Sister Kitchen describes itself as a contemporary restaurant concept offering a modern twist on favorite Asian dishes, including dim sum and vegetarian options in addition to appetizers and entrees.

“Sister Sister is combining recipes and family traditions to bring our shoppers their modern Asian favorites,” Geoff Wexler, vice president of deli and prepared foods at Schnuck Markets, said in a statement. “We’re proud to offer their high-quality, tasty foods to Schnucks customers in all of our stores.”

Overall, St. Louis-based Schnucks operates 111 stores in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.

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Part of LuLu Restaurant Group, Sister Sister Kitchen bills itself as offering a contemporary twist on Asian favorites, including appetizers, entrees, dim sum and vegetarian options.

Sister Sister Kitchen was founded by Julia Li, whose family owns 20-year-old LuLu Restaurant Group. The company operates five Chinese restaurants, including one seafood restaurant and two express locations (both inside Dierbergs Markets stores), in the St. Louis area, where it also runs a food truck service and an Asian specialty market.

“Food brings people of all different backgrounds, cultures and beliefs together. St Louis is an incredible city with multigenerational immigrant families. I’m a proud Midwesterner and a proud Asian-American,” Li commented. “Inclusion is celebrating the mosaic of cultures and cuisines of all Americans, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to share the next generation of recipes with Schnucks customers.”

To help St. Louis-area eateries hit hard financially during the COVID-19 pandemic, Schnucks in April 2020 launched Local Grab and Go, a program to carry a selection of restaurant menu items at some of its supermarkets. The effort began with the rollout of meals, side dishes, snacks and other offerings from six local restaurants to deli grab-and-go coolers and the frozen department at selected Schnucks stores in the St. Louis market. Schnucks expanded the program in July 2020 to include offerings from local Black-owned restaurants.

Schnucks Local Grab and Go now has 22 partners, with foods ranging from Italian, barbecue, Asian, Filipino and American to ice cream, sauces and baked goods, displayed in the deli, frozen, bakery departments and local racks and center-store aisles in selected stores.

About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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