KING KULLEN ROLLS OUT BREAD BOWLS

WESTBURY, N.Y. -- King Kullen Grocery Co. here has introduced soup bowl bread.

ring the rounded bread bowl for $1.49.

Corporate merchandising officials at King Kullen could not be reached for comment about the new product at press time.

A store-level source at a Patchogue, N.Y., unit told SN the bread bowls, which are made from rounded loaves of rye baked in-store, are available every day for $1.49 each.

Another industry source told SN that the scooped out part of an edible soup bowl is typically used to make bread pudding or stuffing for turkey or chicken.