Inspired by airline meals, the TV dinner dispensed with the time-consuming and messy process of cooking, and compacted the turkey roast into a neatly packaged commodity.
Touchscreen tables are also allowing patrons to watch programmes, check emails or play games, putting to bed any debates over TV dinner versus meal out.
Convenience foods include prepared foods such as ready-to-eat foods, frozen foods such as TV dinners, shelf-stable products and prepared mixes such as cake mix.
