The Heavenly Ham received 47 points Honeybaked Ham got 43 points and a ham from Kroger, which is produced by HMI, a small company in Cincinnati, came in third with 41 points.Д«y comparison, Boston Market's boneless ham received 26 points, and Meijer's honey glazed ham received 23 points.Д«oston Market's ham, at $5.69 a pound, carried the highest retail price. He explained that while the hams are sourced already spiral-sliced, they are glazed in-store.ДЇor the taste test, the products were rated on a 10-point scale for several characteristics such as taste, appearance and texture. We keep a minimum of them prepacked,' Gridley said.

They're displayed in a two-door, 4-foot-wide case behind the service meat counter, Gridley said. for 10 years, Dorothy Lane Market merchandises the whole, spiral-sliced hams in its meat department. We're already moving more hams since the article was in the paper, after Thanksgiving, and I expect that we'll have sales at least 10% over last year for the whole holiday period,' said Jack Gridley, meat and seafood manager at Dorothy Lane's Centerville store.ДЄ franchisee of the Heavenly Ham Co. All of the others were from freestanding retail stores.ДЄ span of five points separated Dorothy Lane's Heavenly Ham from the runner-up, Honeybaked Ham, which was purchased from a Honeybaked Ham franchised unit here. A ham sold by Boston Market was in the judging as well. The panel also evaluated hams from Meijer and Kroger, in addition to Dorothy Lane. The taste test was conducted by a local newspaper, using a judging panel that included a chef, a food consultant and the newspaper's food editors. The branded product, called Heavenly Ham, was picked as best from a field of eight hams from local retail outlets, three of them supermarkets. DAYTON, Ohio - Dorothy Lane Market, a two-unit upscale retailer here, expects a 10% leap in ham sales, after its branded product took top honors in a local taste test.

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