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Cooking Vegetables

Cooking Vegetables

Sales Strategies

  • Many consumers only think about vegetables in terms of side dishes, but cooking vegetables make a tasty addition to many entrees. Offer recipes for stuffed peppers, stuffed potatoes and stir fries.
  • Root vegetables have recently been lauded for their health benefits and their versatility in being a carb replacement. Play on those strengths in signage and sales. You can also cross-merchandise them with soup fixings.
  • Grilling season offers up a fresh opportunity to promote cooking vegetables as many of these veggies go great on the grill. Cross-promote potatoes, peppers, artichokes and onions with grilling utensils, spices and rubs.
  • Samples can help familiarize consumers with lesser-known vegetables.
  • Include cooking vegetables in all of your holiday promotions. Asparagus is a favorite around Easter, and broccoli and green beans are a popular side dish for Christmas or Thanksgiving. Don’t forget pumpkins, sweet potatoes and cranberries for those fall holidays. Memorial Day and the Fourth of July are a great time to promote a mix of vegetables that consumers can grill.
  • Let your consumers hunt for their own great pumpkin in a pumpkin patch them while using pumpkins to boost the sales of other fall vegetables, like squash.
  • During the winter, create a soup vegetable display. Include leeks, celery, potatoes root vegetables and fresh herbs.

Dynamic Displays

  • The cooking vegetable category is best displayed in small groupings of similar vegetables. Potatoes and onions are a natural pairing while broccoli, green beans, asparagus and artichokes often find themselves grouped together as they can be served as a stand-alone side dish. Squash, turnips and rutabagas make an eye-catching display when grouped together.
  • There is some cross-over with salad vegetables, so decide where those cross-over vegetables work best in your store. Tomatoes and peppers may move better when grouped with the salad vegetables.
  • Don’t let your greens get lost in your lettuce display. Give them some space and offer up recipes and cooking tips to get consumers thinking about the many uses of greens.
  • Include garlic in your tomato and herb displays to get it moving along with these popular items.

Perfect Pricing

  • Because of the variety available within the category, combination pricing promotions are difficult for this category.
  • Most vegetables in this category can be priced by the pound or by the piece, whichever works best for the target consumer base.
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villagesgrown

The Villages Grown LLC

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Business Type:
Grower, Retailer, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
The Villages, 32163 Florida
Cooking Vegetables:
Herbs
Salad Vegetables:
Boston/Butterhead Lettuce, Bibb Lettuce, Beefsteak Tomatoes, Red Cherry Tomatoes, Red Cocktail Tomatoes, Red Cocktail Tomatoes on the Vine, Greenhouse/Hydroponic Tomatoes, Heirloom Tomatoes
m_r

M & R Company

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Business Type:
Exporter, Grower, Shipper, Importer, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Lodi, 95240 California
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Grapes
Stone Fruit:
Cherries
Cooking Vegetables:
Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter, Butternut Squash, Spaghetti Squash, Sweet Dumpling Squash, Green Acorn Squash
Nuts:
Walnuts
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C H Foods

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Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Rio Rico, 85648 Arizona
Cooking Vegetables:
Anaheim Peppers, Banana Wax Peppers, Cubanelle Peppers, Fresno Chili Peppers, Habanero Peppers, Jalapeño Peppers, Pasilla Peppers, Poblano Peppers, Serrano Peppers, Cherry Bell Peppers
laytons

Layton's Produce

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Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Raleigh, 27603 North Carolina
Berries:
Blueberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Oranges
Deciduous Fruit:
Grapes
Cooking Vegetables:
Artichokes, Corn
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell, Broccoli, Carrots, Cucumbers
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Calixtro Distributing Co Inc HQ

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Business Type:
Broker, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Rio Rico, 85648 Arizona
Melons:
Cantaloupe, Seedless Red Watermelon
Specialties:
Jicama
Cooking Vegetables:
Green Beans, Jalapeño Peppers, Anaheim Peppers, Zucchini Squash, Yellow Straightneck Squash, Butternut Squash, Kabocha Squash
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Classic Salads LLC

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Business Type:
Grower, Shipper, Wholesaler, Processor
Location HQ:
Watsonville, 95076 California
Salad Vegetables:
Mesclun/Spring Mix, Arugula, Spinach, Baby Spinach, Green Leaf Lettuce, Red Leaf Lettuce, Romaine
Cooking Vegetables:
Green Swiss Chard, Red Swiss Chard, Baby Kale
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Beck Grove

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Business Type:
Grower
Location HQ:
Fallbrook, 92028-3735 California
Citrus:
Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Tangelos
Deciduous Fruit:
Pomegranates
Cooking Vegetables:
Herbs
Specialties:
Cherimoya, Guava, Passion Fruit, Persimmons
MetroFoods

Dallas Metro Food Inc

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Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Dallas, 75207-6002 Texas
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Gold Raspberries, Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Red Currants, Kiwiberries, Cape Gooseberries/Goldenberries
Citrus:
Melogold
baker

Baker Produce Inc HQ

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Business Type:
Grower, Shipper, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Pasco, 99301 Washington
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Cooking Vegetables:
Onions, Bulb, Potatoes
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Espinoza Fresh LLC

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Business Type:
Shipper
Location HQ:
West, 76691 Texas
Cooking Vegetables:
Cilantro
Salad Vegetables:
Red Radishes, Easter Egg Radishes, Watermelon Radishes, French Breakfast Radishes, Radishes








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