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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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The Kunkel Co Inc

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Business Type:
Broker, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Eden Prairie, 55344 Minnesota
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries, Specialty Berries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges
garberfarms

Garber Farms

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Business Type:
Grower, Shipper
Location HQ:
Iota, 70543 Louisiana
Cooking Vegetables:
Sweet Potatoes
wholesale

Wholesale Produce Supply LLC HQ

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Business Type:
Broker, Exporter, Importer, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Minneapolis, 55414 Minnesota
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Clementines / Mandarins / Tangerines
gurdagardens

Gurda Gardens Ltd

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Business Type:
Broker, Grower, Shipper, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Goshen, 10924 New York
Cooking Vegetables:
Onions, Bulb
Salad Vegetables:
Lettuce, Romaine, Green Leaf Lettuce, Red Leaf Lettuce, Boston/Butterhead Lettuce, Escarole
Specialties:
Chicory
alsumproduce-4c

Alsum Farms & Produce, Inc

BCA Award
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Business Type:
Grower, Shipper, Retailer, Wholesaler, Other
Location HQ:
Friesland, 53935 Wisconsin
Berries:
Cranberries
Melons:
Watermelon
Cooking Vegetables:
Celery Root, Onions, Bulb, Onions, Sweet, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Sweet Potatoes
Salad Vegetables:
Celery Hearts
Specialties:
Fingerling Potatoes
RonsProduceWholesale

Ron’s Produce Wholesale Food Service

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Business Type:
Retailer, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Taylorville, 62568 Illinois
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Gold Raspberries, Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Red Currants, Kiwiberries, Cape Gooseberries/Goldenberries
Citrus:
Melogold
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The Pictsweet Company HQ

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Business Type:
Grower, Shipper, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Bells, 38006 Tennessee
Cooking Vegetables:
Mushrooms
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Hendrix Produce Inc HQ

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Business Type:
Grower, Shipper, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Metter, 30439 Georgia
Melons:
Watermelon
Cooking Vegetables:
Onions, Bulb, Onions, Sweet, Vidalia Sweet Onions
Salad Vegetables:
Onions, Green
herndon

L G Herndon Jr Farms Inc HQ

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Business Type:
Grower, Shipper, Importer, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Lyons, 30436 Georgia
Cooking Vegetables:
Onions, Bulb, Onions, Sweet, Turnips, Collard Greens, Mustard Greens, Vidalia Sweet Onions, Bicolor Sweet Corn, White Sweet Corn, Yellow Sweet Corn, Corn
huntsinger

Huntsinger Farms Inc HQ

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Business Type:
Grower, Shipper, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Hegins, 17938 Pennsylvania
Cooking Vegetables:
Potatoes, Red Potatoes, White Potatoes, Russet Potatoes








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