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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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Yuma Distributing Co

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Business Type:
Broker, Retailer
Location HQ:
Show Low, 85901-2941 Arizona
Melons:
Cantaloupe, Honeydew
Cooking Vegetables:
Cauliflower
Salad Vegetables:
Broccoli, Lettuce
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Omega Exports

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Business Type:
Exporter, Importer, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Lehigh Acres, 33976 Florida
Berries:
Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Stone Fruit:
Cherries
Tropical Fruit:
Plantains
Cooking Vegetables:
Onions, Bulb, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans
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Fresh Girl Trading Inc

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Business Type:
Broker
Location HQ:
Los Angeles, 90043 California
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries
Cooking Vegetables:
Asparagus
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Clemons Produce Inc

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Business Type:
Retailer, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Orlando, 32806 Florida
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Clementines / Mandarins / Tangerines
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All Service Distributors

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Business Type:
Broker, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Tubac, 85646 Arizona
Deciduous Fruit:
Grapes
Cooking Vegetables:
Eggplant, Beans, Peppers, Chili, Squash, Winter
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell, Cucumbers, Tomatoes
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Roger's and Sons Produce Inc

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Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
San Antonio, 78207 Texas
Citrus:
Melogold, Oro Blanco, Pummelo, Pink Grapefruit, Cocktail Grapefruit, Ruby Red Grapefruit, White Grapefruit, Eureka/Lisbon Lemons, Meyer Lemons, Seedless Lemons
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Patty's Herbs Inc

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Business Type:
Grower, Shipper
Location HQ:
San Antonio, 78223 Texas
Cooking Vegetables:
Herbs
Organic Produce:
Organic Herbs
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Geraci Fresh Produce LLC

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Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Winnsboro, 75494 Texas
Cooking Vegetables:
Napa Cabbage, White Onions, Red Potatoes
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Arizona Mixers Fresh Produce LLC

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Business Type:
Broker, Retailer, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Nogales, 85648 Arizona
Melons:
Cantaloupe
Cooking Vegetables:
Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter
Salad Vegetables:
Tomatoes, Red Plum/Roma Tomatoes
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Fresh American Produce

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Business Type:
Shipper, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Vernon, 90058-8005 California
Tropical Fruit:
Papayas
Cooking Vegetables:
Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter








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