Cooking Vegetables
Varieties
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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Coosemans-Denver Inc
Overview
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Business Type:
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Denver, 80239
Colorado
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Coosemans Atlanta Inc
Overview
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(4)
Business Type:
Shipper,
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Forest Park, 30297
Georgia
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Asian Pears
Coosemans Chicago Inc
Overview
(2)
(5)
(5)
Business Type:
Broker,
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Chicago, 60608
Illinois
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Coosemans DC Inc
Overview
(2)
(2)
(7)
Business Type:
Grower,
Shipper,
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Jessup, 20794
Maryland
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Coosemans Import Export BVBA
Overview
(1)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Exporter,
Importer
Location HQ:
Nederokkerzeel, 1910
Cooking Vegetables:
Brussels Sprouts, Eggplant, Leeks
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell, Endive/Escarole, Belgian Endive
Specialties:
Rhubarb, Salsify, Shallots
Coosemans Houston Inc
Overview
(5)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Shipper,
Importer,
Retailer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Houston, 77023-5814
Texas
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Coosemans Phoenix LLC
Overview
(1)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Shipper,
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Phoenix, 85007
Arizona
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Piazza Produce Inc
Overview
(7)
(0)
(13)
Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Indianapolis, 46278
Indiana
Cooking Vegetables:
Onions, Bulb, Potatoes
Salad Vegetables:
Lettuce
Pacific Coast Fruit Co (Inc)
Overview
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(9)
(8)
Business Type:
Shipper,
Retailer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Portland, 97232
Oregon
Berries:
Blueberries
Cooking Vegetables:
Parsnips, Rutabagas, Turnips
Ole Tyme Produce Inc
Overview
(8)
(0)
(2)
Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
St. Charles, 63301
Missouri
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Grapes, Pears
Tropical Fruit:
Avocados, Bananas
Cooking Vegetables:
Artichokes, Asparagus, Beets, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage
