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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Fresh Taste Produce Ltd Canada
Overview
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(1)
Business Type:
Exporter,
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Toronto, M8Y 1H8
Ontario
Berries:
Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Lemons, Oranges
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Grapes, Pears
Stone Fruit:
Cherries, Nectarines, Peaches
Church Brothers LLC
Overview
(38)
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(12)
Business Type:
Grower,
Shipper,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Salinas, 93908
California
Salad Vegetables:
Broccoli, Onions, Green
Organic Produce:
Organic Greens, Organic Salad Mix, Organic Spinach
Cooking Vegetables:
Red Cabbage, Green Cabbage, Napa Cabbage, Italian Parsley, Cilantro
VegPro International Inc
Overview
(4)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Exporter,
Grower,
Shipper
Location HQ:
Sherrington, J0L 2N0
Quebec
Cooking Vegetables:
Kale, Onions, Bulb
Salad Vegetables:
Carrots, Lettuce, Romaine, Salads/Salad Mixes
Specialties:
Bok Choy, Lo Bok, Shallots
Organic Produce:
Organic Salad Mix
Doug Walcher Farms (a dba of DRW Packing Inc)
Overview
(2)
(0)
(4)
Business Type:
Grower,
Shipper,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
North Fairfield, 44855
Ohio
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell, Cucumbers
Cooking Vegetables:
Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter, Zucchini Squash
Sakata Seed America Inc HQ
Overview
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(0)
(1)
Business Type:
Other
Location HQ:
Morgan Hill, 95037
California
Melons:
Cantaloupe, Honeydew, Watermelon, Specialty Melons
Cooking Vegetables:
Beets, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Corn, Onions, Bulb
World's Best LLC
Overview
(2)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Broker,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Fort Lee, 07024
New Jersey
Tropical Fruit:
Mangoes
Cooking Vegetables:
Sweet Potatoes, Butternut Squash
Specialties:
Cassava, Ginger Root, Yam
Melissa's / World Variety Produce Inc
Overview
(43)
(0)
(16)
Business Type:
Broker,
Shipper,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Vernon, 90058
California
Berries:
Blueberries, Cranberries, Strawberries
Deciduous Fruit:
Pomegranates
Stone Fruit:
Apricots
Tropical Fruit:
Carambola, Plantains
Cooking Vegetables:
Celery Root, Leeks, Parsley Root
Giorgio Fresh Co (Blandon)
Overview
(25)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Grower,
Shipper,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Blandon, 19510
Pennsylvania
Cooking Vegetables:
Mushrooms
Giorgio Fresh
Overview
(3)
(0)
(4)
Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Reading, 19560
Pennsylvania
Cooking Vegetables:
Mushrooms
Organic Produce:
Organic Mushrooms
King Fresh Produce LLC
Overview
(17)
(0)
(8)
Business Type:
Broker,
Exporter,
Grower,
Shipper,
Importer
Location HQ:
Dinuba, 93618
California
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Clementines / Mandarins / Tangerines
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
