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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Silverado Ranch Supply
Overview
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Business Type:
Other
Location HQ:
Yerington, 89447
Nevada
Cooking Vegetables:
Onions, Bulb
Salad Vegetables:
Lettuce
Robinson Fresh
Overview
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Business Type:
Broker,
Exporter,
Grower,
Shipper,
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Nogales, 85621
Arizona
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Lemons, Limes
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Figs, Grapes, Pears
Diazteca Co
Overview
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(0)
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Business Type:
Grower,
Shipper,
Importer,
Retailer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Rio Rico, 85648
Arizona
Melons:
Watermelon
Tropical Fruit:
Avocados, Mangoes, Papayas, Pineapple
Cooking Vegetables:
Peppers, Chili
Salad Vegetables:
Broccoli
Specialties:
Sugar Cane
L&M Companies Inc
Overview
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(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Grower,
Shipper,
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Nogales, 85621
Arizona
Deciduous Fruit:
Grapes
Melons:
Cantaloupe, Honeydew
Tropical Fruit:
Avocados
Cooking Vegetables:
Eggplant, Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell, Cucumbers, Romaine
Grayhawk Produce Sales Inc
Overview
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(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Phoenix, 85004
Arizona
Tropical Fruit:
Avocados, Bananas
Cooking Vegetables:
Onions, Bulb
Salad Vegetables:
Cucumbers, Lettuce, Tomatoes
Molly's Sun Select
Overview
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Business Type:
Shipper,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Hudsonville, 49426
Michigan
Deciduous Fruit:
Grapes, Green Grapes, Black Grapes, Red Grapes, Globe Grapes
Cooking Vegetables:
Asparagus
Salad Vegetables:
Celery
Specialties:
Amaranth, Muscadine Grapes
Organic Produce:
Organic Grapes
Yell-O-Glow Corp
Overview
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(0)
(1)
Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Chelsea, 02150
Massachusetts
Citrus:
Limes
Tropical Fruit:
Bananas, Coconuts, Mangoes, Papayas, Pineapple
Cooking Vegetables:
Peppers, Chili, Potatoes
United Fruit & Produce Co Inc
Overview
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(0)
(4)
Business Type:
Broker,
Shipper,
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
St Louis, 63102
Missouri
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Clementines / Mandarins / Tangerines
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Covilli Brand Organics
Overview
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(1)
Business Type:
Grower,
Shipper,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Nogales, 85621
Arizona
Cooking Vegetables:
Brussels Sprouts, Kale
Organic Produce:
Organic Apples, Organic Beans, Organic Brussels Sprouts, Organic Cucumbers, Organic Eggplant, Organic Lemons, Organic Limes, Organic Onions, Green
Thomas Fresh
Overview
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(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Exporter,
Grower,
Shipper,
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Surrey, V3Z 3X2
British Columbia
Berries:
Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Clementines / Mandarins / Tangerines
Deciduous Fruit:
Asian Pears, Figs, Pears
