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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Gouw Quality Onions Ltd
Overview
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Business Type:
Broker,
Grower,
Shipper
Location HQ:
Taber, T0K 1X4
Alberta
Cooking Vegetables:
Onions, Bulb
Salad Vegetables:
Onions, Green
Earth Born Market
Overview
(3)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Shipper,
Retailer
Location HQ:
McAllen, 78504
Texas
Berries:
Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Clementines / Mandarins / Tangerines
Cooking Vegetables:
Cabbage, Cauliflower, Kale
Salad Vegetables:
Broccoli
A Gurda Produce Co
Overview
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(0)
(10)
Business Type:
Grower,
Shipper,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Pine Island, 10969
New York
Cooking Vegetables:
Greens, Onions, Bulb, Potatoes
Salad Vegetables:
Lettuce
Organic Produce:
Organic Onions, Bulb
FreshPoint Connecticut LLC
Overview
(5)
(0)
(8)
Business Type:
Broker,
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Hartford, 06114
Connecticut
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Freshline Foods Ltd
Overview
(2)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Wholesaler,
Processor
Location HQ:
Mississauga, L4Y1R6
Ontario
Citrus:
Limes, Oranges
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Melons:
Watermelon
Tropical Fruit:
Bananas
Cooking Vegetables:
Onions, Bulb
Salad Vegetables:
Carrots, Cucumbers, Lettuce, Lettuce
CAN-AM Pepper Company LP
Overview
(2)
(0)
(1)
Business Type:
Grower,
Shipper,
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Aylmer, N5H 2R5
Ontario
Citrus:
Limes
Melons:
Watermelon
Tropical Fruit:
Mangoes, Pineapple
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell, Pickling Cucumbers
Cooking Vegetables:
Pumpkins, Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter
Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc
Overview
(3)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Retailer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Goodlettsville, 37072
Tennessee
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Tropical Fruit:
Bananas
Cooking Vegetables:
Onions, Bulb, Potatoes
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell, Cucumbers, Lettuce, Tomatoes
Riverbend Fresh LLC
Overview
(3)
(0)
(6)
Business Type:
Broker,
Grower,
Shipper,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Kerman, 93630
California
Deciduous Fruit:
Grapes
Melons:
Cantaloupe, Honeydew, Watermelon
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell
Cooking Vegetables:
Squash, Winter
Organic Produce:
Organic Beans, Organic Cantaloupe, Organic Honeydew, Organic Peppers, Bell
Intertrading Group
Overview
(1)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Broker,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Miami, 33144
Florida
Berries:
Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Clementines / Mandarins / Tangerines
Melons:
Cantaloupe, Honeydew, Watermelon
Tropical Fruit:
Avocados
Italian Rose Garlic Products LLC
Overview
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(0)
(1)
Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Riviera Beach, 33458
Florida
Cooking Vegetables:
Garlic
