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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Alex Kontos Fruit Co Inc
Overview
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(11)
Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Birmingham, 35204
Alabama
Berries:
Strawberries
Deciduous Fruit:
Grapes
Melons:
Cantaloupe
Tropical Fruit:
Bananas, Pineapple
Cooking Vegetables:
Cabbage, Onions, Bulb, Potatoes
Salad Vegetables:
Lettuce
Regional Produce Distributors LLC
Overview
(9)
(0)
(4)
Business Type:
Broker,
Shipper,
Retailer,
Wholesaler,
Other
Location HQ:
Birmingham, 35204
Alabama
Berries:
Strawberries
Citrus:
Lemons, Limes
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Figs, Grapes, Pears
Melons:
Specialty Melons
Tropical Fruit:
Avocados, Bananas
The Garden Wholesale Inc
Overview
(7)
(0)
(4)
Business Type:
Exporter,
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Jacksonville, 32209
Florida
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Brenham Wholesale Grocery Co Inc
Overview
(25)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Retailer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Brenham, 77833
Texas
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Cooking Vegetables:
Potatoes
Wightman Farms Inc
Overview
(0)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Grower,
Shipper
Location HQ:
Morristown, 07960
New Jersey
Berries:
Strawberries
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Grapes
Stone Fruit:
Nectarines, Peaches
Cooking Vegetables:
Cauliflower, Corn, Pumpkins
Salad Vegetables:
Broccoli
Fruitwood Orchards Honey
Overview
(0)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Grower,
Shipper
Location HQ:
Monroeville, 08343
New Jersey
Berries:
Strawberries
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Grapes, Pears
Melons:
Cantaloupe, Watermelon
Stone Fruit:
Cherries, Nectarines, Peaches, Plums
Cervenka Farms
Overview
(1)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Grower,
Shipper,
Retailer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Flemington, 08822
New Jersey
Berries:
Blueberries
Citrus:
Lemons, Limes
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Grapes, Pears
Melons:
Cantaloupe
Tropical Fruit:
Avocados, Avocados
Cooking Vegetables:
Asparagus
RJO Produce Marketing
Overview
(2)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Broker,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Logan Township, 08085-1763
New Jersey
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Oranges
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Figs, Grapes
Initiative Foods LLC
Overview
(2)
(0)
(1)
Business Type:
Processor
Location HQ:
Sanger, 93657
California
Berries:
Strawberries
Deciduous Fruit:
Pears, Pomegranates
Stone Fruit:
Peaches, Plums
Cooking Vegetables:
Peas, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter
Carlsbad Strawberry Co
Overview
(1)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Grower,
Shipper
Location HQ:
Carlsbad, 92018
California
Berries:
Strawberries
Cooking Vegetables:
Corn, Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter, Green Beans
Salad Vegetables:
Cucumbers, Tomatoes
