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Cooking Vegetables

Cooking Vegetables

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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Snipped Fresh Produce Inc

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Business Type:
Broker, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Chelsea, 02150 Massachusetts
Cooking Vegetables:
Cabbage, Cauliflower, Corn, Leeks, Onions, Bulb, Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter, Sweet Potatoes, Turnips
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell
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Manheim Farm

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Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
South Deerfield, 01093 Massachusetts
Cooking Vegetables:
Corn
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James F Pontari & Bros

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Business Type:
Broker, Shipper
Location HQ:
Philadelphia, 19153-3403 Pennsylvania
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Stone Fruit:
Peaches
Cooking Vegetables:
Cabbage
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell, Lettuce
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Amore Produce LLC

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Business Type:
Grower, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
McAllen, 78503 Texas
Cooking Vegetables:
Onions, Bulb, White Onions, Red Onions, Yellow Onions, Yellow Boiler Onions, Red Boiler Onions, White Boiler Onions, Onions, Sweet, Vidalia Sweet Onions, Walla Walla Sweet Onions
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Quality First Produce Inc HQ

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Business Type:
Broker, Grower, Shipper, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Florida City, 33034 Florida
Cooking Vegetables:
Eggplant, Okra, Peas, Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter, Green Beans
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell, Cucumbers, Red Cherry Tomatoes
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South Country Produce LLC

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Business Type:
Shipper, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Miami, 33127-4637 Florida
Tropical Fruit:
Avocados, Bananas, Mangoes, Papayas, Plantains
Cooking Vegetables:
Okra
Specialties:
Malanga, Yuca
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Schwartzman Distributing Inc

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Business Type:
Broker, Shipper, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Livermore, 94550 California
Berries:
Blackberries, Strawberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Oranges, Clementines / Mandarins / Tangerines
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Grapes, Pears
Melons:
Cantaloupe, Honeydew
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Arnold Farms LP

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Business Type:
Grower
Location HQ:
Atwater, 95301-9630 California
Cooking Vegetables:
Potatoes, Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter
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Great Lakes Packers Inc

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Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Bellevue, 44811 Ohio
Cooking Vegetables:
Onions, Bulb, Potatoes, Yellow Onions, Yukon Gold Potatoes, Yellow-Flesh Potatoes
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Concord Farm Inc

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Business Type:
Grower, Shipper
Location HQ:
Half Moon Bay, 94019 California
Cooking Vegetables:
Mushrooms








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