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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Big Sky Trading LLC
Overview
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Business Type:
Broker
Location HQ:
Denver, 80239
Colorado
Berries:
Strawberries
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Grapes
Stone Fruit:
Peaches
Tropical Fruit:
Bananas
Cooking Vegetables:
Cauliflower, Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter
Salad Vegetables:
Broccoli, Lettuce
Eagle Eye Produce
Overview
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(0)
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Business Type:
Broker,
Grower,
Shipper,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Rio Rico, 85648
Arizona
Melons:
Cantaloupe, Honeydew, Watermelon
Cooking Vegetables:
Eggplant, Onions, Bulb, Potatoes, Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell, Cucumbers
Panda Food Products Inc
Overview
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(0)
Business Type:
Shipper,
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Goshen, 10924
New York
Cooking Vegetables:
Garlic, Onions, Bulb, White Onions
Specialties:
Cipollini Onion, Pearl Onion, Shallots, Tofu
CSS Farms / Agri-Pack
Overview
(2)
(0)
(6)
Business Type:
Grower,
Shipper,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Pasco, 99302
Washington
Cooking Vegetables:
Onions, Bulb, Potatoes
SunSprout/Spring Glen Fresh Foods
Overview
(2)
(0)
(1)
Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Ephrata, 17522
Pennsylvania
Cooking Vegetables:
Cabbage, Corn, Onions, Bulb, Potatoes, Green Beans
Salad Vegetables:
Carrots, Celery
Bally Produce Corp
Overview
(3)
(0)
(1)
Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Maspeth, 11378
New York
Salad Vegetables:
Spinach
Cooking Vegetables:
Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter, Napa Cabbage
Specialties:
Bok Choy, Ginger Root
Seagate Produce, Inc
Overview
(3)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Chula Vista, 91911
California
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Clementines / Mandarins / Tangerines
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Grapes, Pears
A M S Exotic LLC
Overview
(4)
(0)
(5)
Business Type:
Exporter,
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Los Angeles, 90021
California
Melons:
Specialty Melons
Cooking Vegetables:
Asparagus, Garlic, Herbs
Specialties:
Shallots
Five Diamond Cold Storage Inc
Overview
(3)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Broker,
Exporter,
Grower,
Shipper,
Importer,
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
EXETER, 93221
California
Citrus:
Grapefruit, Oranges
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Asian Pears, Grapes, Champagne Grapes
Melons:
Cantaloupe
Stone Fruit:
Apricots
Specialties:
Calabaza
Berries:
Cranberries
Citrus Capital Corp
Overview
(4)
(0)
(0)
Business Type:
Broker
Location HQ:
McAllen, 78501
Texas
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries
Citrus:
Clementines / Mandarins / Tangerines
Cooking Vegetables:
Celery Root
Specialties:
Malanga, Dragon Fruit, Tomatillo
Organic Produce:
Organic Beans, Organic Blackberries, Organic Blueberries
