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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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Wada Farms Marketing Group LLC HQ

BCA Award
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Business Type:
Grower, Shipper, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Idaho Falls, 83404-4951 Idaho
Organic Produce:
Organic Onions, Bulb, Organic Potatoes, Organic Sweet Potatoes
Melons:
Seedless Red Watermelon, Seeded Red Watermelon
Cooking Vegetables:
White Onions, Yellow Onions, Red Onions, Purple Potatoes, Red Potatoes
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Frenchman Valley Produce Inc

BCA Award
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Business Type:
Grower, Shipper, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Imperial, 69033 Nebraska
Cooking Vegetables:
Potatoes
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West Lake Fresh

BCA Award
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Business Type:
Broker, Exporter, Shipper, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Watsonville, 95076 California
Berries:
Blackberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell
Cooking Vegetables:
Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter, Green Beans
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Basciani Foods Inc

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Business Type:
Broker, Grower, Shipper, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Avondale, 19311 Pennsylvania
Cooking Vegetables:
Mushrooms, White/Button Mushrooms, Crimini Mushrooms, Enoki Mushrooms, Morel Mushrooms, Oyster Mushrooms, Portabella Mushrooms, Shiitake Mushrooms, Black Chanterelle Mushrooms, Hedgehog Mushrooms
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John Cerasuolo Co Inc

BCA Award
Overview (5)   (0)   (0)  
Business Type:
Broker, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Chelsea, 02150 Massachusetts
Melons:
Cantaloupe, Honeydew, Watermelon
Cooking Vegetables:
Cabbage, Cauliflower, Eggplant, Potatoes, Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell
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P D G Produce Inc

BCA Award
Overview (6)   (0)   (8)  
Business Type:
Broker, Shipper
Location HQ:
Nogales, 85628 Arizona
Deciduous Fruit:
Grapes
Melons:
Cantaloupe, Honeydew, Watermelon
Cooking Vegetables:
Eggplant, Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell, Cucumbers, Tomatoes
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I Love Produce LLC

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Business Type:
Exporter, Grower, Shipper, Importer, Wholesaler, Processor
Location HQ:
West Grove, 19390 Pennsylvania
Specialties:
Ginger Root, Shallots
Deciduous Fruit:
Fuji Apples, Asian Pears
Cooking Vegetables:
Snow Peas, Sugar Snap Peas, Garlic
Tropical Fruit:
Coconuts
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Ben-Bud Growers International

BCA Award
Overview (5)   (0)   (7)  
Business Type:
Broker, Exporter, Shipper, Importer, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Lighthouse Point, 33064 Florida
Tropical Fruit:
Mangoes
Cooking Vegetables:
Asparagus, Green Beans, Snow Peas, Sugar Snap Peas
Salad Vegetables:
Broccoli, Carrots
Specialties:
Ginger Root, Baby Vegetables, Baby French Green Beans
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Ben Litowich & Son Inc HQ

BCA Award
Overview (4)   (0)   (2)  
Business Type:
Broker, Exporter, Shipper, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Lighthouse Point, 33064 Florida
Cooking Vegetables:
Cabbage, Corn, Eggplant, Okra, Peppers, Chili, Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter, Green Beans
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell, Cucumbers
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Phillips Mushroom Farms

Overview (4)   (0)   (6)  
Business Type:
Grower, Shipper, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Kennett Square, 19348 Pennsylvania
Cooking Vegetables:
Mushrooms








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