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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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Amycel Inc

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Business Type:
Grower, Shipper
Location HQ:
Watsonville, 95076 California
Cooking Vegetables:
Mushrooms
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Sweeter Song Farm

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Business Type:
Grower
Location HQ:
Cedar, 49621-8898 Michigan
Berries:
Strawberries
Cooking Vegetables:
Asparagus, Beans, Beets, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery Root, Eggplant, Garlic
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Dundee Fruit Company

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Business Type:
Grower
Location HQ:
McMinnville, 97128-8404 Oregon
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Cooking Vegetables:
Herbs, Onions, Bulb
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Lively Organic Farm

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Business Type:
Grower
Location HQ:
Eugene, 97404-1333 Oregon
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples
Stone Fruit:
Nectarines, Peaches, Plums
Tropical Fruit:
Kiwifruit
Cooking Vegetables:
Beans, Cabbage, Herbs, Kale, Leeks
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Grateful Harvest Farm

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Business Type:
Grower
Location HQ:
Junction City, 97448-9606 Oregon
Berries:
Strawberries
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Grapes, Pears
Stone Fruit:
Cherries, Peaches, Plums
Cooking Vegetables:
Artichokes, Asparagus, Beans
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William Ogle Farms

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Business Type:
Grower
Location HQ:
Alachua, 32615-4306 Florida
Deciduous Fruit:
Grapes
Cooking Vegetables:
Cabbage, Kale, Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter
Salad Vegetables:
Lettuce
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Dearhaven Farm

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Business Type:
Grower
Location HQ:
Naples, 14512-9215 New York
Berries:
Strawberries
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Grapes
Stone Fruit:
Peaches
Cooking Vegetables:
Asparagus, Beans, Beets, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Eggplant
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Westwind Orchard

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Business Type:
Grower
Location HQ:
Accord, 12404-5806 New York
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Grapes, Pears
Melons:
Watermelon
Stone Fruit:
Cherries, Plums
Cooking Vegetables:
Beans, Garlic, Herbs, Kale
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Back Porch Produce

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Business Type:
Grower
Location HQ:
Farmersville, 14719-1038 New York
Berries:
Strawberries
Melons:
Watermelon
Cooking Vegetables:
Asparagus, Beans, Beets, Cabbage, Garlic, Greens, Herbs, Kale
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Lake View Farm

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Business Type:
Grower
Location HQ:
Fillmore, 14735-8639 New York
Melons:
Cantaloupe, Watermelon
Cooking Vegetables:
Cauliflower, Onions, Bulb, Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter
Salad Vegetables:
Broccoli, Tomatoes








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