Load up on Healthy Veggies to Celebrate the

Wearin and the Eatin of the Green!

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Weve loads of hearty, healthy veggies like cabbage,

spuds, carrots and all things green to make your St.
Patricks Day dishes pop with color and flavor! Everybodys Irish when they dig into your best Irish dishes!

Produce Market Report March 17, 2015

GOOD BUYS FOR THE WEEK

Potatoes: Idaho potatoes
are about as inexpensive as
we have all year. When the
price is down the quality is up.

Tomatoes: Vine ripes are

coming in from the Ruskin
area in Florida and they are
beautiful! All varieties are
down in price and the quality
is excellent.

GOOD BUYS
Tomatoes
Strawberries
Raspberries
Watermelons

Red onions: All onions are

Potatoes

down but the price of red

onions is lower than we have
seen in years.

Red onions

Green leaf and red leaf:

These are your best choices
for bargain prices on leafy
greens this week.

Green and red leaf

Cabbage and
carrots
Brussels sprouts

Blueberries and
blackberries
Cantaloupes and
honeydews
Asparagus
Corn

Raspberries: The weather in heads are dense and the

English Peas

the Oxnard area has been

perfect for raspberries so
availability is up and prices
are down.

Red peppers

Brussels sprouts: We were

Watermelons: You wouldnt

think March would be a good
month for watermelons, but
think again. We found a
source for wonderful, juicy
watermelons out of
Guatemala, so order up!

thrilled to see the price of this

popular vegetable drop this
week. Add Brussels sprouts
to your menu this week.

Green peppers: Big, firm

peppers are very plentiful out
of Florida this week.

Mexico has led to a very hot

market for limes.

Grapes: Reds are

blueberries from Chile have

dropped nicely as the crop
matures. Blackberries are
perfect now from Mexico.

WATCH
Limes
Grapes
Stone fruit
Zucchini and
yellow squash
Cauliflower

winding down so prices are up

but red and black plums are
still reasonable.

Zucchini and yellow

squash: Growth has slowed
Cantaloupes and
honeydews: Prices are up a

Iceberg
Romaine

Cauliflower: Demand

Asparagus: Right now the

Broccoli and crowns:

pricing is okay on all sizes but

jumbo is still the highest.
Keep in mind the chain store
ads which will start to drive
prices up as we approach
Easter.

Continued tight market.

Corn: With the recent hot

English Peas: Although the

Green onions and

cilantro
Bushel beans

down significantly with cooler

Florida weather.

bit but nothing drastic and

overall quality is good.

weather in Florida, the corn

prices have dropped almost
50%.

Broccoli

transitioning from Flame to

Crimson varieties which are
more expensive. All
shipments are out of Chile
and quality is good.

Stone fruit: Peaches are

KEEP IN MIND
Avocados

leaves are sweet on the loads

of cabbage we have in house.
Canadian carrots are still a
good buy as we come to the
end of the storage season.

Limes: Cold weather in

shipping really nice fruit now

and the prices have
modulated.

Green peppers

continuing to receive
strawberries from both
Florida and California, the
prices are good and the
quality of the fruit is some of
the best we have seen.

WATCH

Avocados: Mexico is

Blueberries and
blackberries: The prices on

Strawberries: Since we are

Cabbage and carrots: The

KEEP IN MIND

prices are dicey, a sure sign of

spring is the arrival of the first
English peas.

exceeds supply. Very active!

Iceberg: Showing a great

deal of activity now. Keep in
mind that red and green leaf
are still a very good buy.

Romaine is still very high.

Green onions and cilantro:
Cool weather in Mexico has
driven price up.

Bushel beans: The fact that

Florida is the sole source this
week has driven the costs for
beans sky high.

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