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marketmarketmarketnotesnotesnotes produce market report February 4, 2014
Good Buy
Asparagus
Broccoli andbroccolicrowns
BrusselsSprouts
Zucchini andyellow squash
Eggplant
Blood orangesand Cara
Cara oranges
Blackberries
Grapefruit andtangerines
Leafy greens
Keep inMind
Avocados
HoneybellTangelos
Strawberries
Cantaloupeand
honeydews
Stone Fruit
Red & Yellowpeppers
WATCH
Tomatoes
Mixed peewee potatoes
Kale andmustardgreens
Raspberries
Good Buys:
A wave of nice weather inasparagus growing regionsike Mexico and Peru isdriving a very advanta-geous market for buyers
this week.There is anoverabun-dance dueto warmsunshineand weakdemandbecause
cold in theeast limits restaurant traffic.
Yellowsquash andzucchini aswell as cu-cumbers and
green peppers are comingn very consistently withgood prices.
Bloodand CaraCara
Orangesare beau-tiful andreadily
available.
This isprime timefor gor-geousblackber-ries out of
Mexico. There are no is-sues with supply and thequality is excellent.
Broccoli and broccolicrown prices have im-
proved greatlywith warmertemperaturesin the growingareas.
Brussels Sprout pricesare finally lower after
months ofhigh demand.Supplies aremuch moreplentiful andprices shouldremain low for
the time being.
Mexico isshippingbeautifuleggplantand theprices are
way down right now.
Romaine,iceberg, mesculin,baby spin-
ach andarugula,bostonand otherleafy let-
tuces continue to flow intoour facility with excellentpricing and good quality.
Now is the time to featureFloridagrape-fruit andtange-rines.
Strawberries have stab
lized a bwith gooquality fMexico Florida.
Here’s a word of warninhowever for stem strawberries: give us a little ntice on your Valentine’s
Day re-quiremeas this ivery poplar Valetines ite
Call yourep or c
tomer service as early apossible to avoid beingdisappointed.
Honeybell Tangelos anewly arrived froFlorida ayou wanmake suto givethese a t
They are not super swe
but oh, so juicy with a taness you will love.
Red yellopeppfromMexiare ffrom
shortages and the qualivery nice.
Kale andmustard
greens areuncharactetically highweek with
short supply and high dmand. For mustard, ware limited to California the only source of supp
Raspberies arebeautifubut expesive.
Keep in Mind:
Avocadoshave now settled
into a normal pricing cycle afterthe big run-up before the Super
Bowl. The avo-cado shippersalways prioritizeretail orders dur-ing the timearound the big
game which causes a spike indemand but that has passed.There are no problems withthese buttery smooth fruits.
Guatemala issending us some
beautiful melonsright now. Orderup on both can-taloupes andhoneydews forgood quality and
steady pricing.
Grapes areall from Chilenow and thequality is verynice. Greengrapes are alittle more
expensive this early in the Chil-ean season.
Stone fruit like peaches, nec-tarines, red and black plums
are herein quantityfromChile.Apricots
just ar-rived from
New Zealand.
Watch
We are still ex-periencing adire shortage inreasonablypriced toma-toes. Florida’s
cold weather has slowed thegrowth and picking has cometo a stand still. Cherries andgrapes are particularly difficultto source.
Mixed pee wee potatoes arepopular for Feb. 14 and high!
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Bad Timing for Mixed Marble Potato
Shortage
Mixed pee wee potatoes or mixed marbles are very
popular for Valentines Day but a lot of the crop got
frozen out last week leading to untimely shortages.
Our Gateway toGourmet Truck will
be visiting theGeorgetown areathis Wednesday
and in Arlington on2/12. To make anappointment email
us at;