July 20, 2016 LOCALLY GROWN peppers, cucumbers and collard greens Conventional Local: 48ct green top radishes, 14/1# cello red radishes, 40# bulk trimmed radishes and 24ct green kale, Wisconsin celery, Minnesota green top beets, bunched collard, bunched mustard and bunched turnip greens, yellow beans, green beans, sweet corn, green cabbage, cucumbers, green top beets, green peppers, dill, variety peppers, zucchini and yellow squash are now 100% locally grown! Eggplant, Pablano Peppers and Red Cabbage the week of July 25th. Harmony Valley - Viroqua, WI: Organic arugula, baby bok choy, dandelion greens, rainbow chard, green top gold beets, green top red beets, cilantro, mustard green, jalapeños, green top radishes, cucumbers, Italian parsley and curly parsley St. Croix Valley - Woodville, WI: Organic green kale, lacinato kale, red kale, red chard and rainbow chard, sugar snap peas. VEGETABLES Asparagus: Mexico is in full swing. Quality has been good. Hill and Valley - Hillsboro, WI: Organic radishes, green kale, green chard, red chard, sugar snap peas, zucchini, curly parsley, Italian parsley, cucumbers, blueberries, red cabbage, fennel and lacinato kale Broccoli: 14 s and crowns will both drop in price for next week. Supply is very flush with multiple regions currently producing. Promotable volume is available! Real Foods - Athens, WI: Organic heirloom cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and yellow squash Brussels Sprouts: Sprouts will hold steady in price next week. Domestic supply is good. Now is the time to promote! Seed to Seed - Balsam Lake, WI: Organic green kale, green top radishes, zucchini, yellow squash, red kale, green cabbage, green Cabbage: Local green cabbage is currently shipping. Red cab- russdaviswholesale.com 800.332.7104 crazyfreshproduce.com
bage is projected to start next week. Cauliflower: Cauliflower will drop in price for next week. Supply is good, especially on 9 s and 12 s. Promotable volume is available! Celery: Celery will see a slight increase in price on 30 s, 36 s and hearts. Supply and demand are about equal. Cucumbers: Local cucumbers are currently shipping. Market prices are currently steady. Dill: Local dill will start shipping this week. Eggplant: Local eggplant is projected to start the week of July 25th. Green Beans: Local green beans are currently shipping. Market price is declining as more product becomes available. Time to promote! Yellow beans are also available! Green Bell Peppers: Local green peppers will start shipping this weekend. Hedge Balls: Hedge balls are back! We will start shipping in a light way this weekend. HOT HOUSE: Colored Peppers: Seem to be getting back on track after the weather shut them down. Beef Tomatoes: Good quality and a great time to promote. TOV: Good quality and great time to promote. Hydro Cukes: Last week brought an unexpected drop in production with many shippers scrambling to fill orders. This week production seems to be back to normal. Iceberg Lettuce: Iceburg will see a price decrease next week as supply is forecast to be stronger than previous weeks. Promotable volume is available! Onions: The yellow onion market continues to be very strong and pricing is slightly higher than normal for this time of year. At this time, New Mexico is the primary region from which a significant volume of yellow onions is shipping. Due to higher freight rates for trucks going west and less product available, growers in California have been shipping minimal amounts of yellow onions. Red and white onion prices remain mostly unchanged. The onion market is expected to remain strong until growers from Michigan and Washington begin shipping additional supplies of onions. POTATOES: Russets: Supplies of storage crop russet potatoes are declining from growers in Wisconsin, Colorado, Idaho and Washington. Limited supplies of new crop russet potatoes are available. We expect to see new crop WI and MN russets the first of August. Reds: Currently, the overall red potato market remains steady. As more growers around the country begin their harvests, the market may see some change. We are currently sourcing New Crop WI B s and A s from WI and MN starting next week. We will see a market correction once WI and MN get going. Golds: New crop yellow potatoes are available from growers in Virginia, North Carolina, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, California and Washington. The increased availability of new crop yellow potatoes has led to lower prices. Romaine Lettuce: Romaine hearts will see substantial price drop for next week as supply and internal quality is expected to be much better. Carton romaine will see a slight decrease in price. Both have promotable volumes available! Snow/Snap Peas: Local snap peas are finishing for the season. We will transition back into imported product. Sweet Corn: Local sweet corn is currently shipping. More product is becoming available this week. Time to promote! Sweet Onions: We have a limited amount of Georgia Vidalia Sweet Onions. New Crop Panoche onions will start next week as well. Variety Peppers: Local yellow hot, yellow sweet, anaheim and jalapeño will start shipping this week. Pablano peppers will start next week. Yellow Squash: Local yellow squash are currently shipping. Market prices will remain steady. Zucchini: Local zucchini is currently shipping. Market prices will russdaviswholesale.com 800.332.7104 crazyfreshproduce.com 2
remain steady. VALUE ADDED DOLE: Iceberg: Good overall quality. Romaine: Product quality is good. Leaf Lettuce: Good volume and good quality. Cabbage: Green quality is OK. Red supplies are OK. Tenderleaf: Tighter due to weather, but still supplying our demand. Spinach has good supply and good quality. Spring Mix has an abundance of supply, and quality is good. MANN: Brussels Sprouts: Trimmed Brussels sprouts continue to be short. Supplies are hit and miss due to quality issues and sizing. Beans: French and Wax beans supplies continue to be inconsistent due to quality issue from the extreme heat in Baja Mexico. Slaw: Slaw production is better this week. Technical issues are continuing to be addressed. Rainbow Slaw production is behind due to a shortage of one component (cauliflower cores). EBF: Salad Supplies: We continue to see some shortages on romaine leaves. All other salads are covered. Organic Romaine Hearts: Steady supplies. Avocados: We are now into new crop Mexican avos. They are peaking on 60 and 70 size, and the larger fruit will be very limited and very expensive for the foreseeable future. Pricing will remain higher on the 60ct, but we will see a gradual decrease as we go through the month of July. Blackberries: Prices are stable on Guatemalan imports. Quality on the Guatemalan product has been very nice. Georgia has finished production. California and Oregon continue producing, but prices are higher than imports. Overall quality should be very nice. Blueberries: Georgia and North Carolina have finished production. New Jersey supplies have started to decrease and will end this week. Oregon/Washington have also started to decrease production. BC has ramped up and will be in excellent production for the next 2 weeks. Michigan production has started with prices slightly higher than the Pacific Northwest. Cantaloupe: All growers are finished in Arizona, and the transition to the west side melon producing areas is complete. Quality has been excellent with the market stable. Cherries (Washington): Some cherry shippers will be out and done with cherries this weekend. We will have cherries throughout the month and hopefully into the first part of August. We are now out and done with Rainier cherries for the season. Montana has been nailed with rain, and we are waiting on reports as to the extent of the damage. Dragon Fruit: Florida should get going soon. Grapes: California seems to be hitting on all cylinders producing. Green grape production is still light compared to the reds. This is due to the high heat they have experienced. So far, the reds have been very nice color. Honeydew: 8ct production is light. 5 s and 6 s are prodiment sizes. Quality has been good. FRUIT Kiss Melons: Now sourcing out of California, so expect size increases. russdaviswholesale.com 800.332.7104 crazyfreshproduce.com 3
Limes: Currently the limes are loading out of Vera Cruz and Jalisco, Mexico. The limo market is finally back to normal levels. Look for ad opportunities at the end of July. Mangoes: We will continue to see weak pricing on Mexican mangoes through the end of the month. Don t forget about the Mango Mania promotion. There s sporadic availability on Francine Haitian mangoes. Navels: We will be into new crop import navels on 7/16. PAPAYA: Solo: Availability keeps improving. Hopefully we will see the bigger sizes that we prefer soon. Maradol: Very good availability! Pomegranates: Early variety domestic pomegranates are expected to start the third week of August. Rambutan: Available! Raspberries: Overall quality is good with very light seasonal supplies. Watsonville is the largest production area with Oxnard done and Santa Maria volume very light. Supplies will be light and quality is consistent. Markets will remain strong. Star Fruit: We will see limited supplies until around mid-july when better availability will happen. STONE FRUIT: Apricots: Washington is up and running. Quality and production is good. Nectarines: Fruit has been excellent quality. Good time to promote. Peaches: Washington and California are both going. Quality has been good out of all areas. Colorado will be starting to pack the end of July and should be ready to hit store shelves at the beginning of August. Colorado peaches should be starting in one week. Strawberries: California fruit volume is peak of the season. Demand is still soft due to the local markets and pick your own producing. Promotional prices for great quality from all areas. Supplies and prices should be stable. WATERMELON: We are currently loading Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. Indiana is projected to start harvesting late this week. Indiana will be large melons at first, and we won t see 60ct for about another week or two. Indiana usually goes through the month of August, as long as the weather holds favorable. Indiana growing conditions have been favorable up to this point. Mini-Seedless Watermelon: We are loading in Georgia and Kentucky. Supplies will be limited; Indiana still feels like they are about a week away from harvesting. ORGANIC New Items: 49817 - Organic Bagged Radish 12/12oz 49322 - Organic Asian Pear 49831 - Organic Sweet Onion 16/3# Up Next Week - Local Eggplant, Green Peppers Organic Apricots: Done for the season Organic Arugula: Arugula is coming in for the weekend. Organic Blueberries: Northwestern blueberries are slowing down a bit. Packers are going back to more 6oz ers instead of pints. And remember that we will have local Wisconsin blueberries from Hill and Valley here this weekend. They are some of the best blueberries you will ever taste and are very limited. First come, first served on orders! Get them in now! Organic Green Peppers: Green peppers are going to be very light until next weekend when local starts! Organic Jalapeño: Locally grown jalapeños will be coming in over the weekend! Organic Potatoes: Local potatoes will start up again the beginning of September. Organic Spinach: Bunch spinach will be very hit or miss for the next couple of months. russdaviswholesale.com 800.332.7104 crazyfreshproduce.com 4
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