Six Ways to Sell More Spuds
Retailers are allocating more space to potatoes, with a combination of bins, tables and vertical shelving. Potatoes are one of the best-selling produce items at… Read More
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Addressing Potato Problems and Possibilities on Restaurant Menus
Potatoes have a problem. Maybe more than one problem. Right now, historically low prices are the biggest challenge for grower/packer/shippers. This leads menu R&D professionals… Read More
Potatoes and Onions Provide Many Opportunities
Use new approaches for cross-merchandising and upselling. Originally printed in the December 2023 issue of Produce Business.
Are Potatoes a Vegetable?
Originally printed in the May 2023 issue of Produce Business. If you tilted your head quizzically when you read the title of this article, you… Read More
Potatoes: Powerful Produce for Inflationary Times
Originally printed in the October 2022 issue of Produce Business. Rising food costs are not only affecting retail sales, but they are also having an… Read More
10 Strategies For Soaring Potato Sales
A broad potato assortment and an appreciation of the potato’s value in tough times pave the path for greater sales. Originally printed in the September… Read More
San Luis Valley Potatoes: Closer to Markets and Hard on Pests
This unique region makes Colorado second only to Idaho in fresh market potatoes.
If You Market Them Right, Shoppers Dig Potatoes
Retailers can use colors, size, signs and social media to get more spuds in the shopping cart. Originally printed in the September 2021 issue of… Read More
Finding Those Potato Moments
Originally printed in the September 2021 issue of Produce Business. I was in North Dakota recently visiting family up and down the Red River Valley… Read More
Produce on the Menu: What Produce Items Do Chefs Love?
It’s no secret chefs love produce. I reached out to my nationwide network to ask what produce item they most love right now and why…. Read More