Market Alerts

Western Vegetables: The aftermarket of West Coast vegetables is settling down from a week of moderate demand from Mothers Day. Lettuce has improved noticeably and there’s very few quality issues right now. “Good Deal!” The southern California Green Pepper volume is still behind and the market is maintaining itself at higher pricing. Quality has been good. Red Peppers: still a higher than usual market. Better quality in Mexico and an increase in California red’s has brought the market down. Quality has improved overall.

Western Fruit: Next week is a big week in the west. Mexico is well into their Honeydew crop and Lopes are on the harvest schedule for next week. White and Red seedless will get started as well in both California and Mexico.

East Coast Vegetables: Peppers have yet to start with more volume but good warm weather this week should push the crop. Corn supplies are excellent! Squash and Green Beans are underway in Georgia and quality is good. Tomatoes: the tomato is finally on the move. Larger sizes are getting higher and volume has ebbed down. We have a rising market but prices are still well below normal levels for this time of year.

East Coast Fruit: Georgia and south Carolina have started with Peaches and quality, sizing and color are good. North Carolina is ready to jump into the Blueberry deal. Watermelons & Athena melons are also shipping out of Florida.

Local and Regional Markets: New Jersey Maryland, Virginia and Delaware are ramping up their varieties of vegetables and fruit. All leaf lettuces, Iceberg Lettuce, Chards, early Onions, Radishs Spinach, strawberries are increasing in volume. We have also added Local tomatoes to our list of available local product for next week from Mock Farms. Apples are still plentiful and in good supplies. More to come!