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Blood Oranges

Item 10535 – 18 lb case

Item 10535 – by the lb

This week we are featuring just a few items that would be great on your Valentine’s Day menus.

The blood orange’s rough, orange-colored skin is often blushed red, with flesh color varying between fruit.  Easy to peel and medium-size; they are usually seedless.  Blood oranges are sweet-sour and tend to be slightly less acidic than standard oranges.

Try these Blood Orange and Poppy Polenta Shortbread Cookies for a beautiful dessert.

Here’s a quick video of just a few of the items we are featuring for Valentine’s Day.

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Strawberry Market Alert

Heavy rain in Southern California for the past 3 days has flooded the strawberry fields and is causing major shortages industry wide right before Valentine’s Day.

Florida strawberries are not able to keep up with demand as they are behind in production due to recent cold weather.

Expect strawberries to be in short supply and prices to increase.

We highly recommend looking at alternative fruit options when planning your Valentine’s Day dinners.

Try dipping bananas, Maraschino cherries, grapes, orange segments or peels, raspberries, kiwi, papaya, mango, fresh coconut, dried apricots as a fruit alternative.

Or try dipping something other than fruit like sweet potato chips, bacon (yum!), edamame, chili peppers, mint leaves, cookies, pickles or whatever you feel like trying.  Isn’t everything better dipped in chocolate?

February Produce News from the Front Line

Berries

• Heavy rain has caused flooding in the California strawberry fields and there will be major shortages industry wide on strawberries right before Valentine’s Day
• Florida strawberries are not able to keep up with demand as they are behind in production due to recent cold weather.
• Expect strawberries to be in short supply and prices to increase.
• Raspberries, blueberries and blackberries will also be affected by these weather related shortages.
• We highly recommend looking at alternative fruit options when planning your Valentine’s Day menus.

Tomatoes

• Winter tomatoes from Florida and Mexico are in full harvest this month.  Currently both areas are producing well which is leading to very fair pricing to the consumer.  Round slicer, romas, cherry and grape tomatoes are great quality and pricing is fair.

Apples

• Strong demands and storage volumes are keeping the markets stronger than this time last year.  Look for pricing to slowly increase in the coming weeks.
• The Granny Smith market is very strong and the price will climb about every two weeks.

Navel oranges

• Navel oranges are still going strong with very good harvest numbers.  Prices are fair and quality is good

Lettuces

• Iceberg, romaine and most leafy type lettuces are in good supply

Broccoli and Cauliflower

• Harvest numbers are a little short, but available

Florida, Mexico and Imports

• Squashes, bell peppers, cabbage, greens and cucumbers should all see better harvest numbers over the next week or two as long as the weather stays warm.
• Import grapes are in and the quality is good, however, the prices are still on the higher side.
• Import cantaloupes, watermelons and honey dews all have decent harvest numbers, but the crop is leaning toward the smaller sizes.  Larger sized melons will be harder to come by.

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• Sumo Mandarins
• Finger Limes

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