Holiday Schedule Alert!

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For your advance planning purposes, here are the holiday

closings for Keany Produce:
Thursday, December 25th Christmas Day
Closed
Friday, December 26th
Closed
Thursday, January 1 New Years Day
Closed

Produce Market Report December 16, 2014

GOOD BUYS

Clementines: Very nice

volumes with sweet, juicy
seedless fruit now coming
out of Morocco.

Raspberries, blackberries
and blueberries:

Brussels sprouts: Its not

often that we feature really
good prices on brussels
sprouts, just because they are
hard to source at bargain
prices. Now is the time to
feature this seasonal favorite!

Green cabbage: Eastern

growers are still the quality
source with excellent prices.

Green cabbage
Hard squashes

Butternut and spaghetti

squash: We are getting

Avocados

Local apples: Excellent

quality and prices still on
hand for all varieties of local
apples. If you havent tried
Granny Smiths from Bear
Mountain, you are missing
out on a great example of
Eastern apples at their finest!

Brussels
sprouts

Californias protected
production of raspberries is
still yielding nice berries,
making these red beauties
your best alternative to
strawberries this week.
Blackberries and blueberries
are steady.

good local supplies on

butternut and spaghetti
squash but acorn production
is over locally. Shipping
from the west is driving
acorn prices higher.

Iceberg, romaine and

romaine hearts: Now that
production is firmly
established in the desert
regions of southern
California and Yuma, prices
are down.

WATCH

GOOD BUY

Cucumbers
Corn
Carrots
Iceberg and
romaine

Apples
Oranges and
lemons
Grapefruit and
tangerines
Clementines
Raspberries,
blackberries
and blueberries

KEEP IN MIND
Pears: All the luscious seasonal
pear varieties are here dressed up
to be included in your best dishes
or just added to gift baskets to eat
out of hand. Dont forget to order
forelle, comice, red Anjou, boscs
or bartletts. We have them all!

Blood oranges: We just

received the first shipment of
California blood oranges and they
taste great. They are still on the
high side, though and they are a
little light in color.

KEEP IN
MIND

Satsuma mandarins

some of the most

reasonable prices we have
seen so far this season from
Mexico.

Cucumbers: Florida

Florida citrus: Ruby red

grapefruit and tangerines are
hitting the peak of their
production with awesome
quality.

growing areas are sending us

really high quality and
excellent sized cucumbers
now.

Idaho potatoes

that the market price of corn

is up but not at Keany!

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Idaho potatoes: We have seen

Red and yellow peppers:

Red currants: Newly arrived red

currants are moving fast.

Green beans

Satsuma mandarins: Dont be

Strawberries
Tomatoes
Cauliflower

Corn: You may have noticed

left behind on one of our most

successful Fruits of the Month!

Miami area had temperatures

hovering in the 30s and 40s
last week. These cool
conditions cause much slower
growth patterns, sending
workers to pick every 3rd or
4th day, shooting prices
skyward. Quality excellent.

Broccoli and
crowns

WATCH

Zucchini and
yellow squash
Peppers
Watermelons
and Grapes

tomatoes continue their high

and tight conditions. Rounds,
Romas, Cherries and Grape
tomatoes are priced very high
as Florida continues as the
sole supplier for the country.

Zucchini, yellow squash

and green peppers: The

Honeydews

Avocados: Prices are at

Tomatoes: All varieties of

high price on heads of

cauliflower, we now have the
impact of a $2-$4 increase in
cauliflower florets.

Red currants

No problems on availability
for tremendously juicy and
fresh-tasting fruit.

unprecedented high demand,

tight availability market
conditions for strawberries
continues unabated. We
anticipate this pro-rated
situation to continue until the
New Year. We do have a few
stem strawberries from
California, however.

Cauliflower: Besides the

Pears
Blood oranges

Navel oranges & lemons:

Strawberries: The

a substantial move up in price, as

the market gets stronger.

Honeydew melons: Prices up

slightly out of Central America.

Red are now in 15lb. Packs but

fairly active. Yellows in 11 lb.

Green grapes: Storage supply is virtually depleted and

South American growers are
just starting with higher costs.

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