Eggplant purchases remained relatively steady from last year. The likelihood of purchase for this purple vegetable was down one percentage point from Fresh Trends 2012.

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eggplant fresh trends 2013
  • Packer Stories

  • Desert produce growers anticipate strong season for spring crops

    05/03/2013

    The spring crop of vegetables and melons out of California’s Coachella and Imperial valleys may be a brief one, but growers expect to ship a wide range of good-quality products before temperatures approach the triple-digit range.


  • West Mexico business update briefs

    02/25/2013

    Al Harrison Co. taps procurement director Jose Gomez has been named procurement director at Nogales, Ariz.-based Al Harrison Co.


  • Richter and Co. hires Jarrod Snider

    01/31/2013

    Produce distributor Richter and Co. has hired Jerrod Snider as director of vegetable commodity development.


  • Frieda’s christens 2013 ‘Year of Purple’

    01/09/2013

    Frieda’s Inc. has begun a marketing campaign, “The Year of Purple,” to tout its purple vegetables and fruits through 2013, marking the company’s five decades in business.


  • Mixed-pack eggplant qualify for grading

    01/08/2013

    Under new U.S. Department of Agriculture standards, shippers can pack different types and colors of eggplant in the same pack and have them certified to a USDA grade.


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  • Market Scope - Eggplant — F.o.b.s as of May 13

  • 2013-05-12
  • MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZ. — Crossings (34-32-28) — Movement expected to decrease. Supplies insufficient and in too few hands to establish a market. Light and sporadic crossings expected to continue through the week of May 27. Quality and condition variable. LAST REPORT.

    COACHELLA VALLEY, CALIF. — Shipments (2-8-11) — Movement expected about the same. Trading moderate. Prices organic generally unchanged, others lower. Cartons wrapped 18s (supplies heavy) mostly $12.95, 24s mostly $14.95, organic 18s and 24s $32.95. Quality generally good.

 

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