Purchases of sweet potatoes soared 14 percentage points in the past year, making the orange vegetable one of the top items for year-to-year growth.
05/10/2012
Three North Carolina suppliers will provide product for Wendy’s rollout of baked sweet potatoes as a side dish in May.
05/03/2012
From baked sweet potatoes to hand-made salads, the latest advertising campaign by Wendy’s International Inc. focuses on fresh produce, leaving the question “Where’s the beef” relegated to the burger wars of the past generation.
04/12/2012
Nash Produce, Nashville, N.C., has started a blog about sweet potatoes.
03/13/2012
The Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission, Baton Rouge, plans an advertising campaign to encourage consumers to buy local.
03/13/2012
It’s a good time to be in the sweet potato business, according to Jimmy Burch Sr., partner in Burch Farms, Faison, N.C.
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA — Shipments (100-99*-100) — Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading moderate. Prices unchanged. 40-pound cartons orange-type U.S. No. 1 $14-16, U.S. No. 1 petite $12, U.S. No. 2 $7-9, no grade marks jumbo $6-7. *revised.
MISSISSIPPI — Shipments (14-15-20) — Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading moderate. Prices unchanged. 40-pound cartons orange types U.S. No. 1 mostly $15-16, U.S. No. 2 $8-9, no grade marks jumbo mostly $7-8. Varieties: mostly beauregard and a few evangeline.
ATWATER, LIVINGSTON DISTRICT, CALIF. — Shipments (20-20-17) — Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading moderate. Prices generally unchanged. 40-pound cartons orange types U.S. No. 1 mostly $18, no grade marks medium mostly $8, jumbo $11-12; red types U.S. No. 1 $20-21, no grade marks medium mostly $9-10, jumbo mostly $13; white types U.S. No. 1 mostly $26-27, no grade marks medium mostly $9-10, jumbo mostly $9; Japanese types U.S. No. 1 mostly $23-24, no grade marks medium mostly $20-24 and jumbo mostly $14-15. Organic orange types U.S. No. 1 $25-27; red types U.S. No. 1 $25-27 and white types U.S. No. 1 mostly $30-31.
LOUISIANA — Shipments (10-11-11) — Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading moderate. Prices unchanged. 40-pound cartons orange types U.S. No. 1 mostly $16, U.S. No. 2 mostly $8.50-9, no grade marks jumbo mostly $8. Varieties: mostly beauregard.
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