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Stone Fruit Toolkit
Ring the bell and sound the alarm – stone fruit harvest is starting in California with the first organic apricots hitting OGC’s docks this week and red cherries following closely behind. By June, the first nectarines and peaches will arrive and finally plums and pluots.
To help guide you through this delicious season, we’ve put together a Stone Fruit Toolkit full of resources.
Import Pear Toolkit
This months-long season offers a variety of sizes and colors to incorporate into lush pear displays and plenty of delicious flavor and texture for fresh eating and incorporating into recipes.
Hoping to learn more about import pears, pick up merchandising tips or get your hands on downloadable POP to educate shoppers and drive sales? We have a toolkit for that!
NW Grown Rhubarb Toolkit
First of the season, organic Northwest grown rhubarb is just around the corner! Prepare for these ruby-hued stalks with a collection of resources to help educate staff and shoppers.
Ladybug Brand Purple Sprouting Broccoli Toolkit
The darling of colorful crucifers, Purple Sprouting broccoli (PSB), is getting ready to make its spring-time debut! Use this collection of resources to help educate your staff and shoppers.
Mushroom Toolkit
Home to a great diversity of culinary wild and cultivated mushrooms, the western region of the U.S. is known for being a mushroom paradise. Eaters are exploring the world of mushrooms, and specialty varieties are growing in popularity. Versatile, tasty, and filled with nutrients - with so many unique sizes, shapes, colors and flavor profiles, there’s a marvelous mushroom for every moment.
Apple Toolkit
There’s a lot to know, love and share with shoppers about the apple category. To help you move more apples this season, use OGC’s Apple Toolkit. Complete with POP, merchandising tips and more, this toolkit is your go-to resource during apple season.
Grape Toolkit
Great grapes from OGC are a nearly year-round staple that shoppers enthusiastically seek out. From organic seedless table grapes to candy seedless, specialty varieties to Northwest-grown options and now Ladybug Brand recyclable grape totes, there’s a lot to know and love about this tasty category.
Melon Toolkit
Use this collection of resources to educate, entice and delight staff and shoppers, keeping melon sales strong past Labor Day!
Sweet Potato Toolkit
Who knew there was so much to learn about organic sweet potatoes!? OGC has embarked on a project to champion these tasty tuberous roots and address the often-confusing naming convention of “yams” versus sweet potato (hint: it’s sweet potato).
Citrus Toolkit
We’re here to help you prepare for the season with plenty of tools to help grow category interest and drive sales! Dig into OGC’s Citrus Toolkit to find POP, an Availability Chart, Citrus Profile and an updated Citrus Primer.
Radicchio & Chicory Toolkit
Ubiquitous in Italy, organic radicchios and chicories are gaining popularity with North American eaters. While some varieties from California and Mexico are available year-round, the Northwest crop typically starts in October. It extends into winter, adding many types that present an alternative to lettuce during the cooler months. This fridge-hardy category boasts long shelf life and is available in an array of sizes, shapes, colors and flavors, which present a bounty of options for eaters to enjoy.
Pear Toolkit
The Northwest pear season has arrived, with plenty of showstoppers, from crisp and juicy Asian pears to well-loved varieties with European heritage like Bartlett and with lesser-known varieties like Forelle soon to come. Whether building a set around domestic options in fall, or transitioning to the import crop in spring, there’s a lot to learn about the dynamic and delightful pear category.
Use all the resources in this toolkit to educate staff and eaters and drive sales. Go big on this pear-fectly delicious orchard fruit.
NW-Grown Kiwi Berries
Kiwi berry season is nearly here! Increase category sales with this tasty, tangy treat from OGC’s organic grower partners in the Northwest. Packed in bold and bright Ladybug Brand clamshells, kiwi berries are sure to attract interest and repeat sales!
To help move mountains of these delicious morsels, use this Kiwi Berry Toolkit, complete with easy-to-download resources, including a produce profile, merchandising tips, POP signage and photos.
NW-Grown Melon Toolkit
Some of the most delectable organic melons are sourced from the arid regions of Eastern Washington and Oregon. OGC is proud to work with a handful of dedicated growers to provide an array of specialty melons and familiar favorites.
Use this collection of resources, including POP and grower information, to prepare for Northwest melon season and keep enthusiasm high for this delicious category until the very last bin is empty!
Organic Yellow Pitaya Toolkit
OGC is proud to partner with our friends Viva Tierra as their exclusive distributor of organic yellow Pitaya in the Pacific Northwest!
Not sure how to introduce this fruit to shoppers? Need a little help educating staff?
We have resources for you!
Gem Avocado Toolkit
There’s a new organic avocado in town!
OGC is thrilled to partner with our friends at Del Rey Avocado to be their exclusive wholesaler of Gem avocado in the Pacific Northwest.
California born and bred, Gem is large, nutty and delicious. There’s a lot to love about this exciting avocado!