Taste the Tropics
Use OGC’s Merchandising Tools to Educate & Drive Sales
Take shoppers on a mid-winter tropical taste-cation in the produce aisle by adding excitement and color to displays. Bringing in a delicious variety of tropical and sub-tropical organic fruits for your sets is a great way to grow category sales. The wide and vibrant range of fruits available adds visual interest and appeal to the department beyond citrus during the long winter months, boosting basket size. Need some merchandising tips? Try anchoring tropical displays with a large central display of a core, heavily shopped item, like bananas or a mango promotion. Then, add pops of color with small side displays of unique items to stop shoppers in their tracks, creating conversations and driving impulse purchases. Be sure to bring in these colorful favorites and give eaters some tropical bliss in every bite.
CHERIMOYA
This unique fruit with sweet, creamy tropical flavor from our friends at Cunningham Ranch in southern California is sure to tempt curious shoppers. With a custard-like texture and one-of-a-kind taste like a blend of banana, pineapple, strawberry and papaya, organic Cherimoya is a delight for the taste buds. Download the Cherimoya 101 Info card.
THAI YOUNG COCONUT
Add a touch of tropical flair to eater’s menus with Thai young coconut. Harvested before fully mature, they’re filled with a sweet, refreshing water with notes of almond and a soft, jelly-like flesh with sweet tropical flavor. Bonus points, Thai coconuts have thinner husks, making them easier to handle and cut into. Tempt shoppers to try Thai coconut in their pies, smoothies, sorbets or for a fresh snack. And, available for a limited time, Brown Coconut is making a brief appearance. Add these treasures to your order!
MAGENTA DRAGON FRUIT
With stunning vibrant skin and flesh that tastes like a refreshing and juicy combination of kiwi and pear, magenta Dragon Fruit is sure to gain loyal fans. Also known as Pitahaya, Pitaya or Strawberry Pear, its flesh is studded with tiny edible black seeds with a satisfying texture that’s delicious eaten straight from the fruit with a spoon, blended into smoothies and desserts or sliced into a fruit salad or on a cheese board. Download Organic Magenta Dragon Fruit POP here.
YELLOW PITAYA DRAGON FRUIT
Sweet, slightly tangy and mild in flavor with floral hints, the organic yellow Dragon Fruit or yellow pitaya boasts a vibrant yellow exterior and white flesh studded with small, edible seeds. Download the Organic Yellow Pitaya Toolkit for POP, product info and more.
TOMMY ATKINS MANGO
Coming straight from Crespo Organics in Mexico, the Tommy Atkins mango is mild in flavor with firm and fibrous flesh. Its deep red and green sunset-like skin has yellow, gold and orange undertones as the fruit ripens. This firm and versatile fruit is great for salsa, fruit salad and more. Download the deck of Mango POP, perfect for quick, at-a-glance info in displays.
ATAULFO MANGO
Known as Mexico’s “Yellow Slipper”, this oval-shaped fruit has a slightly spicy and sweet flavor. Its smooth flesh has a buttery consistency, with skin that wrinkles and turns a deep golden hue when ripe. Amazing in cocktails, mocktails, sauces and syrups, the Ataulfo mango will bring a zing to dishes and drinks alike.
FORMOSA PAPAYA
The large, oblong Formosa papaya can weigh up to 3-4 pounds when ripe. That’s a lot of mildly sweet, fruity flavor that’s great eaten fresh or added to smoothies and salads. Shoppers wondering when the fruit is ready? Educate them that if it’s slightly soft with a golden undertone, it’s ready to eat. In addition, Strawberry Papaya is landing from Hawaii next week! Add its color and flavor to your tropical line up.
GOLD PINEAPPLE
Bring in piles of sweet-tart and tangy organic pineapple from decades-long partner and Fair Trade certified Covilli Brand Organics. While this variety of pineapple is more green in exterior color, help eaters understand that this pineapple is as tasty as can be through product sampling and demos. From colorful salsas to blended drinks and so much more, pineapple brightens up every dish with a tropical twist.
GROW BANANAS
Stock up on the staple potassium-packed produce your shoppers look for every trip. Feel good about bringing in loads of organic bananas from our partners at Organics Unlimited through their GROW (Giving Resources and Opportunities to Workers) banana program. Buy bananas that are nutritious, delicious and great for the grower communities. Find out more about the GROW banana program here.