FRESH FACTS Your Weekly Market Update! JUNE, 8, 2020 WEEKLY SPECIALTIES

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CASTELFRANCO RHUBARB RAMBUTANS FRESH ON THE MARKET CASTELFRANCO 12 CT PASSION FRUIT 5 LB KUMQUATS 10 LB RHUBARB 15 LB CHERIMOYA PURPLE NINJA RADISH RAMBUTANS 7 LB Cherimoya 10 Lbs Purple Ninja Radishes 24 Ct Cherries 16 Lb Sweet Gem Luettuce 24 Ct French Breakfast Radishes 24 Ct CHERRIES SWEET GEM LETTUCE Baby Artichokes 20 Lbs Dragon Fruit 10 Lb TIGHT/LIMITED GAPPING Lychee Nuts 10 Lb Purple Asparagus Elephant Garlic White Asparagus California Asian Pears Finger Limes 8 Oz Organic Watermelon Yellow Meat Watermelon Tardino 12 Ct Chinese Ginger Persimmons Hawaiian Papaya 7/9 Ct Kumato Tomatoes Baby Pineapple Chanterelle Mushrooms Lb Star Fruit Christopher Ranch Romanesco 12 Ct Peeled Garlic Organic Ginger Dandelion Greens 12 Ct Buddha’s Hand Hearts of Palm (Costa Rica) Lb Kaffir Limes Cosmic Crisp Apples 26 Lb Mandarinquats FRESH FACTS Your Weekly Market Update! JUNE, 8, 2020

CROP UPDATE BELL PEPPERS Colored bells are currently coming APPLES AND PEARS out of Coachella with some growers continuing to come out of Mexico. Green on all sizes and Demand is high bell peppers are winding down out of varietals across the board, due to retail Coachella and will begin to transition needs and demands from the USDA box to Bakersfield. Red and yellow bells program. Look for prices to remain firm continue out of MX supplies increase and supplies limited for the foreseeable out of Coachella. Markets are high as future. Greens begin transition while reds and gold pricing is steady. Quality is great. ASPARAGUS Supplies are improving from Mexico, BERRIES Peru and Washington State. Quality is good and markets are steady. Blackberries Supplies and quality are good coming out of Mexico.

AVOCADOS Raspberries Supplies are on the lighter side, but quality remains good. Supplies are plentiful from both Mexico and California. Demand remains strong Supplies are tight due to and with good availability. Quality has Strawberries high retail demand for the Memorial been excellent and markets are steady. Day Holiday, as well as rain showers in the forecast for this week. Look for BROCCOLI quality issues associated with the rains, including bruising, and bleeding. The past few weeks the Salinas valley has experienced very warm temperatures Blueberries Supplies and quality are that affected the row crops. Broccoli has good coming out of Mexico. We seeing been reported as an industry wide issue some Pacific Northwest fruit starting to of yellowing and knuckly heads due to hit shelves as well. rapid growth. The quality of product will be like this for the next few weeks. CARROTS CAULIFLOWER Demand exceeds supply on snack pack Supplies are light in all growing regions. and peeled carrots. This for this trend to Demand exceeds supply and we can remain for the foreseeable future. expect the market to be like this for two weeks. With the excessive heat the plant will be more acceptable to bruisings and GRAPES you will see yellowing and browning on the kurds. We can expect to see minor Chilean product is done, and we are defects for a few weeks. now into Mexican green grapes. Quality is good. Storage crop out of Chile is still going strong, and we can expect to CELERY see new crop Mexican fruit towards the Market continues to be active. Good middle of next week. quality overall. Salinas has production this week and more next week. Southern California has good supplies. www.getfreshsales.com FRESH FACTS Your Weekly Market Update! JUNE, 8, 2020

LEAF LETTUCE & ICBERG CITRUS 100% Yuma Product Lemons: Supplies are quality are good Iceberg Lettuce: Excessive heat in the across the board. fields is creating quality issues in Salinas and Santa Maria growing regions. Puffiness Oranges: Supplies are limited on the and discoloration has been reported due to 113ct and 138ct oranges, with most of excessive warm temperatures. the fruit peaking on 56-72ct. Navels are at the tail end of the season, and Valencias Leaf Lettuce: Gap in leaf production is have started in a small way. on the forefront. Due to several growers holding back plantings for the season we ONIONS are seeing the start of planting gaps in supply. Market will be active in the next Idaho has wrapped up their storage crop few days with the rising of pricing as supply season, and we are into new crop California. tries to keep up with demand. Seeing twist Quality and supplies are steady across all and mechanical damage on the spine of the sizes and colors. plant. Due to the heats the plant will be more easily bruised and fringe burn will be apparent on the top of the plant. POTATOES Demand for bagged potatoes have sky rocketed due to increased needs for the MELONS retail chains. Larger sized spuds are inching up in price as well, as the Norkotahs are all Cantalope: Market remains active but wrapped up, and Burbanks historically and availability is very limited. Overall run on the smaller side. demand continues to increase. Mexico is winding down and the desert is just getting going. Unseasonably hot temps TOMATOES may setback the harvest this week. Excessive heat warning Wednesday Rounds: We are currently in transition through Friday in the Sonoran Desert. from Mexico to California. A few growers started harvesting in the central valley this week. Volume is very light but will continue Honeydew: Market remains active and availability is very limited. Overall demand to ramp up as more shippers come on line. continues to increase. Mexico winding Market is active and supplies are limited. down and the desert is just getting Romas: Supplies are increasing from Baja going. Unseasonably hot temperatures and markets are beginning to come off. may setback the harvest this week. Grape and cherry supplies are light and Excessive heat warming Wednesday markets are high, but should. through Friday. SQUASH Watermelon: Market remains active Zucchini and yellow squash supplies are and supplies are limited due to strong in excellent shape out of Santa Maria and holiday pull. Growers holding off on Baja MX. Markets are steady and quality is harvest to let the fruit size up. Quality is excellent. great on Mexican and domestic fruit

Information is subject to daily weather and market www.getfreshsales.com fluctuations and is meant to be used as a guide. FRESH FACTS Your Weekly Market Update! JUNE, 8, 2020 AMENITIES

CARA CARA ORANGES

ITEM APPLES ITEM CITRUS ITEM TROPICAL / OTHER 6433 Baby Gala, Single Layer 2037 Tangerines 3916 Baby Bananas Yellow 2112 Baby Granny, Single Layer 1472 Tangerines Satsuma 2628 Dates Organic 1979 Baby Pink Lady, Single Layer 1333 Blood Orange 4669 Dragon Fruit 7800 Baby Red Del, Single Layer 1368 Kumquats 1976 Rambutans 2276 Baby Fuji 1199 Cara Cara Oranges 1084 Hawaiian Papaya Fuji 48 count 3652 ITEM DRIED FRUIT Apricots Dried ITEM PEARS 3020 1339 Pears, Asian, 14-16 Count 1857 Apples Dried 9814 Pears, Forelle, Single Layer 3994 Blueberries Dried 9815 Pears, Seckel Single Layer 3866 Cherries Sun Dried 9813 Pears, Comice Single Layer 1756 Figs Dried White 1966 Pears, Fragrant 3588 Figs Dried Black 5038 Goji Berries Dried 1327 Peaches Dried 1819 Pears Dried FUJI APPLES 9173 Raisins on the Vine

FRAGRANT PEARS DRIED GOJI BERRIES DRIED BLUEBERRIES www.getfreshsales.com FRESH FACTS Your Weekly Market Update! JUNE, 8, 2020 ORGANICS ITEMS

Romaine 24 Ct Baby Spinach 4 Ct Sping Mix 3 Ct Pineapple 25 Ct PINEAPPLE BABY SPINACH Tuscan Kale 24 Ct Green Kale 24 Ct Juicing Celery 50# Cucumbers 24 Ct Apples 100/113 Ct ROMAINE SPRING MIX Beets, Red 25 Lb Beets, Gold 25 Lb Chard Green 24 Ct Parsley Curly 30 Ct

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