Fresh Produce Discussion Blog

Created by The Packer's National Editor Tom Karst

Monday, July 16, 2007

A mid-summer's week produce promotions

Hy Vee Summer Favorites ad (July 19 to July 22)
Britts Farm Market Fresh Homegrown Produce: (include a text box describing Britts Farm near Manhattan, KS)
Homegrown green bell peppers: 2 fr $1
Homegrown sweet corn: $2.99 for a dozen ears
Homegrown zucchini or yellow squash: 88 cents/pound

Hy Vee Weekly (Ad price effective July 18-24)
Kandy label cantaloupe: 3 for $5
Stemilt Rainier cherries: $4.88/pound (Fruits and Veggies More Matters logo with ad)
Dole celery: 77 cents stalk
Dole iceberg lettuce: 88 cents each
Grimmway Farms baby carrots: $1.77
Hy Vee cut vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower or California medley (12 ounce) 2 for $5
Fresh artichokes: 2 for $3
Everybody's Nuts! pistachios: $2.99 (7 ounces)
Fresh cilantro (bunch) 2 for $1
Fresh green beans 99 cents/pound
New Zealand gala apples: $1.38/pound
Zucchini or yellow squash: 97 cents/pound
T Marzetti's veggie dip or hummus: 2 for $5
Monterey portabella mushrooms: $3.38/pound
Italian red onions: 88 cents/pound
Sliced red watermelon 49 cents/pound
Minisweet watermelon: 2 for $5
Monterey whole white mushrooms: $1.29 (8 ounces)
Columbine red seedless grapes: $1.28/pound
Ripe N Ready plums: $1.28/pound


Hy Vee natural and organic
Cal-Organic baby carrots (16 ounce) : 2 for $3



Hen House Market (rewards card) - July 21-22 ad
Whole quartered watermelon : $1 each


Hen House Weekly ad (rewards card) July 18-24
Big Bunch living basil: $3.49each (local grower)
1/4 peck vine-ripened tomatoes: $3 each
Andy's Candy Corn: 8 pack peaches and cream variety: $3
Tropical Delight, Altulfo, or Tommy Atkins mangoes: 2 for $1
Kingsburg Orchard California pluots: $2.49/pound
Large California lemons: 2 for $1
Tentation New Zealand apples: $1.99/pound
Dole Ready to eat summer salad kit: 2 for $5


Dillons (rewards card) July 18 to July 24
Red seedless grapes: 99 cents/pound
Fresh corn on the cob: 2 for $5
Whole white mushrooms 16 ounces: 2 for $5
Cauliflower: 2 for $5
Driscoll's strawberries: 2 for $5
Michigan blueberries: $5.99/2 pounds
Cantaloupe or honeydew: 2 for $5
Private selection organic salads (5 ounce); 2 for $6
California peaches, nectarines, or plums: $1.79/pound
Green seedless grapes: $1.69/pound
Northwest rainier cherries: $3.99 per pound


Price Chopper (chopper card)- July 18-July 24
Cantaloupe: 99 cents each
California sweet dream yellow peaches: $1.49/pound
Rainier cherries: $3.99/pound
Blueberries: two 1-pint pack: 2 for $6
Tommy Atkins: 2 for $1
Roma tomatoes: 99 cents/pound
Fresh green beans: 99 cents/pound
Green Giant sliced mushrooms: $1.69
Dole Summer Salad kit: 2 for $5
Vidalia onions: 99 cents/pound
California's Driscoll's strawberries: 2 for $4
Earthbound Farm organic salads: (5-ounce clamshell) 2 for $5


TK: Hen House breaks out the "peck" reference in their retail ad. I wonder how many consumers know what a "peck" is? Maybe nobody. But it makes you yearn for the good old days of a "bushel and a peck" and homegrown produce.

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