Organic Cucumbers

Organic Cucumbers

Organic Cucumbers

Commodity Overview

Organic cucumber sales continue to rise. Organic cukes make up nearly 6% of overall category sales. Make the most of these rising sales by making organic cucumbers a centerpiece of your organic salad vegetables.

PLUs

94593 English/hothouse/long seedless
94062 green
94594 Japanese/white
94596 pickling
Retail Price Data is based on USDA Specialty Crops Market News surveys. Data collection ends on the report date and encompasses ad pricing good from the Saturday before the report release date through the following Friday. Weekly data - from over 400 retailers, comprising more than 30,000 individual stores with online weekly advertised features - covers over 250 produce items. Registered (logged-in) users, can access weekly reports and additional market information.
USDA Specialty Crops Market News publishes FOB and Movement data on a daily and weekly basis. Pricing and volume information is aggregated by commodity and published weekly, subject to any source-data adjustments. Commodity data is further processed based on origin (domestic vs imports) and type (regular vs. organic). Registered (logged-in) users, can access weekly reports and additional market information.

Sales Strategies

Promote organic cucumbers to health- and environmentally conscious consumers. Make consumers aware of the growing practices surrounding organic products.

Organic cucumbers are a versatile vegetable, so promote them with other organic salad vegetables and organic bagged salads. Include organic salad dressing, croutons and bacon bits in an organic salad promotion.

Don’t forgot consumers who prefer to can their produce. Some consumers like to can and pickle their cucumbers. Merchandise smaller cucumbers with canning jars and spices.

Promote organic cucumbers as a healthy snack. Include them in grilling promotions and winter soup promotions.

Dynamic Displays

Organic versions of both Persian and English cucumbers are available, so consider carrying both. Persian cucumbers are about 5-6 inches long while English cucumbers are generally close to a foot long. English cucumbers are often tightly wrapped in plastic, which helps to alleviate cross-contamination concerns.

Create an organic salad vegetable display with cucumbers holding a primary place. They are popular with consumers, so use that to drive sales of other organic salad vegetables and organic bagged salads.

Remind consumers that they can keep cucumbers fresh after cutting by wrapping the end in plastic wrap before putting it in the refrigerator.

Be sure to keep organic cucumbers and organic zucchini separated as consumers may have a hard time telling them apart.

In the Backroom

Shipping
Organic cucumbers are most often shipped in bushel cartons. They are also available in a variety of other sizes that can be customized by the supplier. Persian cucumbers are most often shipped in cartons of 8, 1-pound containers.

Grades
Field-grown cucumbers
U.S. Fancy
U.S. Extra 1
U.S. 1
U.S. 1 small
U.S. 1 large
U.S. 2

Trading usually is done by the specification of the pack, using terms like Super Select, Select, Small Super, Small, Large and Plain. These are not USDA grades but a grading system the industry uses.

Handling
Temperature: 45 to 50 F, 7 to 10 C
Relative humidity: 90-95%
Mist: no
Typical shelf life: 10 to 14 days
Ethylene-sensitive. Do not store or transport with commodities that produce ethylene.

Susceptible to chilling injury. Damage sometimes is not apparent until the produce is returned to a higher temperature. Chilling injury can cause water-soaked spots, pitting or tissue collapse. Extensive decay will develop when cucumbers are removed from low temperatures.

Organic

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Supremo Produce

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Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Escondido, 92029 California
Citrus:
Lemons, Oranges
Tropical Fruit:
Avocados
Cooking Vegetables:
Onions, Bulb, Peppers, Chili
Salad Vegetables:
Peppers, Bell, Carrots, Tomatoes
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries
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Oppy - Visalia

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Business Type:
Exporter, Grower, Shipper, Importer, Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Visalia, 93291 California
Deciduous Fruit:
Apples, Grapes, Pears
Tropical Fruit:
Kiwifruit
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Gold Raspberries, Red Raspberries
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Develop 360 LLC

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Business Type:
Broker
Location HQ:
Davenport, 33837 Florida
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Gold Raspberries, Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Red Currants, Kiwiberries, Cape Gooseberries/Goldenberries
Citrus:
Melogold
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Strickland Organics LLC

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Business Type:
Grower
Location HQ:
Salemburg, 28385 North Carolina
Organic Produce:
Organic Cabbage, Organic Cucumbers, Organic Peppers, Bell, Organic Squash, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Tomatoes
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Butch's Best LLC

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Business Type:
Shipper
Location HQ:
Chesterfield, 48501 Michigan
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Gold Raspberries, Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Specialty Berries, Red Currants, Kiwiberries
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Glanzo Cosmetics

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Business Type:
Owner / Operation
Location HQ:
3421557 Alabama
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Gold Raspberries, Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Specialty Berries, Red Currants, Kiwiberries
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South Harvest Produce Corp

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Business Type:
Wholesaler
Location HQ:
Miami, 33142-7739 Florida
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Gold Raspberries, Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Specialty Berries, Red Currants, Kiwiberries
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Dominican Export Group

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Business Type:
Broker
Location HQ:
Lyndhurst, 07071-2230 New Jersey
Berries:
Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Gold Raspberries, Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Specialty Berries, Red Currants, Kiwiberries








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