Peppers, Bell

Commodity Overview

Bell peppers remain popular across age groups and genders, and their popularity continues to rise. Include a variety of colors in your pepper offerings to appeal to the broadest possible swath of consumers.

PLUs

4679 brown
4680 yellow
4681 green, small (medium size and smaller)
4065 green, large (large size and larger)
4682 orange
4088 red
3119 greenhouse, green, small
3120 greenhouse, green, large
4688 greenhouse, red
4689 greenhouse, yellow
3121 greenhouse, orange

Varieties

Red Bell Peppers

Yellow Bell Peppers

Orange Bell Peppers

Green Bell Peppers

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.

Facts

Peppers have been lauded for their cancer-fighting abilities, but they also have other health benefits. Peppers contain vitamin C, which can fight infection, boost the immune system and prevent cancer. Red peppers contain lycopene, which has been shown to be effective in lowering the risk of certain types of cancer. Many peppers contain vitamin A, which helps maintain healthy eyesight. Some peppers also contain vitamin B6, which is important for chemical reactions in the body.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the following nutrient content descriptors for bell peppers: fat-free, saturated fat-free, sodium-free, cholesterol-free, low-calorie and high in vitamin C.

Sales Strategies

Peppers are a versatile vegetable that can be cross-promoted with many other items, including salad mixes, salad dressing, croutons, stir-fry vegetables and soup ingredients.
Bell peppers are available year-round and a staple item in many households. Promote them throughout the year.
Fall: Promote bell peppers as a mess-free, easily portable snack for back-to-school lunches.
Winter: Promote stuffed bell peppers as a hearty entrée for cold winter nights. Add sliced peppers to veggie trays for holiday parties.
Spring: Include peppers in springtime salad promotions.
Summer: Include bell peppers in summer grilling promotions as they can be grilled by themselves or as part of a vegetable medley.
Move peppers and dip by offering samples of pepper slices and ranch dip.

Dynamic Displays

Take advantage of the variety of colors available to create an attractive bell pepper display. Offer red, orange and yellow varieties in addition to the traditional green.
Peppers look sturdy, but they will crack and crush. Don’t stack more than two or three high.
Include bags or overwrapped traypacks of peppers. Include three or four peppers of different colors in the package to encourage consumers to try all types.
Include bags of mini bell peppers on your display.
Place peppers near other salad vegetables like lettuce, cucumbers or tomatoes.
Use colored peppers as a color break among other green salad vegetables.

Food Service

Include stuffed peppers on your menu as both an appetizer and an entrée.
Use sliced peppers as a topping for hamburgers and sandwiches.
Add diced peppers to salad bars and salads.
Include peppers in omelets and quiches.

In the Backroom

Shipping
Green 35-lb. 1¼ -bushel cartons 30-lb. cartons/crates (Mexico) 28-lb. bushel, 11⁄9-bushel cartons/crates 28-lb. 3.56 dekaliter cartons 25-lb. cartons 11-lb. flat cartons (Netherlands) RPC -- 6411, 6413, 6416, 6419, 6420, 6423, 6425 Colored 15-lb. cartons 25-lb. cartons

Grades
U.S. fancy U.S. No. 1 U.S. No. 2

Handling
Temperature: 45 to 50 F, 7.2 to 10 C Relative humidity: 85-90% Mist: lightly Typical shelf life: 8 to 10 days Ethylene-sensitive (Do not store or transport ethylene-sensitive items with commodities that produce ethylene.) Odor producer (Do not store or transport odor-sensitive items with commodities that produce odors. Green peppers produce odors that will be absorbed by pineapples.) Highly sensitive to freezing injury. (Likely to suffer injury by one light freezing.) Susceptible to chilling injury (Damage sometimes is not apparent until produce is returned to a warmer temperature.)

Valley Fruit and Produce/Continental Export

Overview (1) (1) (11)

Business Type:

Exporter

Location HQ:

Los Angeles, 90021-1616 California

Phone:

+1 213-627-8736 - Ext. 1330

Website:

www.valleyproduce.com

Commodities:

Berries (6), Citrus (4)

M. Levin and Company, Inc.

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Business Type:

Wholesaler

Location HQ:

Philadelphia, 19153 Pennsylvania

Phone:

+1 215-336-2900

Fax:

+1 215-755-6757

Website:

www.mlevinco.com

Commodities:

Berries (6), Citrus (4)

Fresh Farms HQ

Overview (14) (5) (1)

Business Type:

Grower

Location HQ:

Rio Rico, 85648 Arizona

Phone:

+1 520-377-0878,+1 520-377-9400

Fax:

+1 520-377-0573

Website:

freshfarms.com.mx

Commodities:

Deciduous Fruit (1), Melons (1), Salad Vegetables (4), Cooking Vegetables (4)

UNFI Produce - Headquarters

Overview (35) (0) (7)

Business Type:

Shipper

Location HQ:

Providence, 02908-5637 Rhode Island

Phone:

+1 856-241-9090,+1 800-899-5944

Fax:

+1 866-386-2371

Website:

www.unfifresh.com

Commodities:

Berries (1), Deciduous Fruit (5), Stone Fruit (4)

Trufresh a dba of Sofia Produce LLC

Overview (7) (0) (2)

Business Type:

Broker

Location HQ:

Nogales, 85621 Arizona

Phone:

+1 520-394-7370

Fax:

+1 520-761-0871

Website:

www.trufresh.net

Commodities:

Melons (3), Cooking Vegetables (2), Salad Vegetables (4), Specialties (1)

Coosemans LA Inc

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Business Type:

Shipper

Location HQ:

Los Angeles, 90021 California

Phone:

+1 213-689-1551

Fax:

+1 213-689-1583

Website:

www.coosemansla.com

Commodities:

Berries (5), Citrus (3), Deciduous Fruit (2)

Sunterra Distribution LLC

Overview (3) (0) (0)

Business Type:

Wholesaler

Location HQ:

Dallas, 75201 Texas

Phone:

+1 469-547-6161

Website:

www.sunterraproduce.com

Commodities:

Berries (10)

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Grower Alliance LLC

Overview (9) (0) (1)

Business Type:

Grower

Location HQ:

Rio Rico, 85648 Arizona

Phone:

+1 520-761-1921

Fax:

+1 520-377-9189

Website:

www.groweralliance.com

Commodities:

Deciduous Fruit (1), Melons (3), Cooking Vegetables (5), Salad Vegetables (1)

A & Z Produce

Overview (3) (0) (10)

Business Type:

Broker

Location HQ:

North Salt Lake, 84054 Utah

Phone:

+1 801-359-2081

Fax:

+1 801-532-3859

Website:

www.azproduce.net

Commodities:

Berries (6), Deciduous Fruit (4)

Kern Ridge Growers LLC

Overview (1) (0) (2)

Business Type:

Exporter

Location HQ:

Arvin, 93203 California

Phone:

+1 661-854-3156,661-854-6169 (trucker)

Fax:

+1 661-854-2899

Website:

www.kernridge.com

Commodities:

Citrus (1), Salad Vegetables (4), Organic Produce (3)

Schwartz, Ben B., & Sons, Inc.

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Business Type:

Trucking

Location HQ:

Detroit, 48209-2977 Michigan

Phone:

+1 313-841-8300

Fax:

+1 313-841-1253

Website:

www.benbdetroit.com

Commodities:

Berries (3), Deciduous Fruit (1), Melons (1), Stone Fruit (1), Tropical Fruit (2), Cooking Vegetables (2)

RCF Distributors LLC HQ

Overview (4) (0) (3)

Business Type:

Grower

Location HQ:

Rio Rico, 85648 Arizona

Phone:

+1 520-348-7506

Fax:

+1 520-281-9670

Website:

www.rcfdistributors.com

Commodities:

Citrus (4), Melons (1), Tropical Fruit (2), Cooking Vegetables (2), Salad Vegetables (1)

Nickey Gregory Company, Inc.

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Business Type:

Trucking

Location HQ:

Forest Park, 30297 Georgia

Phone:

+1 404-366-7410

Fax:

+1 404-366-1865

Website:

www.nickeygregory.com

Commodities:

Berries (1), Citrus (1), Deciduous Fruit (2), Stone Fruit (1), Cooking Vegetables (3), Salad Vegetables (2)

Green Life Farms LLC

Overview (4) (0) (0)

Business Type:

Grower

Location HQ:

La Quinta, 92253 California

Phone:

+1 760-779-8800

Fax:

+1 760-779-8001

Website:

www.greenlifefarms.com

Commodities:

Melons (2), Cooking Vegetables (8)

JW Farms Organic Inc

Overview (1) (0) (0)

Business Type:

Wholesaler

Location HQ:

Watsonville, 95076-4838 California

Phone:

+1 831-288-0505

Fax:

+1 831-288-0575

Website:

jwfarms.com

Commodities:

Berries (10)

S Strock & Co., Inc.

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Business Type:

Shipper

Location HQ:

Boston, 02150 Massachusetts

Phone:

+1 617-884-0263

Fax:

+1 617-884-7310

Website:

www.strock.com

Commodities:

Berries (5), Citrus (5)

AVL Fresh Produce

Overview (1) (0) (0)

Business Type:

Exporter

Location HQ:

Saltillo, Coahuila de Zaragoza

Phone:

+52 844-204-1349

Website:

avlfreshproduce.com

Commodities:

Cooking Vegetables (10)

Courchesne Larose Ltee

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Business Type:

Wholesaler

Location HQ:

Montreal, H1J 0A6 Quebec

Phone:

+1 514-525-6381

Fax:

+1 514-525-1084

Website:

www.courchesnelarose.com

Commodities:

Citrus (1), Deciduous Fruit (3), Melons (2), Tropical Fruit (3), Cooking Vegetables (1)

Sigma Sales Inc

Overview (10) (0) (7)

Business Type:

Wholesaler

Location HQ:

Rio Rico, 85621 Arizona

Phone:

+1 520-281-1900,+1 520-281-4212

Fax:

+1 520-281-4468

Website:

www.sigmasalesproduce.com

Commodities:

Deciduous Fruit (1), Melons (3), Cooking Vegetables (3), Salad Vegetables (3)

Full Harvest

Overview (0) (0) (1)

Business Type:

Logistics

Location HQ:

San Francisco, 94104 California

Phone:

+1 415-523-0601

Website:

www.fullharvest.com

Commodities:

Organic Produce (10)

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JW Farms Organic Inc

Overview (1) (0) (0)

Business Type:

Wholesaler

Location HQ:

Watsonville, 95076-4838 California

Berries:

Strawberries, Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Gold Raspberries, Red Raspberries, Specialty Berries, Red Currants, Kiwiberries

Nature Fresh Farms Sales Inc

Overview (1) (0) (0)

Business Type:

Grower, Shipper, Wholesaler

Location HQ:

Delta, 43515 Ohio

Salad Vegetables:

Peppers, Bell, Cucumbers, Tomatoes

Organic Produce:

Organic Cucumbers, Organic Peppers, Bell, Organic Tomatoes

Produce House LLC

Overview (7) (0) (1)

Business Type:

Grower, Shipper, Wholesaler

Location HQ:

Nogales, 85621 Arizona

Melons:

Cantaloupe, Mini Watermelon

Organic Produce:

Organic Garlic, Organic Squash, Organic Squash

Salad Vegetables:

Green Bell Peppers

Cooking Vegetables:

Jalapeño Peppers, Poblano Peppers, Serrano Peppers, Anaheim Peppers

Coast Produce Company

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Business Type:

Broker, Shipper, Wholesaler

Location HQ:

Los Angeles, 90021 California

Berries:

Blackberries, Blueberries

Deciduous Fruit:

Apples, Asian Pears, Grapes, Pomegranates

Melons:

Cantaloupe

Stone Fruit:

Cherries, Nectarines, Peaches

RCF Distributors LLC HQ

Overview (4) (0) (3)

Business Type:

Grower, Shipper

Location HQ:

Rio Rico, 85648 Arizona

Citrus:

Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges

Melons:

Watermelon

Tropical Fruit:

Mangoes, Papayas

Cooking Vegetables:

Onions, Bulb, Peppers, Chili

Salad Vegetables:

Peppers, Bell

RCF Distributors LLC

Overview (0) (0) (0)

Business Type:

Grower, Shipper

Location HQ:

San Diego, 92154 California

Citrus:

Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges

Melons:

Watermelon

Tropical Fruit:

Mangoes, Papayas

Cooking Vegetables:

Onions, Bulb, Peppers, Chili

Salad Vegetables:

Peppers, Bell

RCF Distributors LLC

Overview (0) (0) (0)

Business Type:

Grower, Shipper

Location HQ:

McAllen, 78503 Texas

Citrus:

Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges

Melons:

Watermelon

Tropical Fruit:

Mangoes, Papayas

Cooking Vegetables:

Onions, Bulb, Peppers, Chili

Salad Vegetables:

Peppers, Bell

Coast Tropical

Overview (1) (0) (0)

Business Type:

Grower, Shipper, Importer, Wholesaler

Location HQ:

Princeton, 33032 Florida

Citrus:

Limes

Tropical Fruit:

Avocados, Bananas, Mangoes, Papayas

Salad Vegetables:

Peppers, Bell

Cooking Vegetables:

Squash, Summer, Squash, Winter, Sweet Potatoes

Specialties:

Boniato

Coast Tropical

Overview (8) (0) (0)

Business Type:

Grower, Shipper, Wholesaler

Location HQ:

McAllen, 78501 Texas

Citrus:

Limes

Melons:

Cantaloupe, Watermelon

Tropical Fruit:

Avocados, Bananas, Coconuts, Mangoes, Papayas, Pineapple

Cooking Vegetables:

Celery Root

Courchesne Larose Ltee

Overview (53) (4) (10)

Business Type:

Importer, Wholesaler

Location HQ:

Montreal, H1J 0A6 Quebec

Citrus:

Grapefruit

Deciduous Fruit:

Apples, Grapes, Pears

Melons:

Cantaloupe, Watermelon

Tropical Fruit:

Bananas, Mangoes, Pineapple

Cooking Vegetables:

Asparagus

Peppers, Bell

Peppers, Bell

Commodity Overview

PLUs

Varieties

Facts

Sales Strategies

Dynamic Displays

Food Service

In the Backroom

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