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Seasonal Sales TrendsOccasions to be aware of:
- January 1 – New Year’s Day
- January 1 – 7 is NationalLose Weight/Feel Great Week
- Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
- Super Bowl Sunday
- Bread Machine Baking Month
- National Candy Month
- National Egg Month
- National Hot Tea Month
- National Meat Month
- National Oatmeal Month
- National Slow Cooker Month
- National Soup Month
- National Wheat Bread Month
- Prune Breakfast Month
- New- Means the item just came into season
- Peak - at it's best Price and Availability
- Waning- means it's availability is declining- it's going out of season
| Fruits in Season |
status |
Veggies In Season |
status |
| Anjou Pear | Bok Choy | Waning | |
| Blood Orange | New | Broccoli | |
| Bosc Pears | Waning | Brussels Sprouts | |
| Comice Pears | waning | Carrots | |
| Grapefruit | Cauliflower | ||
| Haas Avocado | new | Celeriac/Celery Root | |
| Kiwi | Chard | ||
| Kumquat | Collards | New | |
| Lemons | Peak | Daikon | Waning |
| Mandarins | Peak | Fennel | New |
| Navel Oranges | Fuerte | Waning | |
| Rhubarb, Hothouse | new | Green Cabbage | |
| Tangerines | Peak | Greens | |
| Zutano, Avocado | Waning | Kale | |
| Leeks | |||
| Mushrooms, Wilk | |||
| Napa Cabbage | |||
| Onions, Green | new | ||
| Potatoes, White | waning | ||
| Rutabaga | waning | ||
| Savoy | |||
| Spinach | |||
| Squash,butternut | waning | ||
| Sunchoke | |||
| Turnips | waning |
Sales & Deals you can Normally Expect in January:
- Oatmeal& Quaker Products (due to National Oatmeal Month)
- Cleaning Products- including winter organization and storage solutions
- Clearance Items- items from the holidays that have just passed, Winter Clothing (hats/coats/mittens/gloves), holiday decor, calendars, candles, party supplies
- Diet Foods & Weight loss Products (New Years Resolutions)- including home Gym equipment and gear
- Furniture is generally on sale in January
- Healthy Food Promotions such as: South Beach, Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, 100 Calorie Snack packs, Special K cereal
- New Product Lines- This is usually when many new products are launched, particularly hair color products, cosmetics, beauty and bath products
- Super Bowl Based Deals- including party & snack foods such as Pepsi Products, Coke Products, Chips, Dips, crackers, snacks, sandwich fillings/meats
- White Sales- these are linen & bedding sales
- Winter Health Care Products including cold & flu medicines, Pain relievers, vitamins
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