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Seasonal Sales TrendsOccasions to be aware of:
- Groundhog Day
- Feb14- Valentines Day
- Chinese New Year
- Daytona 500
- Presidents Day
- Westminster Dog Show
- Woman's Heart Health Day (Feb 1st)
American Heart Month
National African American Heritage Month
National Canned Food Month
National Cherry Month
National Children's Dental Health Month
National Fiber Focus Month
National Grapefruit Month
National Hot Breakfast Month
Fruits & Vegetables that are in Season for the Month of February:
- 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 |
| Avocado, Haas | Artichoke | New | |
| Blood Orange | waning | Asparagus | New |
| Cherimoya | Broccoli | Peak | |
| Grapefruit | Peak | Brussels Sprouts | Waning |
| Kiwi | Carrots | ||
| Kumquat | Cauliflower | ||
| Lemon | Celeriac/Celery Root | ||
| Mandarins | waning | Celery | |
| Navel Oranges | new | Chard | |
| Pummelo | Chestnust, water | Peak | |
| Raspberries | new | Collards | |
| Rhubarb | new | Fennel | |
| Strawberries | new | Greens (mustard, turnip, watercress) | |
| Tangerines | Waning | Kale | |
| Leeks | |||
| Onions, Spring | |||
| Radish | new | ||
| Red Potatoes | |||
| Russet Potatoes | |||
| Spinach | |||
| Sunchoke | waning | ||
| White Potato | |||
Sales & Deals you can Normally Expect in February:
- Breakfast Items- Kelloggs, General Mills, Quaker (hot cereals) Eggos, Waffles, Syrup, anything related to hot breakfasts (due to national Hot Breakfast Month!)
- Chinese New Year Promotions- sales on soy sauce, Teriyaki, canned water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, ramen noodles, stir fry supplies
- Clearance Items- Valentines day candy, Chocolates, flowers
- Daytona 500 Based Deals- including party & snack foods such as Pepsi Products, Coke Products, Chips, Dips, crackers, snacks, sandwich fillings/meats, hormel meats, canned goods such as chili, soups, beef stews (as well as other canned goods), pudding
- Furniture & Home goods including floor coverings, Big Screen Tv's, Smaller hand held electronics
- Health Care Items- Condoms, KY, Women's health care Products
- Meat- Steak, NY, Ribe0eye, Tri-tips, Country Style Pork Ribs
- Seafood- lobster, shrimp
- Westminster Dog Show Promotions- include sales on various brands of Dog chow such as Eukanuba, Pedigree, Purina, Iams
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