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Occasions
- Columbus Day
- National Children’s Day
- World Food Day/UN and UNICEF
- Yom Kippur
- Halloween
- Daylight Savings time ends
- Adopt a Shelter-Dog Month
- Fire Prevention Week (10/5 – 10/11)
- German-American Day
- Pledge Across America/Reading/School Celebration
- National Animal Safety and Protection Month
- National Apple Month
- National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- National Chili Month
- National Cookie Month
- National Dental Hygiene Month
- National Dessert Month
- National Pizza Month
- National Pork Month
- National Pretzel Month
- National Seafood 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 |
| Almonds | Peak | Artichokes | Peak |
| Apples | Peak | Arugula | New |
| Cranberries | New | Basil | Waning |
| Fuerte Avocado | New | Beans, Fresh Shelling | Waning |
| Fuyu Persimmons | Beans, Green | Waning | |
| Haas Avocado | Waning | Beet Greens | New |
| Hachiya Persimmon | Beets | New | |
| Kumquat | New | Broccoli | New |
| Lemons | New | Brussels Sprouts | New |
| Oranges, Valencia | Waning | Cabbages | New |
| Pears, Bosc | New | Cardoon | Peak |
| Pears, Comice | New | Celeriac/Celery |
|
| Pomegranate | Peak | Chard | New |
| Quince | Peak | Chestnuts | Peak |
| Raspberries | Waning | Daikon | New |
| Zutano Avocado | New | Eggplant | Waning |
| Escarole | New | ||
| Garlic | Waning | ||
| Kale | |||
| Kohlrabi | |||
| Lettuce | New | ||
| Parsley | New | ||
| Parsnip | |||
| Peppers, Hot | Waning | ||
| Peppers, Sweet | Waning | ||
| Pistachios | Peak | ||
| Potatoes | |||
| Potatoes, Sweet | New | ||
| Pumpkin | Peak | ||
| Radish | New | ||
| Rutabaga | New | ||
| Spinach | New | ||
| Squash. Winter | Peak | ||
| Tomato | Waning | ||
| Turnip Greens | New | ||
| Turnips | New | ||
| Walnut | New | ||
| Yams | New | ||
Sales & Deals you can Normally Expect in October:
- Autumn Sales- Apples, pumpkins, sunflowers
- Baking Season Begins- sales on baking items, baking chips, chocolate chips, fruitcake, candied fruits, nuts, cake mixes, all baking supplies
- Automotive Sales- car care products
- Halloween Items- decor/candy
- October Frozen Food Festival- frozen foods, prepackaged meals, veggies, juices, etc
- Pet Products- pet food, treats and toys
- Daylight Savings Ends- batteries, carbon monoxide detectors, alarm clocks
- Household Items- 2012 will bring in a number of off-brand deals in HDTV's
- October is National Pork Month- as such, keep your eyes out for great deals on bacon, various cuts of pork, hams and more
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