October Seasonal Sales Cycles – the following information is a compiled handy, easy to use list that takes the following factors into consideration: Traditional Sales/Deals, Occasions, National Monthly Promotions, as well as Produce in season for the month of October.
Occasions to be aware of:
- Columbus Day
- National Children’s Day
- World Food Day/UN and UNICEF
- Yom Kippur
- Halloween
- Daylight Savings time ends
Traditional October Promotions:
- 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
Fruits & Vegetables that are in Season for the Month of October:
- 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 Root | |
| 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– 2013 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
Thank you so much for this… you always hear people say oh you need to watch sale trends but i am only 23 so i havent really been shopping for a family for about 2 years so i dont have a lot of experience in this area… do you have any other tips like this like what day in the week is the best day to go shopping or the best time of day to go?