Foodservice interest in Florida avocados begins to increase

Date: Mayo 31, 2013. By Dough Ohlemeier, The Packer

HOMESTEAD, Fla. —Foodservice distributors aren't large customers of Florida's avocados. While retail and wholesale sales account for the bulk of the fruit's movement, interest by foodservice purveyors is growing, some sources say. More

Florida"s sales of green-skinned keeps increasing

Date: August 15, 2013. By Jim Offner, The Packer

There's more to the U.S. avocado market than the hass. Although the hass comprises about 95% of the avocado market, according to industry estimates, Florida grows green-skin avocados, sales of which have been growing as have hass sales. More

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