CHICAGO— Two of New Zealand’s newest flavors hit the sweet spot at the Reebok/Les Mills ONE LIVE event, a festival of fitness drawing over 3,000 participants from North America and beyond together during the last weekend in August.
ONE LIVE delivered a health-conscious, savvy audience to the Enza and Zespri sampling stations, where hundreds of people per hour were introduced to Envy apples and SunGold Kiwifruit for the first time.
Celebrate National Organic Harvest Month with OriginO, tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers.
To many, the taste of Italian-style plums is the taste of home. Sweet, satisfying, wholesome and delicious. A favorite in urban neighborhood markets as a farewell to summer, these plums are also being savored by young culinary adventurers seeking a unique twist on a familiar favorite. Order yours before they’re gone!
Produce industry veteran Todd Plaxton joined Oppy’s Calgary sales team in mid-July, bringing more than ten years of fresh produce experience and about three decades of expertise in food marketing and distribution to his sales representative role.
Sweet, juicy, and brimming with late-summer flavor, Italian-style prune-plums are available once again from Oppy in the legendary Blue Goose label.
The deep purple, free-stone fruit is available in 2-, and 1.5-pound high graphic bags, as well as 30-pound bulk boxes, through mid-September.
Smitten’s sweet flavor and outstanding crunch are enough to make it a hit, but this fantastic display is sure to attract shoppers to seal the deal. Available for a limited time from New Zealand—don’t miss out!
Thrifty’s and Raymond from OriginO share a weekend at the Taste of BC Celebrations held in Vancouver, July 18 & 19, 2015.
Check out this innovative Oppy display as seen at the PMA Food Service Conference in Monterey last week.
This juicy, sweet new variety of Zespri® Kiwifruit is sure to light up the produce aisle when you order it in our 1 lb. high graphic pouch bags. And check out our nifty POS display unit—perfect for placing in a secondary position to bump up sales. Zespri ®SunGold—sweet as summer sunshine—order yours today!
Fresh from Oceanside. Wow.
We may be done shipping, but a few fortunate shoppers are still finding top quality Orchard View Farms cherries at their stores. We look forward to seeing more displays like this one next season!
Give your busy shoppers a great tasting, satisfying and super convenient snack option with JAZZ apples. Our snacker pack is as easy to display as the apples are to grab and go. No other apple out-crunches JAZZ in the summer!
Envy apples are living up to their name, by posting dollar sales and volume growth other varieties can only wish for.
Freshlook Data indicates that in the first half of 2015, Envy delivered 20 percent higher dollar sales than in the same period last year, while also increasing in volume sold by 36 percent. Meanwhile, the apple category as a whole has dropped 13 percent in dollar sales and 8 percent in per-pound volume.
Italian-style prune plums are a sweet summer delight, conjuring up childhood memories of those delicious bite-sized plums. Deep purple on the outside with an intensely sweet amber flesh and just a hint of tang, they are the perfect snack. Here for a limited time. Available late July through mid-September in high graphic pouch bags (1.5 lb. 2 lb. and 3 lb.) or in bulk volume fill boxes.
Harry Singh Jr. talks about growing his legendary vine ripe tomatoes in Oceanside, California.
Shoppers at Vancouver's Urban Fare will get a taste of the holidays this week, with greenhouse-grown mandarin oranges from Japan!
We’re wrapping up a short, sweet season at Orchard View Farms, picking our last cherries today! Thank you for your support, and we’ll see you again next year!
And not just for school! How about making these sweet, juicy clementines available for your customers as they plan for a day at the beach, pool, or park? 3-lb bags from Chile are ready when you are.
Summer salads will taste great with our Peruvian avocados from Camposol. Optimal growing conditions are producing high quality fruit. Volumes are available from now until August. Time is running out!
July is here, which means it’s harvest time at West Coast Tomato Growers, home of the famed Oceanside Pole vine-ripe round and roma tomatoes from distinguished grower Harry Singh, Jr. and marketed exclusively by Oppy.
Following an excellent growing season and impressive first pick, Oppy is now shipping both types of tomatoes.
We’re currently shipping our first pick of Cal-Tom brand vine-ripened Romas from West Coast Tomato Growers in Oceanside. We’ll pack them to your color spec today!
Refreshingly tangy and sweet, this eye-catching red beauty has it all. With a firm, crisp texture, sweet taste and superior shelf life, Smitten is truly an apple you will fall in love with. Available now through July.
Our Mexican blackberry season is coming to a close. We’ve enjoyed terrific berries from grower partner Harvest 52 for the last several months, and know you will join us in anticipating more excellent fruit from this Guadalajara grower in August!
The first week of summer brings one of the season’s favorite flavors—BC-grown blueberries—into the market earlier than ever from The Oppenheimer Group.
Grown just down the road from the company headquarters, BC blueberries have become a signature item for the marketer in recent years. This season, the fruit is ten to 14 days earlier than usual, according to Jason Fung, Oppy’s director of category development.
Look who’s looking good in the summer editions of Edible Vancouver and Edible Seattle Magazines! Local shoppers flipping through these deliciously beautiful publications will discover OriginO peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes and seek them at your stores all season long.
Summer season and sweet bell peppers go hand in hand. From grilling to salads, veggie plates and more, peppers are perfect for summer promotions. Be sure to carry all the colors and bags to maximize sales!
Pretty on the outside, intriguing on the inside, papple blends the intensest of apple flavors with the sweetest of pears. Actually a cross between Asian and European pears, papple commands attention on the shelf. Available now, fresh from New Zealand.