Earlier this year, Spice World, a specialty-produce company, expanded its ready-to-use product portfolio with the addition of Easy Onion 16-ounce jars, building off its launch of the squeezable Easy Onion in 2022.

At Cambridge Farms, when it comes to the potato market, it is all about the deep and sustained relationships with growers and how they help the company to stand out amongst its competition.

Idaho and Eastern Oregon comprise a great deal of the onion supply in the United States. Idaho farmers regularly grows more than 10,000 acres of onions, while Oregon is above 21,000 acres annually.

Hot potatoes. Really hot potatoes.

That is the state of the potato category, a market that the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Cornell University say is producing dollar sales gains that are increasing by more than 10 percent annually. The reason: consumers see potatoes as a healthy option, tasty, different uses, easy to prepare and, perhaps most importantly, relatively inexpensive, especially during times of high inflation.

Side Delights is looking to help retailers boost incremental potato sales through the holiday shopping season and beyond. Potato purchases drive visibility and engagement for the produce category and profitability for retailers, according Potatoes USA.

Potato retail sales remained strong for the quarter from July to September 2023, up 9.5 percent from the same period a year ago. All categories of potatoes saw increases in dollar sales.