“Austrians like their schnitzels, dumplings, pork and sauerkraut.” You see that Austrian and German influence all over the Midwest, including Chicago. Market remains a little active.“Because Austrians are mostly Catholic, we eat a lot of seafood during the holidays,” says Chef Klaus Mandl, Culinary Consultant at Sysco Chicago. The size curve is switching back to the larger sizes. Supplies are returning to normal numbers. Slower movement over the last few weeks have helped maintain a better hold on supplies but additional labor cost and concern for supply through import season have this item on continued alert. Market is stable and should remain so as supply and demand are in sync. Overall supplies are meeting the lower demand bringing some minor price relief. Limes Alert – Supplies of large fruit continue to tighten up with growers watching the weather events this week. Small Valencia’s 88’s and smaller will remain extremely tight through the end of the season. Navels are starting in a small way this week the following weeks will ramp up production. Oranges Alert – The Valencia crop is coming to an end and will begin to finish packing this week and next. Heavier pack out to choice grade in the desert compared to 70-80% fancy grade in Central California. Lemons Alert – Lemon supplies are getting better this week out of the desert and Central Cal. Production will start to improve in November with Mexico increasing but will still be below normal through December. Volume is very limited due to low volume from Peru. The market is still recovering from the tight supplies from a few weeks ago and this will delay filling up the pipeline further. Hurricane Otis made land fall and harvest delays are expected. Markets will improve through November as volume out of Florida increases. Markets remain steady on all varieties both east and west. West – Good supply of zucchini, market is lower, quality is good. SquashĮast – Zucchini and yellow squash supply good, quality is good, and markets remain low. Salinas region is winding down and we are several weeks away before Mexico production comes on. Supplies are extremely light, and demand is stronger and exceeds supplies. Sizing varies from good to slightly less than optimum depending on the growing region. The harvest is complete, and supplies will be good for the season. The red market is steady but should turn next week due to recent storm. West – Green peppers remain short and in high demand. Red and yellow bells are in extremely short supply. Peppers Red & Yellow – AlertĮast – Green pepper supply light, demand lighter and market a little lower. All colors/packs are available in good supplies. Onion quality is good to excellent, and we expect a good strong storage season. You can expect some supply disruption on brown mushrooms through the end of the month. Growers continue to work through the gap on brown mushrooms and remain in a demand exceed supplies. Good volume on Romaine, market steady as we head towards the transition. Market is leveling out with better supply on lettuce. Look for this to continue for the next couple weeks. Good supplies and market is steady to softer. Market is holding mostly steady for both. Cilantro / ParsleyĬilantro and Parsley supplies and overall quality look good. Market is softer as we expect good supplies into next week with the recent warm weather brining on growth. Supplies and quality good on both red and green. Expect supplies to start to improve late next week. Supplies have been significantly impacted due to quality issues in the field reducing yields. Market softer as volume continues improve into next week. Quality and production will be affected out of both regions. Rain in Mexico and limited Peru volume have created an increasing market.
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