The Festival Foods floral and produce departments are filling up with beautiful poinsettias. All of the stores have been very creative and I know you will enjoy these massive displays. Poinsettias make a wonderful gift as well as a great seasonal touch for your own home. If you don’t care for the traditional red poinsettia,
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 Pomegranates are typically available in our stores August through December. We are in the middle of the California season so it is a really great time to give them a try. I am excited that summer is finally on its way to Wisconsin so we can all get outside and enjoy the fresh air and warm sun. It’s just in time because my kids were really starting to go crazy after being stuck inside all winter. Summer also brings great stuff to the produce department like Recently, I had the opportunity to travel down to Chile and learn about their export fruit industry. I’m very thankful to have been given this opportunity; I definitely learned a lot about the many different kinds of fruit that they grow there. One of the most fascinating parts of the trip was Green Bay, Wis. (Feb. 3rd, 2011) – Festival Foods’ Green Bay East Store has taken a creative approach to building excitement for this Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers. Around the holidays, you may have noticed a lot of stories on the news about California getting hit with historic amounts of rain. The focus of those reports was rightfully on big issues like potential landslides and the safety of local residents. What they didn’t show on the news was California navel oranges are back in season and back on the shelves at Festival! You can expect to see them now through the month of May. There are plenty of reasons to buy navel oranges. First of all, they are juicy, sweet and pack a good dose of Vitamin C to help keep the common Every year I’m proud to display Kitchen Kleen potatoes in our produce department and right now they’re almost ready for 2010. We can expect to have them at Festival sometime during the week of October 11th. Kitchen Kleen potatoes arrive a little later than the other Wisconsin russets because they are a different variety. Kitchen Believe it or not, Wisconsin’s apple season is finally here! So, you can expect to start seeing local apples in your Festival Foods store very soon. The first early season apples to arrive will be the Paula Red variety. Paula Reds are a red apple with some yellow and tan spots; they have a firm In my last blog post, I mentioned some tips to help you pick out a ripe watermelon. Well, it’s still a great time to buy any melon, so let’s move onto cantaloupe! Just like watermelon, we at Festival have created signs to help you identify a ripe cantaloupe. Please look for these signs near the |
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