Tag: Markon Cooperative

To help streamline and minimize kitchen prep, Markon Cooperative is introducing Markon First Crop Trimmed Leeks, which is now available to foodservice operators in convenient five-pound packs.

As the domestic orange market transitions from Valencia to Navel varieties, supplies are light, and prices are high.

Demand exceeds supply for California and Mexican broccoli and cauliflower, causing prices to rise, and keep rising into mid-October.

Although yield losses are nowhere near what we experienced a year ago, there has been a noticeable increase in some of the invasive pathogens and plant viruses which caused a significant amount of acres to be plowed under last year.

A stormy summer has limited tomato volume coming from the East Coast, which has caused prices to rise.

After weathering a far from typical year in the foodservice industry, chefs from across the United States came together to develop, learn, and collaborate around plant-powered menu items at Markon Cooperative’s recently held Chef Summit.

The new onion crop is dominated by medium-sized onions, causing prices to rise for jumbos and super colossals.

Broccoli prices are on the rise as cooler weather in California growing areas is limiting supplies.

The record-breaking heat in the Pacific Northwest will lower yields for berries, with blueberries hit especially hard.

Post-Mother’s Day has always been a cheap time to buy flowers, and now, it looks like a great time to buy lettuce.