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69	2025-01-10	Weekly Grocery Store Specialty Crops Feature Activity	Healthy Goals Retailers focused on helping shoppers keep their New Year's health resolutions this week. A wide variety of nutritious fruits and vegetables were promoted for use in juicing, smoothies, and salads. Beets, kale, carrots, blackberries, cucumbers, spinach, cherries, and hemp seeds were just a few of the nutrient-packed options featured. Hearty items like potatoes, onions, cabbage, broccoli, and sweet potatoes were in demand as shoppers dug out from under record snowfall. Fruit and vegetable snack trays were popular for football parties. Total ad numbers this week were 278,144, a 4% decrease from last week's total of 289,415. The total for the same week last year was 3% higher at 286,511. The total number of ads broken out by commodity groups: fruit 162,839 (59%), onions and potatoes 20,211 (7%), vegetables 89,605 (32%), herbs 1,326, ornamentals 1,168, and hemp 4,321. The number of ads for organic produce was 49,438, 18% of total ads. The following are the prices of major advertised items (3,000 plus ads) this week, compared to the same week last year. Significant increases in price for fruit this week included seedless grapes (white at 42%, red at 23%), Honeycrisp apples (per lb.) at 21%, and Navel oranges (per lb.) at 12%. Significant decreases included round mangoes at 31% and Cara Cara Navel oranges (3 lb.) at 10%. There were no significant changes in price for onions and potatoes this week. There were no significant increases in price for vegetables this week. Significant decreases included only cucumbers at 12%.