Anticipated Produce Loads - please see key below for interpretation
Greetings friends!
This past week brought some very unexpected cold nights and heavy snow to varying parts of Oregon. Time will tell if this late in the season development has a negative impact on blossoming fruit trees around the state. Hopefully all is well in the fields and the outlook for the season is positive.
The rising costs of California produce and diesel partnered with shoulder season in the PNW continues to limit our ability to bring in more varieties of fruits and veggies. We are looking under every rock to find more volume for the network and you’ll be the first to see if we succeed.
For those of you ordering parsnips, you are likely noticing that they are a little less white and a little more orange in color right now. This is the first sign that parsnip season will be coming to a close soon. The change in color is the result of oxidation and age. As the ground starts to warm up and the parsnips wake up and realize how long they’ve been in the ground they start to change colors. It doesn’t affect the flavor and once peeled they are bright white and shiny but you might start seeing some confusion on the faces of clients.
Be well and bon appetit! Your friend, produce kim
Arrived Friday, 4/17 Oranges, cased – 20 pallets – Statewide – Ready to distribute | Monday, 4/20 Cauliflower, cased – 20 pallets – Statewide – Ready to distribute | Tuesday, 4/21 Yellow Potatoes, cased – 20 pallets – Statewide – Ready to distribute Beets, Parsnips, Rutabaga, Turnips, bulk – up to 12 bins – Statewide – Action plan TBD Parsnips/Turnips, bagged – up to 4 pallets – Metro – Action plan TBD | Wednesday, 4/22 Grapefruit, cased/USDA – 18 pallets – Statewide – ready to distribute Apples, bulk – 50 bins – Statewide – Repack required | Thursday, 4/23 Cabbage, cased – 22 pallets – Statewide – Ready to distribute
| Friday, 4/24 No loads currently expected |
| Produce Key: Format = Product - Pack Type - Volume - Warehouse - Repack Requirement FTL = Full Truck Load Red = We are expecting these items, but the volumes are unconfirmed. Blue = Updated highlights/edits | |||||
Anticipated Loads - please see key below for interpretation
Received last week for FTB:
| Ordered last week for FTB:
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| Key: PS = Purchased Staples: product purchased with state funding and distributed free of charge. FTB = Food to Buy: product purchased by OFB usually by the truckload and sold to RFBs and agencies by the case at our cost. Statewide = load is divided between regional food banks - Metro and West will receive a portion of this load | |
Please remember these are expected truckloads coming to the OFB warehouse this week. Reminder: It will take a few days for items to appear in inventory depending on when the loads are received into the warehouse. Food is first received into the Statewide warehouse and then must be transformed/moved to the Metro and West warehouses, including a delivery to West. These are estimates on what you can likely expect to see in the coming days/weeks, not when you will see them. Please reach out to the Metro Team (MWCS@oregonfoodbank.org) with questions, not the Operations Team. Thank you!
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