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Article: There's No Cap on Mushroom Growth.(mushroom council update)
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- Mushroom News
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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Price, per capita consumption and profits are converging perfectly for produce buyers stocking mushrooms. "I doubt any item in the produce department has the growth potential of mushrooms," said Bart Minor, president of the Mushroom Council. Mushrooms are high margin and one of the top 20 sellers in grocery produce departments, he said.
Sales of fresh mushrooms in 2007 topped a record set in 2004 at higher than forecasted prices. Volume growth in 2007 was two percent, according to the Council. Information Resources, Inc. pegged sales of fresh mushrooms at $714 million.
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