Bako Sweet Kicks Off First Game Day Promotion to Help Retailers Win Big on Fall Sales
August 20, 2025 | 3 min to read
Bakersfield, Calif. – Bako Sweet® is launching its first-ever Game Day Tailgating promotion aimed at boosting retail sales this fall. From September to October, the brand will offer football-themed packaging and engaging in-store displays featuring a variety of products, including wrapped sweet potatoes styled like footballs. With sweet potatoes outpacing other categories in sales growth, Susan Noritake emphasizes the opportunity for retailers to capture impulse buys during high-energy shopping.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Bako Sweet® is suiting up for its first-ever Game Day Tailgating promotion, giving retailers a fresh opportunity to score incremental sales this fall. Available September and October, the brand’s product lineup will feature limited-time football-themed packaging and eye-catching in-store displays designed to capture shopper attention during one of the highest consumption seasons of the year.
The promotion includes Organic and Conventional Sweet Potato Trays, Organic and Conventional 3 lb. and 5 lb. Mesh Bags, and the fan-favorite Single Sweets – conveniently wrapped sweet potatoes that are washed, ready to microwave, and now dressed to look like footballs. Vibrant Game Day Tailgating display bins feature the playful “Sweeten Game Day Tailgating” theme, complete with a football goal post graphic, mouthwatering sweet potato appetizer imagery, and a spirited sweet potato sister character dressed in football gear, making Bako Sweet sweet potatoes impossible to miss.
Sweet potatoes continue to outpace both the total produce and potato categories in dollar and pound sales growth across the U.S., and Bako Sweet leads the field as the #1 sweet potato brand in dollar sales nationwide (NielsenIQ Syndicated Data, 52 Weeks Ending 6/29/24). With 85% of consumers making unplanned produce purchases, visually engaging displays like Bako Sweet’s Game Day Tailgating bins give retailers a powerful way to inspire impulse buys, especially during high energy shopping periods. By continually investing in eye-catching merchandising and timely, themed consumer promotions, Bako Sweet drives sales performance at retail and reinforces the leadership position that sets the brand apart in the category.
“Fall is one of the most exciting times for food and entertaining, and game day gatherings are a perfect occasion to spotlight sweet potatoes,” said Susan Noritake, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Bako Sweet. “We’re encouraging retailers to get their orders in now so they can be ready to win big when shoppers start planning their tailgates. Our themed packaging and fun, high visibility displays not only grab shopper attention but also inspire creative, better-for-you game day recipes.”
To extend the excitement beyond the store, Bako Sweet will share a lineup of tailgating and grilling recipes across its social media channels and partner with influencers to create Game Day inspired content that not only sparks ideas for shoppers, but drives them to the produce department. With promotional activity accounting for over 30% of vegetable sales in 2024 (Circana, Integrated Fresh, MuLO+, 52 weeks ending 12/29/2024), these digital activations provide retailers with additional momentum to convert online engagement into in-store sales.
The Game Day packaging and displays will be available for shipment starting September 1, and retailers are encouraged to secure orders early to maximize sales during football season.
For more information about Bako Sweet, visit bakosweet.com or contact the sales team at sales@countrysweetproduce.com or 661-858-1075 x818 to place an order.
About Bako Sweet®
For more than 75 years Country Sweet Produce, grower-packer-shipper of consumer brand Bako Sweet®, has been growing sweet potatoes in the country’s richest soil in the southern San Joaquin Valley of California, also known as “California’s Sweet Spot.” This land produces some of the best-tasting sweet potatoes on the market. Over the years, Bako Sweet has perfected the growing and harvesting process to ensure the highest quality and consistently-sized sweet potatoes. Today, Bako Sweet focuses on providing the largest variety of value-added, conveniently packaged sweet potatoes, as well as bulk sweet potatoes and specialty offerings. For more information about Bako Sweet, visit bakosweet.com.