Fresh Solutions Network Announces Spring/Summer Promotions For Side Delights Potatoes

San Francisco, CA – Fresh Solutions Network announced today its seasonal, in-store promotions, for retailers to celebrate the bright taste of spring and hot summer grilling with free-standing, promotionally themed merchandise displays, and coordinating point-of-purchase signage for Side Delights® Potatoes.

During the months of April and May, FSN brings the energy of spring indoors to drive potato sales with the “Taste of Spring” promotion, featuring refreshing, bright, healthy potato signage and recipes.  Shoppers will be craving potato salad recipes for spring events, and with our labeled QR codes, it’s as easy as filling the cart to prepare the perfect potato salad.

Summer is for grilling potatoes outdoors, and Side Delights® Potatoes’ “Meet Your New Flame,” June promotional merchandise displays, and coordinating point-of-purchase signage, features fresh, colorful, and savory graphics to inspire the fun of summer and frequent backyard barbecues.  Preparing potatoes on the grill is becoming a popular trend, increasing 200 percent since 2013,* with 60 percent of grill owners grilling year round.**

“We are creating continued momentum of potato sales with our seasonal-themed promotions,” said Kathleen Triou, President and CEO of Fresh Solutions Network. “A new generation of shoppers are learning to love potatoes, and Side Delights® Potatoes offer convenient, healthy, tasty options that offer an endless variety of potential menu items for spring and summer.”

These festive spring and summer, in-store promotions are available by contacting your Fresh Solutions Network partner, and letting them know your ready for warm weather and hot potato sales.

Sources: *2013 Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association (HPBA) Study. **2015 US Potato Board, Consumer Attitude and Usage Study

About Fresh Solutions Network, LLC:  Fresh Solutions Network is a group of family owned growers and shippers who choose to work together to make the potato and onion industry better for everyone. FSN helps fresh potato and onion buyers grow their categories, maximize category investment, and increase sales. FSN delivers category insights, collaborative innovation and customized assortment. Fresh Solutions Network, LLC partners are: Sterman Masser, Inc. (Masser Potato Farms and Keystone Potato Products in Sacramento and Hegins, PA), Michael Family Farms, Inc. (Urbana, OH), Basin Gold Cooperative, Inc. (Pasco, WA), Green Thumb Farms, Inc. (Fryeburg, ME), Red Isle Potato Growers, Ltd. (Prince Edward Island, Canada), NoKota Packers, Inc. (Buxton, ND), Sun-Glo of Idaho, Inc. (Sugar City, ID) and Mac Farms (Lake Wales, FL).

For more information, visit www.freshsolutionsnet.com, or visit www.SideDelights.com

Source: Fresh Solutions Network