Roots & Tubers
Sweet Potatoes: Wholesale Supplier and Shipper
Southern Corporate Packers ships orange, white and purple sweet potatoes in 40 pound cartons and consumer bags, available year round.
Overview
About sweet potatoes
Sweet potatoes run year round out of storage and peak hard through the fall holidays. Orange flesh carries the volume, with white and purple varieties available for fuller sets.
Also known as: sweet potato, yam, beauregard, covington, japanese sweet potato, purple sweet potato
- Minimum order
- Truckload
- Mixed pallets
- Available
- Label
- Yum Yum, or packed to spec
- Ships from
- Immokalee, Florida
- Service area
- United States and Canada
Types and packs
How sweet potatoes ships
Southern Corporate Packers supports the standard pack types used across the wholesale produce market. If a program needs something specific, ask.
Types and varieties
- Orange flesh
- White flesh
- Purple
- Japanese
- Organic
Pack styles
- 40 lb carton
- 3 lb and 5 lb consumer bags
- Bins
- Count cartons
Availability
When sweet potatoes runs
| Region | Window |
|---|---|
| Southeast | Fall harvest, shipped year round from storage |
Questions
Sweet Potatoes: common questions
Are sweet potatoes and yams the same thing?
In the U.S. trade the orange flesh sweet potato is commonly labeled a yam, but a true yam is a different vegetable. What ships as a yam on most retail programs is an orange flesh sweet potato.
When do sweet potatoes peak?
The crop is harvested in the fall and stored, so it ships year round with the heaviest movement through the fall holiday period.
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