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The Boston Market Terminal, founded in 1922, is smaller than the NEPC. Like its partner, the BMT is also undergoing enhancements. “We’re installing new fiber optic cables so the computers will be faster,” explains Tommy Piazza at Community-Suffolk, Inc., a longtime receiver and importer on the BMT.
What’s Trending?
Although the majority of vendors at the BMT and NEPC say business has remained fairly steady for the past year, they have seen a few notable trends. For one, demand for kale and other “superfoods” seems to be on the rise.
Superfoods
“More people have been asking for kale and other superfood-type salads,” comments Patrick Burke, sales manager with Garden Fresh Salad Company, Inc. at the NEPC. Burke says he’s also noticed increased demand for broccoli coleslaw at chain stores. “Customers hear the buzzwords like ‘superfood’ and ‘antioxidants,’ and they all want in on it.”
Messinger agrees that kale has grown increasingly popular in recent years, but adds there isn’t necessarily one super-hot commodity. “It’s still so seasonal,” he notes, “things change four times a year. In the fall you sell a lot more Brussels sprouts, in the summer you sell more stone fruit and berries. If anything, [growers] are trying to get more creative with current product and are looking for ways to differentiate themselves.”
MARKET STATS
Boston Market TerminalLocation:
34 Market Street
Everett, MA 02149Phone: 617-389-0482
Fax: 617-389-0486
Manager: Dana Hayes
Hours:
5:00 am to 1:00 pm,
Monday through Saturday
Organics
Some vendors are also seeing an uptick in organics. “We’re still getting a big demand for organic product,” confirms Messinger, noticing a number of “juice bars opening up in Boston and surrounding areas with fresh pressed juices.”
Greenhouses
Demand is also mounting for greenhouse vegetables. “All our customers use greenhouse vegetables—the chain store buyers, guys in restaurant supply, the independents,” says Dominic Cavallaro, president of John Cerasuolo Company, Inc., a receiver on the NEPC.
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