Just For Fun - Answers
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November Knock Out Crossword #1 (page 23)
ACROSS
- 3. Varieties of this tropical fruit include Keitt and Tommy Atkins: MANGO
- 4. Tart fruit, often featured in holiday dishes: CRANBERRY
- 5. Bridges the gap between supply and buy-side: BROKER
- 7. Gathering of buyers and suppliers (2 wds): TRADESHOW
- 8. Wegmans' Dave Corsi is an industry advocate (2 wds): FOOD SAFETY
- 11. Fruit that peaks during summer, often from Eastern Washington: CHERRY
- 12. Green gold: AVOCADO
- 14. Industry-wide initiative, involves issues like water and land conservation: SUSTAINABILITY
- 16. Often orange, but comes in white and purple varieties, too (2 wds): SWEET POTATO
- 19. Eating trend that replaces meat with veggie alternatives (2 wds): PLANT BASED
- 20. New York-based grocer: WEGMANS
- 21. Popular varieties include Navels and Clementines: CITRUS
- 22. Apple variety, a Honeycrisp-MonArk cross: RAVE
- 23. A subsidiary of a major retail company: BANNER
DOWN
- 1. An orange root vegetable: CARROT
- 2. Place in which tomatoes and cucumbers are grown: GREENHOUSE
- 5. A list of records, enabling end-to-end traceability: BLOCKCHAIN
- 6. Sacramento-based retailer: RALEYS
- 9. The act of buying another company's operations: ACQUISITION
- 10. Booming produce sector: ORGANIC
- 13. A leading foodservice operator: SYSCO
- 15. Cruciferous veggie: BROCCOLI
- 17. Popular packaging container, often contains grapes: CLAMSHELL
- 18. Department that develops branding, merchandising materials, and more: MARKETING
November Knock Out Crossword #2 (page 97)
ACROSS
- 3. Premium California category: GRAPES
- 6. East Coast Market; Generates approx $2.3 billion in sales every year (2 wds): HUNTS POINT
- 7. Star of the juicing craze: CELERY
- 8. Creators of The Snack ANDNOWUKNOW
- 9. Titan of Texas: HEB
- 11. Caps off to this category: MUSHROOM
- 13. CEO of AndNowUKnow (2 wds): ROBERT LAMBERT
- 15. Only has “eyes" for you: POTATO
- 18. Canada's City of glass: LEAMINGTON
- 19. The actual bud of a plant: ARTICHOKE
- 20. "Salad Bowl of the World": SALINAS
DOWN
- 1. Also known as Chinese Gooseberry: KIWI
- 2. Anchor of the berry category: STRAWBERRIES
- 4. AndNowUKnow Headquarters: SACRAMENTO
- 5. A veg that likes music: BEETS
- 10. Flirtatious eyes (2 wds): SWEET POTATO
- 12. Learn how to Summit: PMA
- 14. The Leamington of Mexico: QUERÉTARO
- 16. Home of the Vidalia: GEORGIA
- 17. Issaquah native: COSTCO
Treasure Hunt (pg 99)
Spot the Difference (pg 62)