date:Sep 25, 2013
ng on August 11, dollar sales of vegetables in the United States rose 5.7% from the previous year, and pounds of vegetables sold increased by 3.5%. The leader in vegetable dollar sales came from the lettuce category, which accounted for 15.5% of all vegetable sales and experienced an increase of 8.1% in dollar sales from the previous year. The average price per pound of vegetables increased over the previous year by two percent.