OCTOBER Sales/Deals

Halloween promotions

Candy
Cookies
Baking season begins
Baking chocolate chips
Fruitcake/candied fruit
nuts

Fall promotions

Apples
Pumpkins (fresh)

Pet products, food

Car care products

Daylight Savings time ends promotions

alarm clocks
batteries
safety equipment
smoke alarms

Clearance items:

“last year” flavors of holiday foods – time to clear the shelves for new products and packaging…

Occasions:

Columbus Day
National Children’s Day
World Food Day/UN and UNICEF
Halloween
Daylight Savings time ends

Other Promotions this month:

Adopt a Shelter-Dog Month
Fire Prevention Week (10/5 – 10/11)
German-American Day
Pledge Across America/Reading/School Celebration
National Animal Safety and Protection Month
National Apple Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Chili Month
National Cookie Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Dessert Month
National Pizza Month
National Pork Month
National Pretzel Month
National Seafood Month

Produce in Season:

Almonds
Apples
Artichokes
Arugula
Beets
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbages
Chard
Chestnuts
Cranberries
Kale
Kohlrabi
Kumquat
Lemons
Parsnip
Pears
Pomegranate
Potatoes
Potatoes, Sweet
Pumpkin
Quince
Rutabaga
Spinach
Squash, Winter
Turnips
Yams

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