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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)