October 14, 2024 | Syracuse, UT – Onions 52, a leader in the onion category, is thrilled to announce -that Smileys™, tearless and sweet onions, will be returning to stores late October! Expertly grown in Washington State, Smileys™ onions offer a consistently sweet culinary experience, without the usual onion tears, making them the perfect addition to your holiday cooking. These premium onions are domestically grown and available to ship from all Onions 52 locations, including the new Onions 52-East shed in Ohio, ensuring ease of delivery and nationwide supply for the upcoming season.
Shawn Hartley, President of Onions 52, highlights: "We’ve grown our tearless, sweet onions for several seasons now, and every year we have exponentially expanded our acreage, a testament to the premium quality and taste consumers love about these onions.” Hartley continues, “Smileys™ are not an easy onion to grow, and we have perfected the process by investing in proprietary growing and harvesting methods to ensure consumers are getting the top-quality that only our variety of tearless and sweet onions can offer. While there may be other tearless onions on the market, none are comparable to the Smileys brand promise.”
Smileys™ are a unique sweet onion, as they are harvested in August and remain in storage for several months until reaching the brand’s promise of sweetness and tearlessness. While most onions become more pungent over time, Smileys™ are the opposite – and become sweeter and more tearless throughout the curing process. Smileys™ are a hearty, storage variety onion, making them an ideal ingredient that holds up in preparing soups, stuffings, and festive appetizers. Smileys™ allow consumers to cook with ease and enjoy the moments that matter – no tears necessary.
Offered in both 3lb and 5lb pack sizes, Smileys™ are shipped in high-graphic, 40lb fuchsia cartons that are an-eye catcher throughout produce departments. Onions 52 provides comprehensive merchandising support, including custom point-of-sale (POS) materials, social media backing, educational one-sheets for produce managers, and engaging display contests to help retailers maximize visibility and incremental sales during the Smileys™ season. Available through mid-April, or while supplies last, Smileys™ make the perfect kitchen companion for your seasonal celebrations! Enjoy the flavor of the holidays without the tears.
For more information, visit smileysonions.com or connect with our team at connect@onions52.com.
About Onions 52:
Onions 52 is the nation’s leading grower-shipper of premium-quality onions. Committed to innovation, sustainability, and delivering the freshest and finest onions to consumers across the United States, Onions 52 is on a mission to transform the way we experience onions. At Onions 52 we like to focus on one thing and do it the very best, so Onions 52 is just that, onions, 52 weeks a year.
About Smileys™: Naturally tearless and sweet – with Smileys™, the volatile compounds that make you cry in ordinary onions decrease over time, leaving you with a consistently mild, sweet and virtually tearless onion. Grown in Washington State: The Happy-Go-Tearless™ onions remain in storage until they meet the brand excellence of peak tearlessness and sweetness. Stop Crying, Start Smiling!
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