date:Jan 15, 2014
KIKU brand apples have become one of the hottest new items for retailers in their supermarket apple section. According to retail data from Nielsen Perishables Group over the past 52 weeks (11-23-13 compared to the same period a year ago) dollar sales for KIKU apples jumped by over 229%. During the same period, volume increased by nearly 192%.
Growth of the KIKU brand has been strong nationally and in all regions of the U.S. KIKU apple sales increased in every U.S. region by over 175%. Sales gai