Retail potato sales reached a five-year record high from July 2019 through June 2020, according to numbers from Potatoes USA. Total sales increased by 11 percent in dollars and 10 percent in volume. Every category, except deli-prepared sides, increased in both dollar and volume sales.
Frozen, dehydrated and canned potatoes saw double-digit increases in both dollar and volume sales. Potato chips and fresh potatoes, which make up the majority of volume sales, both saw increases in dollars and volume. Fresh potatoes increased 15 percent in dollar sales and 10 percent in volume sales compared to the previous year. Fresh potatoes had a larger dollar sales increase than in any of the last five marketing years.
