RPE to Launch New Potato Varieties This Fall

RPE has announced the addition of six new potato varieties being released this fall. With four additions to RPE’s core commodity brand, Old Oak Farms and two additions to their line of Tasteful Selections specialty potatoes, these new varieties will be transforming meals with unique appearances and robust flavors, company officials say. Old Oak Farms’ new varieties include: Honeysuckle Gold Vales Sovereign, Masquerade, Autumn Trail Gold and Midnight Moon. These varieties will be offered in three-pound poly bags, mesh bags and 50-pound cartons. “RPE’s constant drive to innovate the potato category has led to these colorful potatoes with extraordinary flavors,” says Russell Wysocki, president and CEO of RPE and co-owner of Tasteful Selections. “Our Old Oak Farms’ Honeysuckle Gold potatoes Vales Sovereign was voted “Variety of the Year” in Britain and we are confident it will be a winner with our consumers too.” The Tasteful Selections additions include: Blushing Violet and Radiant Ruby. These thin skinned, bite-sized potatoes are offered in 24-ounce, 28-ounce, 40-ounce and two-pound mesh bags.