If you are looking for information on the 2015 Cotton Candy grape season, check out my post, What to Expect from Grapery in 2015? and Where to Find Cotton Candy Grapes in 2015.

This is it. The moment you have been waiting for. The Cotton Candy grape harvest is underway and stores will start to receive their first shipment any day now. This has to be the most excitement I have seen about a piece of fruit since I have been doing this blog. And why not, the grapes taste like cotton candy!

Interested in the story behind the grapes. Check out the first edition of my new e-book series “Fruits of Their Labor” (Available for purchase on NOW!, click picture below)

Cotton Candy grapes have received a lot of mainstream attention from being mentioned on NPR, by Ryan Seacrest, the Today Show and the New York Times, just to name a few. They even had a brief cameo on the television show, “Raising Hope”! It’s really exciting to see so many people get behind such a great tasting piece of fruit and to see the hard work of the folks at the Grapery come to fruition.

The good news is that Cotton Candy grapes will be more widely available than ever this year as this is their largest crop so far. The Grapery is also offering this year their new Grapery Direct service in which you can order grapes directly from them, shipped to your doorstep overnight. It is a pilot program and they are still working on getting the shipping rate down as of now they have standard overnight rates to California, Reno and Las Vegas Nevada, and Flagstaff and Tucson, Arizona.

My 2014 Cotton Candy Experience

I found them on Saturday, August 16th at Hiller’s in Ann Arbor, MI. A small display with a few bags left on it. The price was $2.49 per pound. The flavor was just as good as I remember and my mind had hyped it up to be. As I was eating some on the way home, I bite into one and juice when flying onto the windshield. My kids were ready to pounce on them the minute they saw me bring them into the house.

Below you will find a list of stores that are expected to carry grapes from the Grapery. Check with your particular store for availability. I will try to confirm as many sightings of the grapes as possible. Some of the bigger chains to carry the grapes this year include – Sam’s Club, the Fresh Market, Publix, select Whole Foods stores, Sprouts, Wegmans, and Hy-Vee. If you find them in a store that is not on the list, please leave a comment below. Or if you find them in a store on the list, let us know what city and store you found them in. Also list the price you paid. Prices I have seen have ranged from $2.49/lb up to $5.99/lb.

If you are looking for the 2015 store listing check out the 2015 Where to Find Cotton Candy grapes post.

Store Listings by State

Alabama

Publix

Rouses

The Fresh Market

Sam’s Club

Alaska

None

Arizona

AJs

Sprouts

Sam’s Club

Arkansas

The Fresh Market

Sam’s Club

California

Sweet Surrender (Bakersfield, CA)

Sam’s Club

Sprouts (confirmed in Fresno, CA)

Raley’s

Gelson’s (confirmed in Pacific Palisades, California)

The Fresh Market

Whole Foods

Sequoia Sandwich Shop (Bakersfield, CA – confirmed 8/11/14)

Sully’s (Bakersfield, CA)

Murray Family Farms (Bakersfield, CA)

Colorado

King Soopers

Sprouts (confirmed in Arvada, CO)

Connecticut

Fresh Direct

Nathel & Nathel (Distributor)

The Fresh Market

Whole Foods

Delaware

TMK Produce (Distributor)

Florida

Publix

The Fresh Market

Sam’s Club

Georgia

Sprouts

Publix

The Fresh Market

Sam’s Club

Hawaii

None

Idaho

Yokes Fresh Market

Pacific Coast Fruit Company

Illinois

Schnucks

The Fresh Market

Target

Treasure Island Foods

Hy-Vee

Niemanns

Mariano’s (confirmed in Arlington Heights, IL)

Indiana

Kroger

Schnucks

The Fresh Market

Iowa

Hy-Vee

Niemanns

Schnucks

Sam’s Club

Kansas

The Fresh Market

Sprouts

Hy-Vee

Sam’s Club

Kentucky

The Fresh Market

Kroger (confirmed in Florence, KY)

Louisiana

Rouses

The Fresh Market

Sam’s Club

Maine

None

Maryland

Wegmans (confirmed in Crofton MD)

The Fresh Market

Whole Foods

TMK Produce (Distributor)





Massachusetts

Wegmans

The Fresh Market

Whole Foods

Michigan

Whole Foods Market (confirmed in Ann Arbor, MI)

The Produce Station (Ann Arbor, MI)

Kroger (confirmed in Ypsilanti, MI)

Hiller’s (confirmed in Ann Arbor, MI)

Busch’s

Hutch’s Food Center (Spring Arbor, MI)

Nino Salvaggio International Marketplace (confirmed in Troy, MI)

Minnesota

Lunds/Byerlys

H Brooks

Hy-Vee

Target

Festival Foods

Mississippi

Rouses

Sam’s Club

Missouri

Hy-Vee

Niemanns

Schnucks

The Fresh Market

Sam’s Club

Montana

None

Nebraska

Hy-Vee

Sam’s Club

Nevada

Sprouts

Raley’s

New Hampshire

The Fresh Market

New Jersey

Wegmans (confirmed in Woodbridge, NJ)

Sonoma Produce

Baldor

The Fresh Market

Nathel & Nathel (Distributor)

TMK Produce (Distributor)

New Mexico

Sprouts

Sam’s Club

New York

Fresh Direct

Nathel & Nathel (Distributor)

Baldor

The Fresh Market

Wegmans

Whole Foods

North Carolina

Publix

The Fresh Market (confirmed in Raleigh, NC)

Sam’s Club

North Dakota

None

Ohio

The Fresh Market

Sam’s Club

Oklahoma

Sprouts

The Fresh Market

Sam’s Club

Oregon

Roth’s Fresh Markets

Pacific Coast Fruit Company

QFC

Pennsylvania

The Fresh Market

Wegmans (confirmed in Bethlehem, PA and Collegville, PA)

Sonoma Produce

Sam’s Club

TMK Produce (Distributor)

Levine Brothers

Rhode Island

None

South Carolina

The Fresh Market

Publix

South Dakota

Hy-Vee

Tennessee

The Fresh Market

Publix

Sam’s Club

Texas

The Fresh Market

Sam’s Club

Publix

Whole Foods

Green & Fresh

HEB

Utah

Sprouts

Harmon’s (confirmed)

Vermont

None

Virginia

The Fresh Market

Wegmans (confirmed in Fredericksburg and Manassas Virginia)

Sam’s Club

TMK Produce (Distributor)

Washington

Town and Country Markets

Yoke’s Fresh Markets

Pacific Coast Fruit Company

QFC

West Virginia

None

Wisconsin

Schnucks

The Fresh Market

H Brooks

Festival Foods

Wyoming

None