Grocers Stock Up for Long Weekend

New York, NY —

Employees at the Hunts Point produce market are working overtime to make sure millions of pounds of fruits and vegetables get to stores before Thanksgiving.

REPORTER: Myra Gordon is the Bronx market's Executive Administrative Director. Standing in one of the many warehouses, she pointed to boxes of produce, stacked floor to ceiling - ready for distribution.

GORDON: It's amazing. This place will be empty. Other than the hardware of the industry - potatoes, onions, apples, oranges. But broccoli, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, all the berry fruits, out.

REPORTER: Hunts Point supplies 60% of all the fruits and vegetables eaten in the New York metropolitan area. The market will re-open on Sunday - another reason there's a spike in buying. All the stores are scrambling to stock up for the week ahead.