Insights on Beverage, Nutrition & the Business of Fresh

USDA NASS production data combined with USDA AMS wholesale price reports and BLS CPI show that Florida watermelon vendors operate with an input cost advantage unavailable anywhere else in the country -- and that advantage has held through a decade of food-price inflation.

NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network daily temperature data for the St. Augustine area quantifies what locals know intuitively -- there is no true off-season for cold beverage sales in Northeast Florida. The data shows 218 days above the empirical hydration threshold, and demand modeling shows cup sales tracking temperature with near-linear precision.