LilMikeSFJan 31

'Produce Pete’ Napolitano, the rare celebrity #grocer, who spent past 30 years as #NYC's #WNBC 4's resident prodder and poker of countless apples, tomatoes, eggplants, cantaloupes and zucchinis — has died at age 80.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/business/media/produce-pete-napolitano-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IlA._3H7.Ldr6HASJDo38&smid=url-share #SharedStory #NYTimes #Obit #Unlocked #UnlockedLink #GiftArticle

‘Produce Pete’ Napolitano, a Fruit and Vegetable Celebrity, Dies at 80

For more than 30 years, he drew fans for dispensing weekly produce punditry on a New York television station, building on a sales career that began when he was 5.

The New York Times