2024 Week - 26

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In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 25, 2024 - The industry saw a 6.16% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 442,208 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 30,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 24, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 421,873 tray equivalents along with 1,784 Shepard tray equivalents together with 18,551 trays (inc GMax) of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. It is important to continue to monitor how this total production is split to understand true volumes on the market. Of the total 442K tray equivalent there were approximately 70K trays exported; 125K tray equivalents packed as bulks used in prepacks or processing which leaves approximately 247K tray equivalents for domestic supply.

Production across the country saw a Central Queensland maintain the lead in production accounting for 50.49% of the total volume, North Queensland accounting for a further 46.21%, then trickles from Southern Queensland accounting for 2.71%, Central NSW with 0.31% and finally Sunshine Coast for 0.21%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 454,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 26) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass to contribute approximately 436,000 tray equivalents of this total and some 18,000 tray equivalents of other varietals (inc GMax) of this total. The focus continues to be upon the popular Hass varietal. Production for the next two to three week period is expected to be ranging 436K down to 420K tray equivalents/week. With this reducing supply, market pricing is expected to lift next week. The returns on bulk fruit is relatively unchanged as these lines are plentiful, hence why we are seeing a number of the major supermarkets with prepack lines on special. Both premium trays and class one trays (select sizes) are experiencing an uplift in price and this strengthening is expected to continue next week.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Hass this week with shelf tickets at $1.49 each;  Coles Qld had Hass avocados ticketed at $1.80ea, and Woolworths with Purpleskin and Simpson supplied Hass at $1.50ea and GMAX avos (larger sizes 14/16/18) at $2.50ea.





RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Carindale, Garden City and Sunnybank Hills

  • Coles stores had Hass on display in size 20-25 at $1.80ea and GMAX at $2.50ea. Gmax exhibiting a prolific presence of lentical damage, a few pieces found with body rot.

  • 5 piece packs at $4.90ea and 1kg packs at $4.50ea.

  • Organic avos at $3.80ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Carindale, Garden City and Sunnybank Hills

  • Avolution supplied Hass @ $1.49 each all Ct23/25.

  • 1kg Avocado nets at $3.99ea on PROMO and featured in the Aldi Catalogue this week and 3 piece GMAX packs at $5.99ea. 5 piece packs at $5.49ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Carindale, Garden City and Sunnybank Hills

  • Hass avos in Ct20 primarily from Purpleskins and Simpsons were retailing at $1.50ea. Greenskin GMAX avos on display this week for $2.50ea.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.00ea and 5 piece packs at $6.00ea.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE



Banana industry transport figures for last week were just over 383K cartons, a small increase of 2000 cartons on the previous week. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures dropping with a range of 12.1 - 20.8 C across all major growing regions, a touch warmer than last week; and day time temperatures have also remained warmer ranging 22.0 - 27.0 C. There has been very minimal rainfall across most of the North Qld banana growing regions this week with Mareeba and Walkamin 0.2mm falls and only of 5 - 6mms across Innisfail and Tully regions - these patterns are usual for this time of the year.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas has remained stable this week with pricing as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores still varied, some stores having more significant damage on the varieties other than cavendish.









RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Carindale, Garden City and Sunnybank Hills

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $7.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg.

  • Organic at $6.00/kg.

 

Below: Aldi Carindale, Garden City and Sunnybank Hills

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg.

  • Havana Bananas back in some stores this week at $4.99/kg.

 

Below: Woolworths Carindale, Garden City and Sunnybank Hills

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $3.50.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red tips were at $4.90/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 25

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In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 24, 2024 - The industry saw a 3.26% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 471,212 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 10,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 23, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 406,933 tray equivalents along with 37,704 trays (inc GMax) of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures.

Production across the country saw a Central Queensland resume the lead in production accounting for 52.17% of the total volume, North Queensland accounting for a further 45.97%, then trickles from Southern Queensland accounting for 1.23%, Sunshine Coast with 0.26% and finally Central NSW for 0.19%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 461,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 25) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass to contribute approximately 438,000 of this total whilst the Shepard variety expected to diminish to zero tray equivalents and some 22,000 tray equivalents of other varietals (inc GMax) of this total. The focus continues to be upon the popular Hass varietal. Production in the next three week window is expected to range between 420 to 454K tray equivalents per week - keeping in mind that a portion of the stated volumes will be exported and a portion will be in a bulk format.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Hass this week with shelf tickets at $1.29 each (Aldi Super Savers);  Coles Qld had Hass avocados ticketed at $1.50ea, and Woolworths with Purpleskin and Simpson supplied Hass at $1.50ea and GMAX avos (larger sizes 14/16/18) at $2.50ea.



RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Stafford, Lutwyche and Chermside

  • Coles stores had Hass on display in size 20-25 at $1.50ea and GMAX at $2.50ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $6.50ea and 1kg packs at $4.90ea.

  • Organic avos at $4.00ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Stafford, Lutwyche and Chermside

  • Purpleskin Hass @ $1.29 each all Ct23/25 on special.

  • 1kg Avocado nets at $4.49ea and 3 piece GMAX packs at $5.99ea. 5 piece packs at $5.19ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Stafford, Lutwyche and Chermside

  • Hass avos in Ct20 primarily from Purpleskins and Simpsons were retailing between $1.50/$1.70/$1.80ea depending upon store visited. Greenskin GMAX avos on display this week for $2.50ea.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.50ea and 5 piece packs at $6.00ea.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE



Industry transport figures for the previous harvest ie week 24 was 381,245 ctns which represents a drop of some 25,000 cartons on Week 23 harvest. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures dropping with a range of 9.0 - 14.5 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 24.2 - 29.5 C. With temperatures starting to dip below 10C we have seen the occurrence of some underpeel discolouration, will only be mild at this stage but if we experience repeated cold days this is when the damage becomes heightened. There has been very minimal rainfall across most of the North Qld banana growing regions this week with Mareeba and Walkamin 0.2mm falls and only of 0 to 0.8mms across Innisfail and Tully regions - this pattern is expected at this time of year.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas has remained stable this week with pricing as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores still varied, some stores having more significant damage on the varieties other than cavendish.









RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Stafford, Lutwyche and Chermside

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg.

  • Organic at $6.00/kg.

 

Below: Aldi Stafford, Lutwyche and Chermside

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg.

  • Havana Bananas back in some stores this week at $4.99/kg.

 

Below: Woolworths Stafford, Lutwyche and Chermside

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $3.50-4.00.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red tips were back at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 24

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In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 23, 2024 - The industry saw a 12.06% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 487,107 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 60,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 22, 2024 production.The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 466,830 tray equivalents along with 310 Shepard tray equivalents together with 19,967 trays (inc GMax) of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. Whilst there was an increase of some 12% in production this week, it is important to look at how this is broken up with 131K tray equivalents being either bulks for prepacking or processing fruit; some 77K tray equivalents were exported which leaves some 278K tray equivalents for the domestic market.

Production across the country saw a North Queensland resume the lead in production accounting for 54.94% of the total volume, Central Queensland accounting for a further 43.95%, then trickles from Southern Queensland accounting for 0.41%, Sunshine Coast with 0.31% and finally Central NSW for 0.28%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 445,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 24) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass to contribute approximately 406,000 of this total whilst the Shepard variety expected to represent some 400 tray equivalents and some 37,000 tray equivalents of other varietals (inc GMax) of this total. The focus continues to be upon the popular Hass varietal. Production in the next three week window is expected to range between 407 to 430K tray equivalents per week - keeping in mind that a portion of the stated volumes will be exported and a portion will be in a bulk format. Whilst volumes have been fairly steady in recent weeks, there are signs of supplies starting to tighten somewhat and we are expecting the premium tray value to lift by $1-$2 next week. There are already some of the North Qld growers who are nearing the end of their crops perhaps a little earlier than first thought and Central Qld likewise are finding that they do not expect to run later than late July this year with their harvests.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Hass this week with shelf tickets at $1.49 each;  Coles Qld had Hass avocados ticketed at $1.50ea, and Woolworths with Purpleskin and Simpson Hass at $1.50-1.70ea and GMAX avos (larger sizes 14/16/18) at $2.50ea.



RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Garden City, Indooroopilly and Carindale

  • Coles stores had Hass on display in size 20-25 at $1.50ea and GMAX at $2.50ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $6.50ea and 1kg packs at $4.90ea.

  • Organic avos at $4.00ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Garden City, Indooroopilly and Carindale

  • The Avolution Hass @ $1.49 each all Ct23.

  • 1kg Avocado nets on special at $3.99ea and 3 piece GMAX packs at $5.99ea. 5 piece packs at $5.19ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Garden City, Indooroopilly and Carindale

  • Hass avos in Ct20-25 primarily from Purpleskins and Simpsons were retailing at $1.50-1.70ea. Greenskin GMAX avos on display this week for $2.50ea.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.50ea and 5 piece packs at $6.00ea.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

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Industry transport figures are as follows: the harvest for week 23 at 406,385 ctns transported around Australia which was an increase of almost 10,000 cartons on the previous week. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures dropping with a range of 8.5 - 17.0 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 23.0 - 27.3 C. With temperatures starting to dip below 10C we will start to see the occurrence of some underpeel discolouration, this will only be mild at this stage but if we experience several repeated cold days in a row, this is when the damage becomes heightened. There has been minimal rainfall across most of the North Qld banana growing regions this week with Mareeba and Walkamin nil falls and only of 0.4 to 1.0mms across Innisfail and Tully regions.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas has remained stable this week with pricing as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores still varied, however improved on recent weeks with the only defects being minor neck damage, some light rub marking and some minor bronzing.










RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Garden City, Indooroopilly and Carindale

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg.

  • Organic at $6.00/kg.

 

Below: Aldi Garden City, Indooroopilly and Carindale

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg.

  • Havana Bananas back in some stores this week at $4.99/kg.

 

Below: Woolworths Garden City, Indooroopilly and Carindale

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $3.50-4.00. Metro Melb had cavendish at $5.00/kg.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red tips were back at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 23

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In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 22, 2024 - The industry saw a 14.96% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 428,343 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 80,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 21, 2024 production. Of the overall total, approximately 124K units were bulks for prepacking and processing; 82K were exported; leaving a total of almost 222K tray equivalents for the domestic market. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 388,612 tray equivalents along with 5,575 Shepard tray equivalents together with 34,156 trays (inc GMax) of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures.

Production across the country saw a new guard in the position of highest productions week with Central Queensland accounting for 49.50% of the total production volume this week, North Queensland accounting for a further 48.72%, then trickles from Sunshine Coast accounting for 0.76%, Southern Queensland with 0.58% and finally Central NSW for 0.32%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 486,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 23) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass to contribute approximately 448,000 of this total whilst the Shepard variety expected to represent some 400 tray equivalents and some 37,000 tray equivalents of other varietals (inc GMax) of this total. The focus now is really upon the popular Hass varietal. Production in the next three week window is expected to range between 440 to 470K tray equivalents per week.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Hass this week with shelf tickets at $1.19 each;  Coles Qld had Hass avocados ticketed at $1.50ea, and Woolworths with Purpleskin Hass at $1.50ea and GMAX avos (larger sizes 14/16/18) at $2.50ea. There was a prevalence of lenticel damage noted on the Hass avos on display this week.



RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Mt Gravatt and Indooroopilly

  • Coles stores had Hass on display in size 20-25 at $1.30-1.50ea and GMAX at $2.50ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $6.50ea and 1kg packs at $5.00ea.

  • Organic avos at $4.00ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Mt Gravatt and Indooroopilly

  • The Strand and Purpleskin Hass @ $1.19 each all Ct23.

  • 1kg Avocado nets on special at $4.69ea and 3 piece GMAX packs at $5.99ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Mt Gravatt, Indooroopilly and Metro Melbourne

  • Hass avos in Ct20-25 primarily from Purpleskins and Simpsons were retailing at $1.50ea. Greenskin GMAX avos on display this week for $2.50ea. Metro store in Melbourne had retail price of $2.00 ea for Hass.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.50ea and 5 piece packs at $5.00ea.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE


We have an update on the industry transport figures, with harvest for week 21 at 396,767 cartons of cavendish and in week 22 there were 396,475 ctns transported around Australia. Both of these figures were a slight decrease on the previous fortnight (week 20) which saw a cut of 409,841 cartons. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures have ranged 13.8 - 21.7 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 24.9 - 28.3 C. There has been minimal rainfall across the regions of Mareeba and Walkamin with falls of 0mm - 0.2mm; and a slight decrease in the level of rain falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 12.6 - 21.6mm throughout the week compared with last week.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas has remained stable this week with pricing as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores still varied, however improved on recent weeks with the only defects being minor neck damage and some minor bronzing. Note i did have the opportunity to duck into a Woolies Metro store in Melbourne during Hort Connections and found bananas retailing at $5.00/kg in Flinders Street. Stores continue to have signage with regards to these defects being indicative of the growing conditions across the country.











RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Mt Gravatt and Indooroopilly

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg.

  • Organic at $6.00/kg.

 

Below: Aldi Mt Gravatt and Indooroopilly

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg.

  • No Havana Bananas this week.

 

Below: Woolworths Mt Gravatt, Indooroopilly and Metro Melbourne

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $3.50. Metro Melb had cavendish at $5.00/kg.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red tips were back at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 22

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In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 21, 2024 - The industry saw a 5.06% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 503,712 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 25,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 20, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 457,099 tray equivalents along with 13,139 Shepard tray equivalents together with 33,474 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. It is worthwhile noting that whilst the week’s harvest was just over 500K tray equivalents, some 143K were bulks/processing fruit and 115K were exported, leaving 245K tray equivalents for sale on the domestic market.

Production across the country as would be expected sees North QLD (mainly Hass) accounting for 56.29% of the total production volume this week, Central Queensland accounting for a further 43.00% (Shepard and hass), then trickles from Southen Queensland with hass supply accounting for 0.44%, Central NSW with 0.24% and finally TNR for 0.02%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 514,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 22) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass to contribute approximately 465,000 of this total whilst the Shepard variety expected to represent some 8,000 tray equivalents of this total. The focus now is really upon the popular Hass varietal. The central markets are well supplied, to some extent they are heavy particularly when it comes to class one fruit - quality is very mixed and sadly this is eroding value with class one fruit fetching between $7 to $14/tray; premium grades are stronger with main sales still ranging $20-$24/tray - the majority of premium fruit is moving directly to the supermarkets.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Hass this week with shelf tickets at $1.19 each;  Coles Qld had Hass avocados ticketed at $1.30ea, and Woolworths with Purpleskin Hass at $1.30ea and GMAX avos at $2.50ea. There was a notable presence of lenticel damage on the GMAX avos in some stores.



RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Cannon Hill, Garden City and Carindale

  • Coles stores had Hass on display in size 20-23 at $1.30ea and GMAX at $2.50ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $6.50ea and 1kg packs at $5.50ea.

  • Organic avos at $4.00ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Cannon Hill, Garden City and Carindale

  • The Strand and Purpleskin Hass @ $1.19 each all Ct23.

  • 1kg Avocado nets on special at $4.69ea and 5 piece packs priced at $5.19ea. 3 piece GMAX packs at $5.79ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Cannon Hill, Garden City and Carindale

  • Hass avos in Ct20-25 primarily from Purpleskins were retailing at $1.30ea. Greenskin GMAX avos on display this week for $2.50ea.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.00ea and 5 piece packs at $5.50ea. Organic at $3.40ea.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE


The industry transport figures have been a little late in their release, we will update these once we have them. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures have ranged 16.8 - 21.1 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 23.5 - 26.8 C. There has been a slight decrease in terms of rainfall across the regions of Mareeba and Walkamin with falls of 0mm - 1.8mm; and a slight increase in the level of rain falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 54.0 - 57.6mm throughout the week compared with last week.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas has remained stable this week with pricing as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores still varied with the main defects being still minor neck damage, sooty/blotchy mould and minor skin marking. Stores continue to have signage with regards to these defects being indicative of the growing conditions across the country.











RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Cannon Hill, Garden City and Carindale

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg.

  • Organic at $6.00/kg.

 

Below: Aldi Cannon Hill, Garden City and Carindale

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg.

  • Havana Bananas @ $4.99/kg this week.

 

Below: Woolworths Cannon Hill, Garden City and Carindale

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $3.50.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red tips were back at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 21

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In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 20, 2024 - The industry saw a 34.28% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 529,201 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 150,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 19, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 475,321 tray equivalents along with 25,301 Shepard tray equivalents together with 28,579 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. Whilst the total harvest is significantly up on the week prior there are approximately 140K of this which are either bulks/processing fruit and another 65K that were exported, leaving a balance of some 325K tray equivalents for the Australian domestic market.

Production across the country as would be expected sees North QLD (mainly Hass) accounting for 57.91% of the total production volume this week, Central Queensland accounting for a further 41.55% (Shepard and hass), then trickles from Southen Queensland with hass supply accounting for 0.34%, Central NSW with 0.13% and finally Sunshine Coast for 0.06%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 558,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 21) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass to contribute approximately 507,000 of this total whilst the Shepard variety expected to represent some 9,000 tray equivalents of this total. The focus now is really upon the popular Hass varietal. As you will see by the below market pricing guidelines sales for premium Hass are range $20 to $24 per trays, with main sales of $22/tray as per last week. Class one Hass trays are $12-$14 and bulks vary between $5 to $25 depending upon quality and size.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Hass this week with shelf tickets at $1.19 each;  Coles Qld had Hass avocados ticketed at $1.30ea, and Woolworths with Purpleskin Hass also at $1.50ea and GMAX avos at $2.50ea.



RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Indooroopilly, Mt Ommaney and Carindale

  • Coles stores had Hass on display in size 20-23 at $1.30ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $6.00ea and 1kg packs at $5.50ea.

  • Organic avos at $2.00ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Indooroopilly, Mt Ommaney and Carindale

  • The Strand and Purpleskin Hass @ $1.19 each all Ct23.

  • 1kg Avocado nets on special at $4.99ea and 5 piece packs priced at $5.49ea. 3 piece GMAX packs at $5.79ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Indooroopilly, Mt Ommaney and Carindale

  • Hass avos in Ct20-25 primarily from Purpleskins were retailing at $1.50ea. Greenskin GMAX avos on display this week for $2.50ea.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.00ea and 5 piece packs at $5.50ea.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE


The industry transport figures have been a little late in their release, we will update these once we have them. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures have ranged 13.1 - 21.3 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 22.0 - 27.5 C. There has been a slight decrease in terms of rainfall across the regions of Mareeba and Walkamin with falls of 0mm - 2.6mm; and a slight decrease also in the level of rain falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 30.4mm - 42.6mm throughout the week.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week was as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores still varied with the main defects being still minor neck damage, sooty/blotchy mould and minor skin marking. Stores continue to have signage with regards to these defects being indicative of the growing conditions across the country.











RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Indooroopilly, Mt Ommaney and Carindale

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg.

  • Organic at $6.00/kg.

 

Below: Aldi Indooroopilly, Mt Ommaney and Carindale

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg.

  • Havana Bananas @ $4.99/kg this week.

 

Below: Woolworths Indooroopilly, Mt Ommaney and Carindale

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $2.50.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red tips were back at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 20

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🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 19, 2024 - The industry saw a 26.12% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 347,769 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 130,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 18, 2024 production. The national harvest saw the Hass variety leading production supplying 297,447 tray equivalents; with just 31,052 Shepard tray equivalents along with 19,270 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures.

Production across the country in the last week has North QLD production accounting for 58.90% of the total volume this week, Central Queensland accounting for a further 40.55% (Shepard and Hass), and Southern Queensland entering the market slowly with supply accounting for 0.49%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 436,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 20) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass variety expected to represent some 380,000 tray equivalents whilst Shepard will contribute approximately 22,000 of this total. Shepard harvest figures are expected to be gradually declining in volume as their season is coming to an end by mid to late May, forecast for the next three weeks to be within a range of 7K down to zero tray equivalents by the first week of June.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Shepards this week with shelf tickets at 89c each;  Coles Qld had Shepard avocados ticketed at $1.30 ea, and Woolworths with Greenskin Shepards also at $1.20ea.



RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Sunnybank Hills, Calamvale and Ipswich

  • Coles stores had a mix of Hass (mainly) and a few Shepards on display in size 20-23-25 at $1.30ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $6.00ea and 1kg packs at $5.50ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Sunnybank Hills, Drewvale and Ipswich

  • Shepards @ 89c each all Ct23 (interestingly their weekly catalogue had them featured at $0.99c ea). Predominantly Greenskins fruit, good quality and colour this week.

  • 1kg Avocado nets on special at $3.99ea and 5 piece packs priced at $4.99ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Sunnybank Hills, Calamvale and Ipswich

  • Shepard avos in Ct20-25 primarily from Greenskins were retailing at $1.20ea.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.00ea and 5 piece packs at $5.50ea - both contained shepards. Multiple prepacks contained significantly damaged fruit.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE


The industry transport figures have been a little late in their release, we now have Week 19 figures which are as follows: 343,082 cartons were sent out, approximately 37,000 less than week 18. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have finally seen temperatures starting to cool off with early A.M. temperatures have ranged 16.6 - 22.2 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 23.5 - 27.9 C. There has been a slight decrease in terms of rainfall across the regions of Mareeba and Walkamin with falls of 0.4 - 4.0mm; whilst another slight increase in the level of rain falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 79.8mm - 91.0mm throughout the week. Similar weather patterns have been in existence now for several months.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week was as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores still varied with the main defects being still minor neck damage, sooty/blotchy mould and minor skin marking. Stores continue to have signage with regards to these defects being indicative of the growing conditions across the country.











RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Sunnybank Hills, Calamvale and Ipswich

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg.

  • Organic at $6.00/kg.

 

Below: Aldi Sunnybank Hills, Drewvale and Ipswich

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg.

  • Havana Bananas @ $4.99/kg this week.

 

Below: Woolworths Sunnybank Hills, Calamvale and Ipswich

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $2.50.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red tips were back at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 19

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🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 18, 2024 - The industry saw a 0.17% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 470,764 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 800 less tray equivalents) on Week 17, 2024 production. The national harvest included 175,939 Shepard tray equivalents along with Hass variety supplying 294,657 tray equivalents together with 168 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures.

Production across the country has somewhat evened out with North QLD Shepard variety accounting for 51.74% of the total production volume this week, Central Queensland accounting for a further 41.65% (Shepard and hass), then Western Australia with supply accounting for 6.58% (primarily Hass) and other varietals from CNSW with 0.04%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 419,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 19) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Shepard variety expected to represent some 47,000 tray equivalents whilst Hass will contribute approximately 358,000 of this total. Shepard harvest figures are expected to be gradually declining in volume as their season is coming to an end by mid to late May, forecast for the next three weeks to be within a range of 17K down to zero tray equivalents over the next three weeks.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Shepards this week with shelf tickets at 89c each;  Coles Qld had Shepard avocados ticketed at 90c ea, and Woolworths with Greenskin Shepards also at $1.00-1.20ea. Coles also had Autumn avocados on display, competitively priced at $1.50ea.



RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Sunnybank Hills, Calamvale and Ipswich

  • Coles stores had Shepards on display in size 25 at 90c ea.

  • Stores also had Autumn Hass avocados priced at $1.50ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $3.90ea and 1kg packs at $4.00ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Sunnybank Hills, Drewvale and Ipswich

  • Shepards @ 89c each all Ct23. Predominantly Greenskins fruit, good quality and colour this week.

  • 1kg Avocado nets on special at $3.99ea (Aldi Super Savers) and 5 piece packs priced at $4.99ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Sunnybank Hills, Calamvale and Ipswich

  • Shepard avos in Ct20-25 primarily from Greenskins were retailing at $1.00-1.20ea.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.00ea and 5 piece packs at $4.50ea - both contained shepards. Multiple prepacks contained significantly damaged fruit.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE


The industry transport figures have been a little late in their release. What we can confirm is the weather patterns for the last week in the far north, early A.M. temperatures have ranged 17.3 - 22.6 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 25.0 - 28.5 C. There has been a slight decrease in terms of rainfall across the regions of Mareeba and Walkamin with falls of 0 - 1.2mm; whilst another slight increase in the level of rain falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 74.8mm - 86.8mm throughout the week. Similar weather patterns have been in existence now for several months.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week was as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores still varied with the main defects being still minor neck damage, sooty/blotchy mould and minor skin marking. Stores continue to have signage with regards to these defects being indicative of the growing conditions across the country.












RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Sunnybank Hills, Calamvale and Ipswich

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg.

  • Variety of growers supplying this store.

 

Below: Aldi Sunnybank Hills, Drewvale and Ipswich

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg.

  • Havana Bananas @ $3.49/kg this week.

 

Below: Woolworths Sunnybank Hills, Calamvale and Ipswich

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $2.50.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red tips were back at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 18

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🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 17, 2024 - The industry saw a massive 27.55% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 471,557 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 190,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 16, 2024 production. The national harvest included 272,599 Shepard tray equivalents along with Hass variety supplying 191,336 tray equivalents together with 7,622 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. Of the total 191,336 hass tray equivalents this week, approximately 60,000 of these were still coming from WA origin.

Production across the country has somewhat evened out with North QLD Shepard variety accounting for 51.07% of the total production volume this week, Central Queensland accounting for a further 36.09% (Shepard and hass), then Western Australia with supply accounting for 12.81% (primarily Hass) and other varietals from SQ with 0.03%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 454,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 18) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Shepard variety expected to represent some 173,000 tray equivalents whilst Hass will contribute approximately 279,000 of this total. Shepard harvest figures are expected to be gradually declining in volume as their season is coming to an end by mid to late May, forecast for the next three weeks to be within a range of 170K down to 11K tray equivalents over the next three weeks.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Shepards this week with shelf tickets at 99c each;  Coles Qld had Shepard avocados ticketed at $1.00ea, and Woolworths with Greenskin Shepards also at $1.00ea. Coles also had Autumn avocados on display, competitively priced at $1.00ea also.



RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Coorparoo, Carindale and Browns Plains

  • Coles stores had Shepards on display in size 25 at $1.00ea.

  • Stores also had Autumn Hass avocados priced at $1.00ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $5.50ea and 1kg packs at $5.00ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Coorparoo, Carindale and Browns Plains

  • Shepards @ 99c each all Ct23. Fruit with a pack date of 22nd April meaning fruit age 9 days. Predominantly Greenskins fruit, good quality and colour this week.

  • 1kg Avocado nets on special at $3.99ea (Aldi Super Savers) and 5 piece packs priced at $4.99ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Coorparoo, Carindale and Browns Plains

  • Shepard avos in Ct20-25 primarily from Greenskins were retailing at $1.00ea.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $4.00ea and 5 piece packs at $5.00ea - both contained shepards. Organic packs $6.50ea.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE


The industry transport figures have been a little late in their release, with the figures for what was transported Week 16 only being released earlier this week - a total of some 419,000 ctns which meant an increase of 21,000 cartons on week 15 production. Week 17 industry harvest was expected to fall within a range of 390,000 to 410,000 cartons but yet to be confirmed. What we can confirm is the weather patterns for the last week in the far north, early A.M. temperatures have ranged 16.1 - 22.3 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 25.0 - 29.0 C. There has been a slight decrease in terms of rainfall across the regions of Mareeba and Walkamin with falls of 1.6 - 9.6mm; whilst a slight increase in the level of rain falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 67.4mm - 69.0mm throughout the week. Similar weather patterns have been in existence now for several months.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week was as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00-4.50/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores still varied with the main defects being still minor neck damage, sooty/blotchy mould and minor skin marking which remains indicative of the growing conditions in recent months.












RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Coorparoo, Carindale and Browns Plains

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00-4.50/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

  • Variety of growers supplying this store.

 

Below: Aldi Coorparoo, Carindale and Browns Plains

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg.

  • Havana Bananas @ $4.99/kg this week - all needed restocking.

 

Below: Woolworths Coorparoo, Carindale and Browns Plains

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $2.50.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red tips were back at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 17

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In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 16, 2024 - The industry saw a 4.63% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 650,897 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 30,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 15, 2024 production. The national harvest included 470,199 Shepard tray equivalents along with WA Hass variety supplying 152,880 tray equivalents together with 27,388 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures.

Production across the country has somewhat evened out with North QLD Shepard variety accounting for 43.56% of the total production volume this week, Central Queensland accounting for a further 39.63%, then Western Australia with supply accounting for 16.69% and other varietals from Tristate accounting for 0.09% and SC with 0.02%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 530,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 17) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Shepard variety expected to represent some 320,000 tray equivalents whilst Hass will contribute approximately 202,000 of this total. Shepard harvest figures are expected within a range of 160K to 190K over the next three weeks, gradually declining as the harvest of north Qld and central Qld hass takes the foreground.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw stable shelf prices as follows - Aldi Shepards this week with shelf tickets at 99c each;  Coles Qld had Shepard avocados ticketed at $1.00ea, and Woolworths with Greenskin Shepards at $1.20ea. Coles also had Autumn hass avocados on display, competitively priced at $1.00ea also.





RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Coomera, Garden City and Runaway Bay

  • Coles stores had Shepards on display in size 20-25 at $1.00ea.

  • Stores also had Autumn Hass avocados priced at $1.00ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $4.50ea and 1kg packs at $5.00ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Coomera, Garden City and Runaway Bay

  • Shepards @ 99c each all Ct23-25. Fruit with a pack date of 18th April meaning fruit age 6 days. Predominantly Greenskins fruit, good quality and colour this week.

  • 1kg Avocado nets on special at $3.99ea (Aldi Super Savers) and 5 piece packs priced at $5.49ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Coomera, Garden City and Runaway Bay

  • Shepard avos in Ct20-25 primarily from Greenskins were retailing at $1.20ea.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $4.50ea and 5 piece packs at $5.00ea - both contained shepards.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

Waiting on transport figures but over the last week in the far north, early A.M. temperatures have ranged 17.6 - 23.3 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 24.3 - 29.9 C. There has been a significant decrease in terms of rainfall across the north regions this week with falls of 0.2 - 6.2mm across Mareeba and Walkamin; and also a decrease in falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 23.2mm - 26.8mm throughout the week.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week was as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores still varied which remains indicative of the growing conditions in recent months, but also handling practises throughout the supply chain.













RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Coomera, Garden City and Runaway Bay

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00-4.50/kg depending upon store location and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

  • Quality varied from store to stores this week- findings of dull fruit; minor skin marking and a few wounds.

 

Below: Aldi Coomera, Garden City and Runaway Bay

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg.

  • Havana Bananas @ $4.99/kg this week.

 

Below: Woolworths Coomera, Garden City and Runaway Bay

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $2.50. A few dull clusters, but generally speaking well presented, neat and well stocked.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red tips were priced at $6.00/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 16

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In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 15, 2024 - The industry saw a 7.73% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 620,704 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 45,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 14, 2024 production. The national harvest included 455,093 Shepard tray equivalents along with WA Hass variety supplying 103,498 tray equivalents together with 62,113 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures.

North QLD has well and truly taken lead production with the Shepard variety accounting for 55.18% of the total production volume this week, Central Queensland accounting for a further 31.93%, then Western Australia with supply accounting for 12.71% and other varietals from Tristate accounting for 0.13% and SC with 0.05%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 502,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 16) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Shepard variety expected to represent some 369,000 tray equivalents whilst Hass will contribute approximately 120,000 of this total. Shepard harvest figures are expected within a range of 72K to 320K over the next three weeks. A number of growers have harvested heavily this week with the end of the shepard season being close at hand which has not helped at all with holding pricing steady and has therefore put tremendous downward pressure on pricing.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw stable shelf prices as follows - Aldi Shepards this week with shelf tickets at $1.39 each;  Coles Qld had Shepard avocados ticketed at $1.30ea, and Woolworths with Greenskin Shepards at $1.30ea.





RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Indooroopilly, Garden City and Pimpama

  • Coles stores had Shepards on display in size 20-25 at $1.30ea.

  • Stores had Autumn Hass avocados priced at $1.30ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $4.50ea and 1kg packs at $4.00ea.

  • Fruit packed date 2nd April to 8th April so fruit age 9-15 days old.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Indooroopilly, Garden City and Pimpama

  • Shepards @ $1.39 each all Ct23-25. Fruit with a pack date of 10th April meaning fruit age 7 days. Predominantly Greenskins fruit, good quality and colour this week.

  • 1kg Avocado nets on special at $4.49ea (Aldi Super Savers) and 5 piece packs priced at $4.99-5.49ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Indooroopilly, Garden City and Pimpama

  • Shepard avos in Ct23-25 primarily from Greenskins were retailing at $1.50ea. Packed date of 3rd-6th April meaning fruit was 11-14 days old.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.00ea and 5 piece packs at $5.50ea - both contained shepards.

  • Organic packs also in store this week, priced at $6.50ea.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

Transport figures for fruit harvested in Week 15 saw almost 398,000 cartons which was approximately 60,000 cartons more than the week prior. In relation to the weather in the far north, early A.M. temperatures have ranged 15.9 - 24.4 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 25.5 - 29.8 C. There has been a significant decrease in terms of rainfall across the north regions this week with falls of 41.8 - 43.4mm across Mareeba and Walkamin; and also a decrease in falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 7.2mm - 39.2mm throughout the week.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week was as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00-4.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00-4.50/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores varied greatly which is indicative of the growing conditions in recent months, but also handling practises throughout the supply chain - still seeing an increase in minor skin marking; a presence of sooty mould; minor neck injuries and .a mix in terms of bloom.













RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Indooroopilly, Garden City and Pimpama

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00-4.50/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

  • Quality varied from store to stores this week- findings of neck damage; dull fruit; minor skin marking and a few wounds.

 

Below: Aldi Indooroopilly, Garden City and Pimpama

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg - some very dull clusters with green colour.

  • Havana Bananas @ $4.99/kg this week.

 

Below: Woolworths Indooroopilly, Garden City and Pimpama

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00-4.50/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $2.50. A few dull clusters, but generally speaking well presented, neat, well stocked, some iminro neck damage.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red tips were priced at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 15

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In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 14, 2024 - The industry saw a 26.46% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 572,747 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 150,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 13, 2024 production. The national harvest included 429,972 Shepard tray equivalents along with WA Hass variety supplying 91,125 tray equivalents together with 51,650 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures.

North QLD has well and truly taken lead production with the Shepard variety accounting for 63.41% of the total production volume this week, Central Queensland accounting for a further 20.79%, then Western Australia with supply accounting for 15.58% and other varietals from Tristate accounting for 0.16% and Central NSW with 0.04%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 512,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 15) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Shepard variety expected to represent some 368,000 tray equivalents whilst Hass will contribute approximately 90,000 of this total. Shepard harvest figures are expected within a range of 203K to 332K over the next three weeks.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices stabilise as follows - Aldi Shepards this week with shelf tickets at $1.49 each;  Coles Qld had Shepard avocados ticketed at $1.50ea, and Woolworths with Greenskin Shepards at $1.50ea.





RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Carindale, Cannon Hill and Fairfield

  • Coles stores had Shepards on display in size 23-25 at $1.50ea.

  • Stores had Autumn Hass avocados priced at $1.50ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $5.50ea and 1kg packs at $5.00ea.

  • Fruit packed date 24th March to 26th March so fruit age 15-17 days old. A few body rots round on displays.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Carindale, Cannon Hill and Fairfield

  • Shepards @ $1.49 each all Ct23-25. Fruit with a pack date of 27/28th March meaning fruit age 14 days. Predominantly Greenskins fruit, good quality and colour this week. Occasional piece found with rot, but fruit considerably firmer than other supermarket supply.

  • 1kg Avocado nets on special at $5.49ea and 5 piece packs also priced at $5.49ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Carindale, Cannon Hill and Fairfield

  • Shepard avos in Ct20-25 primarily from Greenskins were retailing at $1.50ea. Packed date of 26/27th March meaning fruit was 14-15 days old.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.00ea and 5 piece packs at $5.00ea - both contained shepards.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

Transport figures are behind, Week 13 had 356,251 cartons sent around Australia. Over the last week in the far north, early A.M. temperatures have ranged 19.0 - 23.6 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 28.2 - 31.9 C. There has been a significant decrease in terms of rainfall across the north regions this week with falls of 13.4 - 27.4mm across Mareeba and Walkamin; and also a decrease in falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 2.0mm - 36.8mm throughout the week.

National banana harvest figures for last week were just shy of 330,000 cartons which was some 26,000 less than Week 13 harvest.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week was as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores varied greatly which is indicative of the growing conditions in recent months but also handling practises within the supply chain.













RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Carindale, Cannon Hill and Fairfield

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg.

  • Quality varied from store to stores this week- findings of neck damage; dull fruit; minor skin marking and a few wounds.

 

Below: Aldi Carindale, Cannon Hill and Fairfield

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg - some very dull clusters with significant browning and bruising.

  • Havana Bananas @ $3.99/kg this week.

 

Below: Woolworths Carindale, Cannon Hill and Fairfield

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $2.50. A few dull clusters, but generally speaking well presented, neat, well stocked, some iminro neck damage, a little sooty mould and odd rust thrip sighted.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $5.90/kg - fruit generally presented cleanly, Red tips were priced at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 14

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AVOCADO OVERVIEW

🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 13, 2024 - The industry saw a 24.06% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 421,184 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 130,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 12, 2024 production. The national harvest included 293,227 Shepard tray equivalents along with WA Hass variety supplying 101,542 tray equivalents together with 26,415 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures.

North QLD has well and truly taken lead production with the Shepard variety accounting for 68.20% of the total production volume this week, Western Australia accounting for a further 22.91%, then Central Queensland with supply accounting for 8.68% and other varietals from Tristate accounting for 0.12% and Central NSW with 0.09%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 523,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 14) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Shepard variety expected to represent some 372,000 tray equivalents whilst Hass will contribute approximately 95,000 of this total. Shepard harvest figures are expected to be increasing within a range of 322K to 385K over the next three weeks.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Shepard avocados this week returned to a shelf ticket of $1.49 each;  Coles Qld had Shepard avocados ticketed at $1.50ea, whilst Woolworths, after leading the charge at $1.00 per piece last week, had a shelf ticket this week at $1.80ea.



RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Garden City, Mt Ommaney and Fairfield

  • Coles stores had Shepards on display in size 20-25 at $1.50ea.

  • Two of the stores had Autumn Hass avocados also priced at $1.50ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $5.50ea and 1kg packs at $5.00ea.

  • Fruit packed date 21st March to 25th March so fruit age 9-13 days old.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Garden City, Mt Ommaney and Fairfield

  • Shepards @ $1.49 each all Ct23. Fruit with a pack date of 20th March meaning fruit age 14 days. Predominantly Greenskins fruit, good quality and colour this week.

  • 1kg Avocado nets on special at $4.49ea and 5 piece packs also priced at $5.49ea.

  • Packed dates of 20 to 21st March so fruit age is 13 to 14 days.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Garden City, Mt Ommaney and Fairfield

  • Shepard avos in Ct25-28 primarily from Greenskins were retailing at $1.80ea. Packed date of 21st March meaning fruit was 13 days old.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.00ea and 5 piece packs at $5.50ea - both contained shepards.

  • Packed dates of 21st and 22nd March so fruit age is 12 - 13 days.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

Over the last week in the far north, early A.M. temperatures have ranged 18.6 - 22.9 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 26.1 - 30.3 C. Whilst it continues to be warm, there has been a decrease in terms of rainfall across the north regions this week with falls of 37.3 - 70.8mm across Mareeba and Walkamin; and a slight increase in falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 78.6mm - 111.8mm throughout the week.

The national cut last week was 356,251 cartons which was approximately 26,000 cartons less than the Week 12 cut. As per the last few weeks quality still remains affected by the recent weather conditions of the past few months with an increase in minor skin marking; speckle and sooty mould present.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week was as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores varied, most displays had good bloom, with a percentage of green or dull fruit also.














RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Garden City, Mt Ommaney and Fairfield

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00ea.

  • Generally good bloom this week but visible minor skin marking. Some clusters have a dull hue.

 

Below: Aldi Garden City, Mt Ommaney and Fairfield

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg - generally good bloom, odd dull clusters found.

  • Havana Bananas @ $4.99/kg this week.

 

Below: Woolworths Garden City, Mt Ommaney and Fairfield

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $2.50. Neat presentation in all stores visited.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $5.90/kg - fruit generally presented cleanly, Red tips were priced at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 13

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🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 12, 2024 - The industry saw a 9.67% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 554,651 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 53,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 11, 2024 production. The national harvest included 393,535 Shepard tray equivalents along with WA Hass variety supplying 126,011 tray equivalents together with 35,105 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures.

North QLD has well and truly taken lead production with the Shepard variety accounting for 52.26% of the total production volume this week, Central QLD accounting for a further 25.36%, then Western Australia with supply accounting for 22.07% and other varietals from Central NSW accounting for 0.22% and Tristate with 0.09%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 471,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 13) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Shepard variety expected to represent some 324,000 tray equivalents whilst Hass will contribute approximately 103,000 of this total. Shepard harvest figures are expected to be increasing within a range of 334K to 381K over the next three weeks, whilst Hass harvest figures are forecast to be steadily declining from 103K this week down to 94K over the next three weeks.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Shepards this week with shelf tickets at $0.99 each, competitive to Woolworths’ special of $1.00 per piece;  Coles Qld had Shepard avocados ticketed at $1.50ea initially but then matching competition at $1.00ea later in the week.



RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Browns Plains and Loganholme

  • Coles stores had Shepards on display in size 20 at $1.50ea.

  • One store had Autumn avocados priced at $1.00ea but no stock.

  • 5 piece packs at $5.50ea and 1kg packs at $5.00ea.

  • Fruit packed date 21st March so fruit age 6 days old.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Browns Plains and Loganholme

  • Shepards @ $0.99 each all Ct23. Fruit with a pack date of 19th March meaning fruit age 8 days. Predominantly Greenskins fruit, good quality and colour this week.

  • 1kg Avocado nets at $5.49ea and 5 piece packs also priced at $5.49ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Browns Plains and Loganholme

  • Shepard avos in Ct25-28 primarily from Greenskins and Howe Farming were on on special retailing at $1.00ea. Packed date of 13th March meaning fruit was 14 days old.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.00ea and 5 piece packs at $5.50ea - both contained shepards. Also available were Organic mini avocado 550g packs priced at $4.50ea.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

Over the last week in the far north, early A.M. temperatures have ranged 20.6 - 25.2 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 25.9 - 32.0 C. Whilst it continues to be warm, there has been a significant increase in terms of rainfall across the north regions this week with falls of 124.6 - 149.4mm across Mareeba and Walkamin; and a slight decrease in falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 67.7mm - 84.6mm throughout the week.

The national cut for last week was 381,837 cartons which was a slight decrease on Week 11 of almost 27,000 cartons. Still seeing the impact of the weather conditions over recent months with minor skin marking, a presence of varying degrees of speckle and some light sooty mould throughout retail displays.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week was as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores varied, most displays had good bloom, with a percentage of green or dull fruit also.














RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Browns Plains and Loganholme

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00ea.

  • Generally good bloom this week.

 

Below: Aldi Browns Plains and Loganholme

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg - generally good bloom, odd dull cluster.

  • No Lady Fingers or Havana Bananas this week.

 

Below: Woolworths Browns Plains and Loganholme

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00-4.50/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $2.50.

  • Lady fingers were on special priced at $5.90/kg - fruit generally presented cleanly, Red tips were priced at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 12

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In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 11, 2024 - The industry saw a 6.19% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 501,012 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 30,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 10, 2024 production. The national harvest included 375,997 Shepard tray equivalents along with WA Hass variety supplying 106,602 tray equivalents together with 18,413 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. The total despatch this week of 501,012 tray equivalents saw approximately 129K in either bulk format/processing; 50K were exported which left just shy of 322K tray equivalents for the domestic market.

North QLD has well and truly taken lead production with the Shepard variety accounting for 59% of the total production volume this week, then Western Australia with Hass avocado supply accounting for 20.73%, Central QLD not far behind accounting for a further 19.69% (Shepard production), and other varietals from Central NSW accounting for 0.46% and Tristate with 0.13%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 523,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 12) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Shepard variety expected to represent some 374,000 tray equivalents whilst Hass will contribute approximately 122,000 of this total. Shepard harvest figures are expected to be increasing within a range of 373K to 415K over the next three weeks, whilst Hass harvest figures are forecast to be steadily declining from 122K this week down to 90K over the next three weeks.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Shepards this week with shelf tickets at $1.49 each;  Coles Qld had Shepard avocados ticketed at $1.80ea, and Woolworths with Greenskin Shepards at $1.50ea.


Below: Independent at Mt Gravatt Central

  • Stocking large WA Hass (Delroy fruit) 2 for $6.00 or $3.49ea - mix of maturities on offer.

  • Stocking new season Shepard Avos 2 for $5.00 or $2.99ea, again large sizes on offer, fruit very firm.


RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Carindale, Mt Gravatt and Cannon Hill

  • Coles stores had primarily Shepards on display in sizes 20-25 at $1.80ea. Quality generally was good across the board.

  • 5 piece packs at $5.50ea and 1kg packs at $5.00ea.

  • Fruit packed dates ranging 29th Feb to 8th March so fruit age ranging 12 to 20 days.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Carindale, Mt Gravatt and Cannon Hill

  • Shepards @ $1.49 each all Ct23/25. Fruit with pack dates of 6th to 7th March meaning fruit age 13 to 14 days. Predominantly Greenskins fruit, some pieces found with lenticel damage and rots forming.

  • 1kg Avocado nets at $4.49ea on promo and featured in their weekly catalogue.

  • 5 piece packs priced at $5.49ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Carindale, Mt Gravatt and Cannon Hill

  • Shepard avos in Ct23 primarily from Greenskins were retailing at $1.50ea. Packed dates of 5th and 6th March meaning fruit was 14 to 15 days old.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $6.00ea and 5 piece packs at $6.00ea - both contained shepards.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

Over the last week in the far north, early A.M. temperatures have ranged 17.5 - 24.5 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 24.7 - 33.6 C. There has been a significant increase in terms of rainfall in most regions this week with falls of 65.4 - 69.7mm across Mareeba and Walkamin; and falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 312.0mm - 316.0mm throughout the week, all of which will continue to impact fruit quality and shelf life.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week was as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00-4.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00-4.50/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores varied, most displays had good bloom, with a percentage of green or dull fruit also.















RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Carindale, Mt Gravatt and Cannon Hill

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00-4.50/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00ea.

  • Generally good bloom this week.

 

Below: Aldi Carindale, Mt Gravatt and Cannon Hill

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg - generally good bloom, odd dull cluster.

  • Lady Fingers priced at $4.99/kg - green stock in stores this week.

 

Below: Woolworths Carindale, Mt Gravatt and Cannon Hill

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00-4.50/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $2.50.

  • Lady fingers were on special priced at $5.90/kg - fruit generally presented cleanly, Red tips were priced at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 11

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🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 10, 2024 - The industry saw a 6.24% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 469,976 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 29,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 9, 2024 production. The national harvest included 309,928 Shepard tray equivalents along with WA Hass variety supplying 159,719 tray equivalents together with 329 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. The total despatch this week of 469,976 tray equivalents saw approximately 103K in either bulk format/processing; almost 57K were exported which left just shy of 310K tray equivalents for the domestic market.

North QLD has well and truly taken lead production with the Shepard variety accounting for 56.52% of the total production volume this week, then Western Australia with Hass avocado supply accounting for 33.25%, a few shepards also coming from Central QLD accounting for a further 9.37%, and other varietals from Central NSW accounting for 0.59% and Tristate with 0.27%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 496,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 11) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Shepard variety expected to represent some 326,000 tray equivalents whilst Hass will contribute approximately 144,000 of this total. Shepard harvest figures are expected to be increasing within a range of 326K to 372K over the next three weeks, whilst Hass harvest figures are forecast to be steadily declining from 144K this week down to 100K over the next three weeks. With the volume of hass still on the market, there have been retailers stocking both hass and shepard, and some who elect to only stock one or the other. This has meant a softening of the market especially in relation to Shepard pricing, however this appears to be changing. In the next week, if today is any indication, the tray pricing on premium which has been in the vicinity of $16-$20 this week in Brisbane should lift up to $18-$22 per tray in Brisbane and stronger in the southern markets.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Shepards this week with shelf tickets at $1.49 each;  Coles Qld had Shepard avocados ticketed at $1.50ea, and Woolworths were retailing dual lines also: WA Hass selling at $1.70ea and Greenskin Shepards at $1.50ea - albeit one anomaly of $1.00ea on Shepards in one store visited believed to be a markdown as the quality of the Greenskin Shepards on display was very ordinary.






a number of independents are still primarily selling hass, this example found this week, larger sized fruit 3 for $7.00.

RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Carindale, Indooroopilly and Garden City

  • Coles stores had primarily Shepards on display in sizes 20-25 at $1.50ea. Quality generally was goo across the board, a little lenticel noted and the odd body rot.

  • 5 piece packs at $6.00ea and 1kg packs at $6.00ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Carindale, Indooroopilly and Garden City

  • Shepards @ $1.49 each all Ct23/25. Some stores with no loose stock on display at all. All supplied by Greenskins - lenticel and rot present in some displays. Fruit with pack dates of 26th to 28th February meaning fruit age ranging 14 to 16 days.

  • 1kg Avocado nets at $5.49ea. Some breakdown within the packs.

  • 5 piece packs priced at $5.49ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Carindale, Indooroopilly and Garden City

  • Stores stocked Count 18-20 Hass were priced at $1.70ea. Whilst the Shepard avos in Ct23/25 from Greenskins were retailing at $1.50ea in most stores, one store had them at $1.00ea.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $6.00ea and 5 piece packs at $6.50ea - both contained shepards.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

Last week saw a cut of 395k cartons for the total number of cartons of Cavendish harvested and transported for Week 10 which was a slight increase on Week 9’s harvest of some 14k cartons. Over the last week in the far north, early A.M. temperatures have ranged 19.9 - 24.5 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 27.1 - 30.9 C. There has been an increase in terms of rainfall in some regions this week with 27.0 - 43.7mm across Mareeba and Walkamin; and falls across Innisfail and Tully regions with 234.2mm - 329.0mm throughout the week all of which will continue to impact fruit quality and shelf life.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week were as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores varied, most displays had good bloom, impact of weather is being seen ie some heat stress and a presence of sooty mould on a few lines.















RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Carindale, Indooroopilly and Garden City

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00ea.

  • Generally good bloom, some odd clusters found to be dull.

 

Below: Aldi Carindale, Indooroopilly and Garden City

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg - generally good bloom, odd dull cluster.

  • Lady Fingers priced at $4.99/kg - low stock or no stock in stores this week.

 

Below: Woolworths Carindale, Indooroopilly and Garden City

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $2.50.

  • Lady fingers were on special priced at $8.00/kg - fruit generally presented cleanly, Red tips were priced at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 10

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🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 9, 2024 - The industry saw a 1.53% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 440,651 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 8,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 8, 2024 production. The harvest included Hass variety supplying 234,930 tray equivalents and 205,326 Shepard tray equivalents along with 395 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. Of the overall total, 87K tray equivalents were sent to processing; 65K tray equivalents were exported; leaving just over 289K tray equivalents for the domestic market.

Western Australia continues to lead production with hass at 52.36% of the total volume this week, then North QLD with fresh Shepard avocado supply accounting for 43.62%, with a few shepards also coming from Central QLD with 2.88%, and other varietals from Central NSW accounting for 0.91% and Tristate with 0.23%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some almost 472,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 10) nationally. This figure can be broken into Hass which will be approximately 138,000 whilst the Shepard variety is expected to take the lead with 334,000 tray equivalents. Hass harvest figures forecast for the next two-three weeks thereafter are expected to steadily decline range between 115K down to 98k tray equivalents per week. Meanwhile, we are excited to see our Shepard volumes increasing with the next two to three week production from the North Qld region increasing from 334,000 up to 386,000 tray equivalents during this timeframe.

In terms of Avocado retail - this is the first week we see all three major supermarkets with Shepards on shelf and in prepack form. Pricing in Qld saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Qld changed over to Shepards this week with shelf tickets at $1.49 each ;  Coles Qld had Hass and Shepard ticketed at $1.50ea, and Woolworths were retailing dual lines also: Hass selling at $1.70ea and Greenskin Shepards at $1.50ea.



RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Carindale, Loganholme and Garden City

  • Coles stores had primarily Shepards on display with the odd few trays of Hass Avocados still in stock in sizes 23/25 at $1.50ea. Greenskins and Costa Shepards found exhibiting some lenticel damage and body rots.

  • 5 piece packs at $6.50ea and 1kg packs at $6.00ea. Organic at $3.90ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Carindale, Loganholme and Garden City

  • Shepards @ $1.49 each all Ct23/25. Some stores with no loose stock on display at all. Shepards featured in this week’s catalogue “heralding the new season”.

  • 1kg Avocado nets at $5.49ea.

  • 5 piece packs priced at $5.49ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Carindale, Loganholme and Garden City

  • Stores stocked Count 18-20 WA Hass with packed dates of 19th to 21st Feb so fruit age was 14-16 days , were priced at $1.70ea. Whilst the Shepard avos in Ct23/25 from Greenskins were packed 15th to 20th Feb with fruit age of 15-20 days were retailing at $1.50ea. A few pieces were found to have shrivelled skins, with body rots forming.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $6.00ea and 5 piece packs at $6.50ea - both contained shepards. Organic Hass at $3.90ea.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

WE are still waiting on figures from ABGC for the total harvested and transported in Week 9. Over the last week in the far north, early A.M. temperatures have ranged 20.4 - 24.7 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 28.6 - 32.6 C. There has finally been somewhat of a reprieve in terms of the rainfall with only 0.6 - 12.6mm across Mareeba and Walkamin; whilst moderate falls continued across the regions of Innisfail and Tully with 88.2 - 93.4mm.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week was as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $3.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg. Banana quality in stores varied, most displays had good bloom and fruit was found to only have minimal bruising and light scarring.















RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Carindale, Loganholme and Garden City

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00ea.

  • Generally good bloom, some odd clusters found to be dull. Some of the red tips displays were found to be spotting.

  • Posma ladyfingers found with “sooty mould”? blotchy marking.

 

Below: Aldi Carindale, Loganholme and Garden City

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg - generally good bloom, odd dull cluster.

  • Lady Fingers priced at $4.99/kg - no stock.

 

Below: Woolworths Carindale, Loganholme and Garden City

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $3.50 to $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $2.50.

  • Lady fingers were on special priced at $5.90/kg - fruit generally presented cleanly, Red tips were priced at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

Independent Retailer…. Loganholme….

2024 Week - 9

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In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 8, 2024 - The industry saw a 19.59% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 433,869 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 100,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 7, 2024 production. Hass variety supplying 306,643 tray equivalents harvested in addition to 126,031 Shepard and 1,195 trays of assorted other varieties also in this week’s reported figures. Of the total production for the week, it is interesting to note that a little over 94,000 tray equivalents were actually packed as bulks or sent to processing; some 65,000 tray equivalents were exported which left a little over 274,000 for domestic market trade.

Western Australia continues to lead production with hass at 69.55% of the total volume this week, then North QLD with fresh Shepard avocado supply accounting for 27.43%, with a few shepards also coming from Central QLD with 1.61%, and other varietals from Central NSW accounting for 0.92% and Tristate with 0.48%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some almost 476,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 9) nationally. This figure can be broken into Hass which will be approximately 227,000 whilst the Shepard variety is expected to take the lead with 249,000 tray equivalents. Hass harvest figures forecast for the next two-three weeks thereafter are expected to steadily decline range between 142K down to 88k tray equivalents per week. Meanwhile, we ae excited to see our Shepard volumes increasing with the next two to three week production from the North Qld region increasing from 248,000 up to 365,000 tray equivalents during this timeframe.

The major supermarkets are either finishing off their WA Hass commitments this week or are looking at stocking both varietals on shelf, hence in the stores visited we didn’t come across a great deal of Shepards this week.

In terms of Avocado retail pricing in Qld shelf prices were as follows - Aldi Qld still stocking only Hass at $1.49 each ;  Coles Qld had Hass ticketed at $1.70ea, and Woolworths were retailing dual lines: Hass selling at $1.70ea and Greenskin Shepards at $1.70ea.



RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Sunnybank Hills and Garden City

  • Coles stores had multiple suppliers of Hass Avocados in sizes 23/25 at $1.50ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $6.50ea and 1kg packs at $6.00ea. Organic at $3.90ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Sunnybank Hills and Garden City

  • Hass @ $1.49 each all Ct23/25.

  • 1kg Avocado nets at $5.49ea.

  • 5 piece packs priced at $5.49ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Sunnybank Hills and Garden City

  • Stores stocked Count 23-25 Hass, priced at $1.70ea. Greenskins at $1.70ea also.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.50ea. Organic at $3.90ea.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

SUPPLY UPDATE

Week 8 saw 384,676 cartons of Cavendish sent. Over the last week in the far north, early A.M. temperatures have ranged 21.0 - 26.6 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 27.0 - 32.2 C. There was a slight increase again in terms of rainfall with 107.8 - 209.0mm across Mareeba and Walkamin; and even more of an increase in falls across Innisfail and Tully with 363.0 - 371.6mm. Despite the continued rain, the weather is still very humid and grow rates are strong.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week was as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.49/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit from $2.30/kg to $4.00/kg dependent upon the store location. Banana quality in stores varied, most displays had good bloom and fruit was found to only have minimal bruising and light scarring.















RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Sunnybank Hills and Garden City

  • Cavendish were priced at $2.30-4.00/kg and Kids packs were at $3.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $7.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00ea.

  • Generally good bloom, some odd clusters found to be dull. Some of the red tips displays were found to be spotting.

 

Below: Aldi Sunnybank Hills and Garden City

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.49/kg - generally good bloom, odd dull cluster.

  • Lady Fingers priced at $5.49/kg.

 

Below: Woolworths Sunnybank Hills and Garden City

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $2.50.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $8.00/kg, Red tips were priced at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

 

2023 Week - 51

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AVOCADO OVERVIEW

SUPPLY UPDATE

In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 50, 2023 - The industry saw a 1.43% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 566,289 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 10,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 49, 2023 production. Hass variety supplying 551,958 tray equivalents harvested in addition to 14,331 trays of assorted other varieties also in this week’s reported figures. It is important to note that there were almost 48,000 tray equivalents of this total production that were exported and 120,000 tray equivalents that were despatched as bulks/Processing (smaller sizes/class one or seconds) which leaves a total of some 399,000 trays for the domestic market.

Western Australia continues to lead production with 87.83% of the total volume this week, then NZ with 4.89%, Tristate 4.42% and Central NSW with 2.80%. The weather over the last week in and around Manjimup and Pemberton has been relatively dry with early morning minimum temperatures ranging 9.8 to 14.7C; heating up during the day to a maximum range of 25.5 to 32.2C. December has been a dry month, only in the last couple of days has the region seen isolated showers of up to 1mm - this has been conducive to good avocado weather but placing importance on regular irrigation. Quite the opposite in far North Queensland with the significant rain event associated with Ex-Cyclone Jasper has potential ramifications on the 2024 North Queensland shepard avocado crop - this is basically a watch and wait situation, as we monitor tree health in any low lying regions that were inundated with flood waters. With reference to this last point, Rock Ridge Farms planned geographical spread, sees us positioned in a much better situation than others.

·       It is forecast that a total of 526K hass tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 51) nationally. Hass harvest figures forecast for the next two weeks thereafter are expected to range between 330K and 500K tray equivalents per week.

In terms of Avocado retail pricing in Qld shelf prices were as follows - Aldi Qld Hass at 99c each ;  Coles Qld had Hass ticketed at $1.20ea, and Woolworths had Hass selling at $1.20ea.

For this weeks sales pricing please see the info below….



RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Carindale, Loganholme and Indooroopilly

  • Coles stores had multiple suppliers of Hass Avocados in sizes 20/23 at $1.20ea. Pack dates ranging 1st December to 7th December so fruit age ranging 13 to 19 days.

  • 1kg I’m Perfect at $4.50ea and 5 piece packs at $5.00ea.

  • Organic at $3.90ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Carindale, Loganholme and Indooroopilly

  • Hass @ 99c each all Ct23/25. Pack dates 6th December to 13th December so fruit age ranging 7 to 14 days.

  • 1kg Avocado nets at $3.99ea.

  • 5 piece packs priced at $4.49ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Carindale, Loganholme and Indooroopilly

  • Stores stocked Count 23/25 Hass, priced at $1.20ea. Pack dates ranging 30th November to 4th December so fruit age is 16 to 20 days old.

  • Prepacks ranged from $4.50-5.00ea.

 

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SUPPLY UPDATE


The national harvest figures for last week have not been released as yet with the impact of Ex- Tropical Cyclone Jasper in terms of rainfall, subsequent flooding, road closures and diverted routes this has impacted the volume of fruit that has been able to get away. Whilst the rain has eased and the flooding has subsided in some areas; the impact is still being felt. Over the last week in the far north, early A.M. temperatures have ranged 17.9 - 24.4 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 25.7 - 31.0 C. There was a significant increase in terms of the rainfall experienced due to the tropical low in the region resulting in falls of 481.8 - 600.1mm across Mareeba and Walkamin; and falls across Innisfail and Tully within 545.6 - 548.6mm. There are a number of major roads, including the Palmerston Hwy, that suffered significant damage as a result of the sheer volume of water in the region which are not expected to be repaired for at least a month.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland on cavendish bananas was as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00-4.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg. Banana quality in stores varied, most better bloom than last week with only minimal bruising and light scarring.















RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Carindale, Loganholme and Indooroopilly

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00-4.50/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00-4.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $7.90/kg, Red Tips at $4.50/kg. Organic at $6.00ea.

 

Below: Aldi Carindale, Loganholme and Indooroopilly

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg - good bloom.

  • Lady Fingers priced at $5.49/kg.

 

Below: Woolworths Carindale, Loganholme and Indooroopilly

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00-4.50/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $3.50.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $8.00/kg, Red tips were priced at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

 

2023 Week - 50

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AVOCADO OVERVIEW

SUPPLY UPDATE

In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 49, 2023 - The industry saw a 18.74% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 574,520 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 107,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 48, 2023 production. Hass variety supplying 550,472 tray equivalents harvested in addition to 24,048 trays of assorted other varieties also in this week’s reported total figures. It is important to note that there were almost 104,000 tray equivalents of this total production that were exported and 120,000 tray equivalents that were despatched as bulks (smaller sizes/class one or seconds) which leaves a total of some 350,000 trays for the domestic market.

Despite a slight uplift in trays available on the domestic market there has not been a great deal of change in terms of pricing being touted within the markets on the eastern seaboard, still seeing main sales of $18-$22 for premium trays, larger sizing up to $24/tray on exceptional quality; class one fruit $12-$15 per tray and with the range of bulks available, anything from $5-$20/carton.

Western Australia continues to lead production with 86.53% of the total volume this week, then Tristate 6.31%, NZ 4.42% and Central NSW with 2.73%. It is worth noting here that the significant rain event in far north Queensland associated with Ex-Cyclone Jasper has potential ramifications on the 2024 North Queensland avocado crop. There is a strong possibility of significant flooding in low lying areas, trees that are sitting in water for too long may die - we will of course continue to monitor this and report again next week.

·       It is forecast that a total of 522K hass tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 50) nationally. Hass harvest figures forecast for the next two weeks thereafter are expected to range between 470K and 530K tray equivalents per week.

In terms of Avocado retail pricing in Qld shelf prices were as follows - Aldi Qld Hass at $1.19ea ;  Coles Qld had Hass ticketed at $1.20ea, and Woolworths had Hass selling at $1.30ea.

For this week’s sales pricing please see the info below….



RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Coorparoo, Loganholme and Indooroopilly

  • Coles stores had multiple suppliers of Hass Avocados in sizes 23/25 at $1.30ea.

  • 1kg I’m Perfect at $4.50ea and 5 piece packs at $4.50ea.

  • Organic at $3.90ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Coorparoo, Loganholme and Indooroopilly

  • Hass @ $1.19ea all Ct23/25.

  • 1kg Avocado nets at $3.49ea.

  • 5 piece packs priced at $3.99ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Coorparoo, Loganholme and Indooroopilly

  • Stores stocked Count 23/25 Hass, priced at $1.20-1.30ea. A festive feel starting in some departments of stores frequented.

  • Prepacks ranged from $4.50-5.00ea.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

SUPPLY UPDATE


The national harvest figures for last week have not been released as yet but with the threat and arrival of Tropical Cyclone Jasper. Prior to the Cyclone making land fall just north of Cairns there were quite a number of growers based in Tully; Innisfail and Mareeba all working overtime to ensure any banana bunches that were ready for harvest were cut and packed in case of the worst scenario, so the market is expected to be heavier in terms of supply next week or two. Over the last week in the far north, early A.M. temperatures have ranged 18.4 - 24.3 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 27.2 - 35.8 C. Slightly less rainfall across Mareeba and Walkamin receiving 8.6 - 13.4mm; and falls across Innisfail and Tully with more, 68.8 - 85.2mm. Significant rain is expected to continue for the remainder of this week with flooding a potential.

Bom update Thursday a.m.: Ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper has weakened overnight after it crossed the coast at Wujal Wujal, north of Cairns, on Wednesday. Cyclone warnings have been revoked with the system no longer of tropical cyclone intensity. Strong winds were felt across the Cairns region, with recorded gusts of up to 120 kilometres per hour. The main concern now is the amount of rain associated with the tropical low.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland on cavendish bananas was as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00-4.90/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg. Banana quality in stores varied with findings of some minor bruising; light scarring and splitting peel noted within most supermarket displays.















RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Coorparoo, Loganholme and Indooroopilly

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.00-4.50/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00-4.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $7.90/kg, Red Tips at $4.50/kg. Organic at $6.00ea.

 

Below: Aldi Coorparoo, Loganholme and Indooroopilly

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg. Multiple stores had green fruit this week, but good bloom otherwise.

  • Lady Fingers priced at $4.99 - 5.99/kg.

 

Below: Woolworths Coorparoo, Loganholme and Indooroopilly

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00-4.90/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $3.50.

  • Lady fingers were priced at $6.00/kg, Red tips were priced at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.