2024 Week - 32

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

·       Week 31, 2024 - The industry saw a 0.47% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 434,631 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 2,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 30, 2024 production. Of the total quantity harvested approximately 60K trays were exported; some 126K tray equivalents were bulks or processing, leaving a little over 247K tray equivalents for the domestic market.

Production across the country saw Central Queensland lead the production table accounting for 52.54% of the total volume, North Queensland accounting for a further 20.86%, then a growing supply from Central NSW accounting for 11.60%, South Queensland with 9.06% and finally WA/NT, TNR and Sunshine Coast with harvests accounting for 2.72%; 1.99% and 0.47% respectively. Sadly the Rock Ridge Farming hass season is coming to an end with only 1-2 weeks remaining of our hass harvest, but our grower partners in SE Qld, Cherry Creek Estates, will be ramping up their harvest; followed then by our grower partners in the Barham/Cobram districts who are planning on commencing their harvests week commencing 19th August. Cherry Creek hass dry matter results have been consisting ranging in the 23.5-26%, whilst our Barham/Cobram growers latest test results were within a range of 23-25%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 366,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 32) nationally, with the majority of this being hass. Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 295 to 350K tray equivalents per week. North Qld and Central Queensland are expected to continue supplying the majority of available fruit through until mid August, then our main supply will come from SE Qld followed by the other major growing regions of Victoria, Tri-states and then from October on from WA. Pricing in the markets this week saw main sales of $30-$32/tray for premium fruit, Melbourne selling at a high of up ot $34/trays on a couple of lines. Class one fruit was selling for $20-$23/tray depending upon the status of each market’s supply. Bulks have tidied somewhat and as such the pricing has lifted slightly.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi’s Hass this week holding steady with shelf tickets at $1.99 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $2.00ea, and Woolworths Qld with Hass at $2.00ea.





RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Forest Lake and Carindale

  • Coles stores had Hass on display in size 23-25 at $2.00ea supplied by Rockridge; Cherry Creek; Costa, Simpson and Dorian.

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

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Forest Lake and Carindale

  • Avolution supplied Hass @ $1.99 each all Ct23/25. Some packed 29th July so fruit age 9 days.

  • 1kg Avocado nets at $3.99ea (Super Saver) and 5 piece packs at $5.49ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Forest Lake and Carindale

  • Hass avos in Ct20/23/25 were retailing at $2.00ea. Fruit supplied by Simpson & Avorama at Carindale and and Simpson at Forest Lake. Forest Lake store at time of visit had minimal stock on display, truck had just landed and staff were busy trying to fill the entire department - stock to be added to display was packed by Lava Valley (supplied by APP) looked good - 4th pic below.

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

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National transport figures for Bananas in Week 31 were 372,518 which is an decrease of some 7,000 cartons on harvested volumes in Week 30, 2024. The forecast for Week 32 is for a similar volume. Weather patterns, as you no doubt understand have a tremendous impact on production and during the winter months, this is very much the case. The weather experienced last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 12.6 - 18.1 C across all major growing regions which is warmer than last week; and day time temperatures ranging 20.7 - 26.3 C. Whilst some North Qld banana growing regions had very minimal rainfall this week like Mareeba and Walkamin experiencing falls of 2.2mm each; heavier falls were experienced across Innisfail and Tully regions with 58.0 - 86.0mms each.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas has remained stable this week with pricing as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $4.29/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $1.99 - 4.30/kg in the stores visited.










RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Forest Lake and Carindale

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.30/kg. Also at $4.30/kg were the kids packs.

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

  • Most blooms with good colour, minimal bruising and neck injuries.

 

Below: Aldi Forest Lake and Carindale

Stores had Cavendish @ $4.29/kg. Some clusters found with split peel, bronzing developing.

  • Havana Bananas back in some stores this week at $3.99/kg.

 

Below: Woolworths Forest Lake and Carindale

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

  • Red tips were at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.50/kg. Ladyfingers were $8/kg - low to no stock levels.

Independent Forest Lake….

2024 Week - 31

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🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

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

·       Week 30, 2024 - The industry saw a 8.13% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 436,720 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 40,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 29, 2024 production.

Production across the country saw Central Queensland resume the lead in production accounting for 58.25% of the total volume, North Queensland accounting for a further 20.16%, then a growing supply from Central NSW accounting for 9.37%, South Queensland with 6.80% and finally WA/NT, TNR and Sunshine Coast with harvests accounting for 2.13%; 1.61% and 1.52% respectively. Whilst North Qld has had a share of the cold weather in the last few weeks, luckily Rock Ridge Farming only have 2-3 weeks remaining of our hass season… so we are looking to finishing on a high in regards to maintaining the quality of fruit, right to the very end.

Our grower partner, Cherry Creek Estates, located in the SE corner of the state has experienced a few light frosts which has impacted a few blocks, overall fruit quality is looking good with an average size of 23 expected - packing is underway! Whilst our grower partners located in and around Barham/Cobram have been hit with some icy weather, not just the bitter cold associated with low temperatures but several frosts have been experienced which has unfortunately caused a percentage of crop damage. Dry matter tests conducted on fruit from some of the 3 year old trees have been gradually improving week on week, with results a week ago reaching harvestable maturity of 23.2%. One of the farms in this region is looking to commence picking at the end of this week, whilst the others are holding off under later this month, before commencement.

We also took some time to visit a few of our growers in the west this week, with another trip planned for later this month. A number of growers confirmed how dry the weather has been; with many farms greatly in the need of rain - thankfully last week they received 40-50mm, but dams are still in need of more water for the season ahead. Fruit that we saw on trees is looking good, it is sizing nicely with reported dry matter results for younger trees already in the 24-25% dry matter range. If you are interested in BOM’s long term weather forecast, covering August to October, please highlight and click on the below U-Tube link:

https://youtu.be/GHakC1_zsQQ?list=PLbKuJrA7Vp7naJL31deES8QAV5E0q6U_H

·       It is forecast that a total of some 403,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 31) nationally, all of which is expected to be hass. Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 292 to 382K tray equivalents per week. North Qld and Central Queensland are expected to continue supplying the majority of available fruit through until early to mid August, even though supply has slowly started to come from the other major growing regions: including Central NSW, Tri-states and WA. Domestic market pricing for hass seems to be holding with a top of $30/tray on premium 16’s and $30-$32 on premium 18-25’s; class one fruit seems to be selling at $18-$23/tray with a variation in price linked directly with quality and age of fruit. Supplies of smaller fruit for prepacking are starting to tidy up.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld and WA this week we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi’s Hass this week holding steady with shelf tickets at $1.99 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $2.20ea, and Woolworths Qld with Hass at $2.20ea.





RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Mandurah Forum, WA and Sunnybank Hills Qld

  • Coles stores had Hass on display in size 20-25 at $2.20ea. Fruit with packed dates of 10th July therefore fruit age is 21 days from pack. In WA - fruit supplied Dorian Hass in Ct 23 whilst Qld - had fruit supplied by Purpleskin.

  • 5 piece packs at $4.50-6.50ea and 1kg packs at $5.50ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Mandurah, WA and Sunnybank Hills,Qld

  • Purpleskin and Avolution supplied Hass @ $1.99 each all Ct20/25. Packed dates of 11th to 16th July therefore fruit age is 8 to 13 days from pack.

  • 1kg Avocado nets at $4.69ea and 5 piece packs at $5.49ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Mandurah Forum, WA and Sunnybank Hills Qld

  • Hass avos in Ct20/23/25 primarily from Purpleskins and Simpson Farms were retailing at $2.20ea.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.00ea and 5 piece packs at $4.90-5.00ea.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National transport figures for Bananas in Week 30 were 380,000 which is an increase of some 2,500 cartons on harvested volumes in Week 29, 2024. The forecast for Week 31 was for a similar volume. Weather patterns, as you no doubt understand have a tremendous impact on production and during the winter months, this is very much the case. The weather experience for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 12.6 - 18.9 C across all major growing regions which is warmer than last week; and day time temperatures ranging 19.9 - 26.7 C. Most of the North Qld banana growing regions had very minimal rainfall this week with Mareeba and Walkamin experiencing falls of 0-1.2mm; whilst slightly more fell across Innisfail and Tully regions with 24.2mms each. With cool temperatures overnight/early morning, we will also experience a further slowing growth rates, with bunch age still out to 19-20 weeks.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland and WA for cavendish bananas has remained stable this week in two of the three maors with pricing as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.90/kg in the stores visited.










RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Mandurah Forum, WA and Sunnybank Hills,Qld

  • Cavendish were priced at $4.90/kg.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg.

  • Most blooms with good colour, minimal bruising and neck injuries.

 

Below: Aldi Mandurah, WA and Sunnybank Hills, Qld

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg. Mandurah display totally empty.

  • Havana Bananas back in some stores this week at $3.99/kg.

 

Below: Woolworths Mandurah Forum, WA and Sunnybank Hills, Qld

  • Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.50/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $3.00-3.50.

  • Red tips were at $5.50-6.00/kg and Organic Clusters at $7.50/kg.

2024 Week - 30

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

·       Week 29, 2024 - The industry saw a 10.02% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 475,346 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 45,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 28, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying the entire 475,346 tray equivalents in this week’s reported figures.

Production across the country saw Central Queensland resume the lead in production accounting for 53.87% of the total volume, North Queensland accounting for a further 30.37%, then a growing supply from Central NSW accounting for 6.30%, South Queensland with 5.10% and finally WA/NT, TNR and Sunshine Coast with harvests accounting for 2.25%; 1.19% and 0.92% respectively.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 424,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 30) nationally, all of which is expected to be hass. Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 355 to 434K tray equivalents per week. North Qld and Central Queensland are expected to continue supplying the majority of available fruit through until early to mid August, even though supply has slowly started to come from the other major growing regions: including Central NSW, Tri-states and WA.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld and Adelaide this week we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi’s Purpleskin and Avolution Hass this week with shelf tickets at $1.99 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Rock Ridge Hass avos at $1.80ea, and Woolworths Qld with Purpleskin and Howe Farming supplied Hass at $2.20ea.





RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Carindale, Browns Plains and Indooroopilly

  • Coles stores had Hass on display in size 20-25 at $1.80ea. Fruit with packed dates of 11th July therefore fruit age is 13 days from pack.

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

  • Organic avos at $3.80ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Carindale, Browns Plains and Indooroopilly

  • Purpleskin and Avolution supplied Hass @ $1.99 each all Ct20/25. Packed dates of 11th to 16th July therefore fruit age is 8 to 13 days from pack.

  • 1kg Avocado nets at $4.69ea and 5 piece packs at $5.49ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Carindale, Browns Plains and Indooroopilly

  • Hass avos in Ct20/23/25 primarily from Purpleskins and Howe Farms were retailing at $2.20ea. Packed dates of 10th to 13th July meaning fruit age is 11 to 14 days from pack.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.50ea and 5 piece packs at $4.90ea.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

Whilst we are still waiting on the banana industry transport figures for fruit harvested in Week 29, what we see in stores can give us an idea of what’s happening within the industry. Starting with the weather, patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 4.4 - 19.0 C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures ranging 20.0 - 26.2 C. Most of the North Qld banana growing regions had very minimal rain this week with Mareeba and Walkamin experiencing falls of 0-0.6mm; whilst slightly more fell across Innisfail and Tully regions with 11.2-12.8mms. With cool temperatures overnight/early morning, we will no doubt continue to see the impact on fruit bloom and also resulting in slower growth rates, pushing bunch age out. This winter to date, has sent a number of colder mornings early in the season, combined with overcast days, which has taken us a little by surprise, and can be seen in the resulting crops.

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 $4.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited.










RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Carindale, Browns Plains and Indooroopilly

  • 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, Browns Plains and Indooroopilly

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg.

  • Havana Bananas back in some stores this week at $3.99/kg.

 

Below: Woolworths Carindale, Browns Plains and Indooroopilly

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

  • Lady fingers were priced at $8.00/kg, Red tips were at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.50/kg.

2024 Week - 29

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

·       Week 28, 2024 - The industry saw a 5.44% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 427,726 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 23,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 27, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 423,242 tray equivalents along with 4,484 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. We should note that of this total volume some 129K tray equivalents were in the form of bulks for prepacking/processing and 53K tray equivalents were exported which left a little over 245K tray equivalents for the domestic market. The markets appear to have plentiful supplies of smaller fruit and as such the value on these lines is not as strong.

Production across the country saw Central Queensland resume the lead in production accounting for 57.66% of the total volume, North Queensland accounting for a further 33.80%, then a growing supply from Southern Queensland accounting for 4.64%, WA/NT with 1.84% and finally CNSW, TNR and Sunshine Coast with harvests accounting for 1.29%; 0.40% and 0.38% respectively.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 451,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 29) nationally, all of which is expected to be hass. Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 400 to 410K tray equivalents per week. North Qld and Central Queensland are expected to continue supplying the majority of available fruit through until early to mid August, even though supply has started to come from the other major growing regions: including Central NSW, Tristates and WA. It is worth noting, that our grower partners located in SE Qld and in Victoria/Tri-states growing regions have all been experiencing very cold overnight/early morning temps, some have had frosts for several mornings in a row and are seeing the a percentage of their crop suffering frost damage and slowing growth rates - the most recent fruit maturity test results from the southern regions are still a way from being ready for harvest with readings of 21 to 21.3% this week.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in SE Qld this week we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Avolution and Purpleskin supplied Hass this week with shelf tickets at $1.79 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Rock Ridge supplied Hass avos at $2.20ea, and Woolworths Qld with Purpleskin and APP (Howe Farming) supplied Hass at $2.00ea - $2.20ea depending upon store location. Independents in the same centres were found to be selling large class one fruit 2 for $5.00 and netted smaller avos in bundles of 5-8 for $3.99/bag.





RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Carindale, Mt Ommaney and Mount Gravatt

  • Coles stores had Hass on display in size 20-25 at $2.20ea. Fruit with packed dates of 4th July therefore fruit age is 13 days from pack.

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

  • Organic avos at $3.80ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Carindale, Mt Ommaney and Mount Gravatt

  • Purpleskin and Avolution supplied Hass @ $1.79 each all Ct23/25. Packed dates of 4th to 8th July therefore fruit age is 9 to 13 days from pack.

  • 1kg Avocado nets at $4.69ea and 5 piece packs at $4.79ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Carindale, Mt Ommaney and Mount Gravatt

  • Hass avos in Ct20/23/25 primarily from Purpleskins and APP - Howe Farms were retailing at $2.00ea. Packed dates of 3rd to 4th July meaning fruit age is 13 to 14 days from pack.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $4.50ea and 5 piece packs at $6.00ea.

Independents…. Avocados

Mt Ommaney loose large class one Hass 2/$5.00 and class one nets of 5-8 pieces for $3.99 ea

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

Banana industry transport figures for fruit harvested in Week 28 indicate minimal change on Week 27 with a total of 371,916 cartons harvested nationally. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 9.4 - 16.3 C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures ranging 24.6 - 28.7 C. Most of the North Qld banana growing regions had very minimal rain this week with Mareeba and Walkamin experiencing falls of 0-0.2mm; whilst 0-0.4mms fell across Innisfail and Tully regions. With cool temperatures overnight/early morning, we will no doubt continue to see the impact on fruit bloom and also resulting in slower growth rates, pushing bunch age out.

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 $3.99/kg in the stores visited.










RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Carindale, Mt Ommaney and Mount Gravatt

  • Cavendish were priced at $3.99/4.00/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, Mt Ommaney and Mount Gravatt

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg.

  • Havana Bananas back in some stores this week at $3.99/kg.

 

Below: Woolworths Carindale, Mt Ommaney and Mount Gravatt

  • 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 at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 28

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

·       Week 27, 2024 - The industry saw a 3.63% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 404,437 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 15,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 26, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 399,730 tray equivalents along with 4,707 trays (inc GMax) of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. It is worthwhile noting that of the 404,437 tray equivalents: some 124K came in the form of bulks for prepacking and processing; 55K were exported leaving 224K for domestic sale.

Production across the country saw North Queensland in the lead in production accounting for 49.67% of the total volume, Central Queensland accounting for a further 42.44%, then trickles from Southern Queensland accounting for 4.26%, Central NSW with 1.42% and finally WA/NT, Sunshine Coast and TNR for 1.21%; 0.69% and 0.32% respectively.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 409,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 28) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass to contribute approximately 409,000 tray equivalents of this total and some 100 tray equivalents of other varietals (inc GMax) of this total. Production figures for the next two to three period after this week are forecast to be reducing in volume from 396K down to 330K tray equivalents per week, including bulks/export/domestic volumes.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld and Adelaide this week we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Hass this week with shelf tickets at $1.79 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $1.90ea, and Woolworths Qld with Purpleskin and Simpson supplied Hass at $2.00ea and GMAX (Qld stores only) avos (larger sizes 14/16/18) at $2.90ea. A number of the Gmax this week were found to have lenticel damage and were starting to show signs of breakdown.





RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Carindale, Sunnybank Hills and Browns Plains

  • Coles stores had Hass on display in size 20-25 at $1.90-2.00ea and GMAX at $2.50ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $4.90ea and 1kg packs at $5.50ea.

  • Organic avos at $3.80ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Carindale, Sunnybank Hills and Browns Plains

  • Avolution supplied Hass @ $1.79 each all Ct23/25.

  • 1kg Avocado nets at $3.79ea 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, Sunnybank Hills and Browns Plains

  • Hass avos in Ct23-25 primarily from Purpleskins and Simpsons were retailing at $2.00ea. Ct16/18 Greenskin GMAX avos on display this week for $2.90ea a number of which had heavy lenticel and evidence of body rots developing.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.00ea and 5 piece packs at $4.90ea.

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE


Banana industry transport figures for fruit harvested in Week 27 saw a result just marginally smaller than Week 26 production at 372,684 cartons nationally. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 13.6 - 20.7 C across all major growing regions, a touch warmer than last week; and day time temperatures have also remained warmer ranging 21.5 - 26.3 C but with overcast skies and rainfall. Most of the North Qld banana growing regions had rain this week with Mareeba and Walkamin experiencing falls of 0.8-5.3mm and 131 - 182mms fell across Innisfail and Tully regions. With overcast skies and cool temperatures overnight, we will continue to see the impact on fruit bloom and also resulting in slower growth rates pushing bunch age out.

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 has started to be impacted by the activity of birds/bats across the growing regions. This shouldn’t come as a surprise at this time of year, with the seasonality of plants and colder weather, normal flowering/blossoming plants are less productive and regrettably the birds and bats are drawn to our banana plants. Whilst the practice of bagging helps to protect the fruit from scratching to some extent, it does not provide full protection. Another shortcoming of winter is that with the cooler/overcast days we expect to seeing a dulling of fruit bloom, this is noticeable in stores, to varying degrees, and can be expected through until at least November.










RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Carindale, Sunnybank Hills and Browns Plains

  • 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, Sunnybank Hills and Browns Plains

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg.

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

 

Below: Woolworths Carindale, Sunnybank Hills 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 $8.00/kg, Red tips were at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.

2024 Week - 27

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🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

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

·       Week 26, 2024 - The industry saw a 5.16% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 419,352 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 20,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 25, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 394,605 tray equivalents along with 3,180 Shepard tray equivalents together with 21,567 trays (inc GMax) of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures.

Production across the country saw a Central Queensland maintain just in the lead in production accounting for 47.37% of the total volume, North Queensland accounting for a further 46.14%, then trickles from Southern Queensland accounting for 3.79%, Central NSW with 1.17% and finally TNR, Sunshine Coast and WA/NT for 0.63%; 0.46%; 0.44% respectively.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 444,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 27) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass to contribute approximately 439,000 tray equivalents of this total and some 5,000 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 428K down to 366K tray equivalents/week. The markets have seen price continuing to firm for premium graded trays; whilst class one fruit seems to be holding steady this week; with industry supplies forecast to be lighter in volume over the next three week period, pressure will remain on pricing for good quality fruit. Premium trays are expected to lift again by another $1-$2/tray on this week’s pricing, next week.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld and Adelaide this week we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Hass this week with shelf tickets at $1.49 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $2.00ea whilst in Adelaide Hass avocados were ticketed at $1.80ea, and Woolworths Qld with Purpleskin and Simpson supplied Hass at $1.80ea and GMAX (Qld stores only) avos (larger sizes 14/16/18) at $2.50-$2.90ea whilst the Adelaide store frequented had Avolution supplied Hass in Ct23/25 also retailing at $1.80/piece.





RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Loganholme, Garden City and Adelaide (Marion)

  • Coles stores had Hass on display in size 20-25 at $1.80-2.00ea and GMAX at $2.50ea. Note there were no Greenskin GMAX in Adelaide.

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

  • Organic avos at $3.80ea.

 

Below: Aldi Displays from Loganholme, Garden City and Adelaide (Marion)

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

  • 1kg Avocado nets at $4.49ea and 3 piece GMAX packs at $5.99ea. 5 piece packs at $5.49ea.

 

Below: Woolworths Displays from Loganholme, Garden City and Adelaide (Marion)

  • Hass avos in Ct23-25 primarily from Purpleskins and Simpsons were retailing at $1.80ea. Ct16 Greenskin GMAX avos on display this week for $2.90ea. Note there were no Greenskins GMAX in Adelaide store.

  • Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $4.00-5.00ea and 5 piece packs at $5.50-6.00ea (all differing depending on location).

 

BANANA OVERVIEW

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Banana industry transport figures for fruit harvested in Week 26 were some 373K cartons a reduction by 2.69% or some 10K cartons fewer than the week prior. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures dropping with a range of 14.6 - 17.8 C across all major growing regions, a touch warmer than last week; and day time temperatures have also remained warmer ranging 25.0 - 26.4 C. There has been very minimal rainfall across most of the North Qld banana growing regions again this week with Mareeba and Walkamin 0.1mm falls and only of 2 - 4mms 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, as a result of the current varying weather conditions for Winter in NQ!









RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Loganholme, Garden City and Adelaide (Marion)

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

  • Lady Fingers were priced at $7.90-8.00/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg.

  • Organic at $6.90/kg.

 

Below: Aldi Loganholme, Garden City and Adelaide (Marion)

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg.

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

 

Below: Woolworths Loganholme, Garden City and Adelaide (Marion)

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

  • Lady fingers were priced at $8.00-9.00!!/kg, Red tips were at $4.90-6.00/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00-6.90/kg.

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

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE



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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🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

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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AVOCADO OVERVIEW

🥑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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🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

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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🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

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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🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

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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AVOCADO OVERVIEW

🥑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.