QUICKLINKS

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.

BANANA SNAPSHOT

Left to Right: Aldi; Coles and Woolworths Cavendish Displays

AVOCADO OVERVIEW

🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

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.

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% (mainly hass), then trickles from Southern Queensland 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 and some 40,000 tray equivalents of other varietals of this total. The focus now is really upon the popular Hass varietal.

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 (larger sizes 14/16/18) at $2.50ea. There was a prevalence of lenticel damage noted on the GMAX avos on display.

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

Left to Right: Woolworths Hass; Aldi Hass and Coles Hass Avocados in Queensland stores

STOCK IN STORES

QUICKLINKS

🍌Bananas at Woolworths

🥑Avocados at Woolworths

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI CANNON HILL

A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - majority green fruit and some minor neck injuries.
Havana bananas at $4.99/kg - these also mostly green with some bruising.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg - less fruit green here.
Havana bananas priced at $4.99/kg.

ALDI CARINDALE

A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - some green fruit and some minor neck injuries.
No Havana bananas at this store this week.

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES CANNON HILL

Cavendish bananas displayed at 4.00/kg.
Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.
Ladyfingers on display for $5.90/kg. Red Tips for $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

COLES CARINDALE

Cavendish on display $4.00/kg, mostly good colour.
Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.
Red Tips at $5.50/kg and Lady Fingers $5.90/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

COLES GARDEN CITY

Cavendish on display $4.00/kg. Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.
Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers $5.90/kg.

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS CANNON HILL

Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tips at $5.50/kg and Lady Fingers at $5.90/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

The display of Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Decent colour. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Lady Fingers $5.90/kg and Red Tips $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg.
Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Lady Fingers at $5.90/kg. Red Tipped at $5.50/kg.
Organic at $6.00/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI