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BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

Industry transport figures for this week, relating to the prior week’s harvest for week 24 was 381,245 ctns which is some 25,000 fewer cartons than were harvested in Week 23. 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, which is only mild at this stage but if we experience repeated cold days this is when the damage potentially 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 - 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.

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 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 423 Shepard tray equivalents together 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%. Both North Qld and Central Qld are expected to complete their harvest by mid-late July, though there are a few growers who are not expected to finish until the first or second week of August. We will keep you updated as the time is drawing closer as to our own expected harvest completion date.

· 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.

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

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🍌Bananas at Woolworths

🥑Avocados at Woolworths

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI STAFFORD

Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg - fruit with good colour and a little green tinging this week. Some still with minor neck damage and sooty blotch.
Havana bananas at $4.99/kg.

ALDI CHERMSIDE

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

ALDI LUTWYCHE

A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - some green fruit.
No Havana bananas.

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES STAFFORD

Cavendish on display $4.00/kg, mostly decent colour, some a little dull.
Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.
Red Tips at $5.50/kg (good colour) and Lady Fingers $7.90/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

COLES CHERMSIDE

Cavendish on display $4.00/kg. Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.
Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers $7.90/kg. Organics at $6.00/kg.

COLES LUTWYCHE

Cavendish on display $4.00/kg. Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.
Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers $5.90/kg? Organic at $6.00/kg.

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS STAFFORD

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

WOOLWORTHS LUTWYCHE

The display of Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Decent colour- nicely split into ‘Éat now’ and ‘Éat later’. Kids packs at $4.00ea.
Lady Fingers $5.90/kg and Red Tips $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS CHERMSIDE

Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg.
Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Lady Fingers at $7.00/kg. Red Tipped at $4.90/kg.
Organic at $6.00/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI STAFFORD

Purpleskin Hass Avocados priced at $1.29 each.
1kg packs for $3.99ea. 5 piece Hass at $5.19ea.

ALDI CHERMSIDE

Purpleskin loose Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.29 ea.
1kg prepacks on special at $4.49ea. Gmax 3 piece packs priced at $5.99ea. 5 piece packs at $4.99ea.