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BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

Banana national figures for week 36 harvest saw another slight lift of almost 6000 cartons on last week, resulting in a total of just over 470K cartons. Weather patterns in the major growing regions have seen the return of some rain this week. Temperatures in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 15.3 - 20.1 C across all major growing regions which were a touch warmer than last week; and day time temperatures ranging 23.9 - 28.6 C. Rainfall in North Qld banana growing regions this week saw Mareeba and Walkamin experience falls of 0.2mm and 11.6mm; and increased falls were across Innisfail and Tully regions with recordings of 27mm and 56mm.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas has remained stable this week with pricing as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $4.49/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.50/kg in the stores visited. Independents were found to have tickets of $3.99/kg.

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 36, 2024 - The industry experienced a welcome 3.69% increase in production on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 444,204 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 17,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 35, 2024 production. Of the total tray equivalents harvested this week, some 91K were in the form of bulks/processing; 34K were exported which left just over 318K tray equivalents for the domestic market.

Production across the country saw Tristate now take the lead in production - accounting for 25.21% of the total volume, followed by Central NSW accounting for a further 23.95%, then WA/NT accounting for 17.02%, Southern QLD with 11.78% and finally NZ, Central Queensland and North Queensland with harvests accounting for 10.78%; 7.47% and 2.25% respectively of the total production for the week.

· It is forecast that a total of some 401,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 37) nationally, with the majority of this obviously being hass - which means a similar quantity is expected for domestic supply to last week. Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 400 to 412K tray equivalents per week meaning that market pricing is expected to hold.

In addition to our grower partner in SE Qld - Cherry Creek Estates; and our grower partners in the Tristate region, Barham Avocados and Murray Eden Avocados, our partner in the west of this great land, Avonova, are kicking off their harvest slowly.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi’s Hass this week shelf tickets at $2.49 each; Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $2.20ea, and Woolworths Qld with Hass 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 ALDI

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Some with minor bruising and some with dull colour, also the odd split peel.
Havana Bananas at $3.99/kg - needed restocking.

ALDI COORPAROO

A full display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $4.49/kg - light skin marking and some minor neck damage and splitting skin observed.
Havana bananas at this store this week, ticketed at $3.99/kg.

ALDI FAIRFIELD

Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Some with minor bruising and some quite over-ripe.
Havana Bananas at $3.99/kg - all green with minor bruising this week.

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50/kg. Best of the colour in stores this week. A little bat/bird marking observed.
Red Tips at $5.50/kg - very marked. Lady Fingers at $6.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

COLES FAIRFIELD

Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50/kg. Relatively good mix of ready to eat and green fruit.
Organic at $6.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $6.90/kg. Red Tips at $5.50/kg.

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Appropriately positioned in ‘Eat Now’ and ‘Eat Later’. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS COORPAROO

The display of Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Appropriately displayed. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tips at $5.50/kg, Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg and Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

Skylark NZ supply of Count 23/25 Hass Avocados, priced at $2.49 each. Packed date of 12th August therefore fruit age was 29 days old!
Prepacks also on display - 1kg packs at $6.79ea and 5 piece packs at $7.29ea.

ALDI COORPAROO

Skylark NZ Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $2.49ea.
1kg prepacks at $6.79ea and 5 piece packs at $7.29ea.

ALDI FAIRFIELD

Skylark NZ supply of Count 23/25 Hass Avocados, priced at $2.49 each.
Prepacks also on display - 1kg packs at $6.79ea.

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

Hass Avocados - ticketed at $2.20 ea. Low supplies of all avocado lines on show.
Prepacks - 5 piece packs $7.50ea.

COLES FAIRFIELD

Barham Avos (Aust) and Skylark NZ Ct23 Hass Avocados on the display - ticketed at $2.20 ea. NZ Fruit packed dates of 13th August - so fruit age is 28 days!
Prepacks - 1kg $6.90ea and 5 piece packs $7.50ea.

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

Avocado Collective WA Hass and N &A Fruit Distributors supplying a number of growers with Count 20-25 Hass avocados priced at $2.50ea were on the the A frame display. Packed date of 28th August - 5th September so fruit 6-14 days old.
Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $6.90ea. 5 piece packs at $7.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS COOPAROO

N & A Fruit Distributors Count 18 Hass packed 3rd Sept so fruit age is 8 days old; selling at $2.50ea. A percentage of the display footprint was upturned empty trays.
1kg Odd Bunch at $8.00ea. $6.90 for Organic packs.