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BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for week 8 saw 484,216 cartons of bananas sent from North Queensland, an 80,000 increase on week 7 with 404,704 cartons. Weather patterns in the major growing regions we saw a continuation of warm temperatures and lots of rain this week associated with the tropical low in the region. Temperatures in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 14.6 - 24.6 C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 26.4 - 34.0 C. Rainfall in North Qld banana growing regions this week was as follows: Mareeba receiving 3mm for the week; and Innisfail receiving a much larger total of a 210.8mm!!

Quality is consistent with mostly good colour and minimal skin marking - some green fruit and some light skin marking seen this week but an improvement on previous weeks.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas were 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.

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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 8, 2025 - The industry experienced a 20.41% increase in production on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 402,394 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 80,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 7, 2025 production.

Production across the country saw NQ overtake majorly in production - accounting for 68.78% of the total volume, followed by surprisingly WA/NT accounting for a further 27.21%, then Central NSW accounting for 2.21%, then NZ with 1.32% and lastly Central Queensland and Tristate with 0.38% and 0.10% respectively of the total production for the week.

· It is forecast that a total of some 350,000 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 9) nationally, with the majority of these being new season Shepard!! Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 420K-460K tray equivalents per week.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week we saw relatively stable shelf prices as follows - Aldi’s Hass this week shelf tickets at $2.99 each; Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $2.90ea, and Woolworths Qld with both Shepard and 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 Woolworths

🥑Avocados at Woolworths

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI GARDEN CITY

Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg - a considerable amount of slightly green and marked fruit.
No Havana Bananas.

ALDI BURLEIGH WEST

Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Some with minor marking and most green.
Havana Bananas at $3.99/kg - needing restocking.

ALDI ELANORA THE PINES

Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Some with minor marking.
Havana Bananas at $3.99/kg.

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES GARDEN CITY

Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.
Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $6.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.
All varieties needing restocking to some degree.

COLES ELANORA THE PINES

Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.
Lady Fingers $6.90/kg. Red Tips at $5.90/kg.

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Appropriately positioned in ‘Eat Now’ and ‘Eat Later’. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS BURLEIGH WEST

Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Appropriately positioned in ‘Eat Now’ and ‘Eat Later’. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS ELANORA THE PINES

Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Appropriately positioned in ‘Eat Now’ and ‘Eat Later’. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI