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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI MT OMMANEY

Cavendish Bananas were priced at $3.29/kg - a degree of minor skin marking as well as at least one-third of the fruit spotting as well as multiple dull clusters.
At least half the display of fruit was backward in colour development and ripeness.
Lady Fingers were priced at $5.99/kg and Lil Snackers packs were priced at $2.99/ 750g pack.

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

Cavendish bananas at $3.29/kg - mixed condition with some clusters very dull, greying in colour, with neck injuries and skin marking prevalent.

ALDI FAIRFIELD

Had Cavendish bananas at $3.29/kg, 50-70% of fruit was quite backward; sizing of fruit varied greatly, again somewhat of a dull appearance with minor skin marking.
Lady Fingers were priced at $5.99/kg and Lil’ Snackers packs at $2.99/ 750g pack.

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES MT OMMANNEY

Cavendish bananas were displayed at $3.50/kg, Lady Fingers at $7.90/kg and kids packs at $3.50/kg
All varieties had a presence of backward fruit and minor skin marking.

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

Cavendish bananas priced at $3.90/kg, marked fruit on display also having a dull/grey appearance, some clusters with wounds.
Kids banded clusters were priced at $3.90/kg
Lady Fingers - priced at $7.90/kg

COLES FAIRFIELD

Cavendish priced at $3.50/kg - a few clusters questionable being very dull or quite visibly marked.
This Coles store also had kids clusters priced at $3.50/kg and Lady Fingers at $7.90/kg - again some fruit very dull clusters and backward kids clusters.

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS MT OMMANNEY

Cavendish bananas priced at $3.30/kg. Good colour and generally good bloom (odd cluster will dull bloom), light skin marking.
Lady Fingers at $7.90/kg with good colour, Little Sana banded packs were priced at $3.30, red tips at $4.50/kg and organic variety at $4.90/kg, all fruit with minimal marking

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

Cavendish bananas at $3.30/kg - odd cluster with light bat marking

Ladyfingers at $7.50/kg - fairly clean fruit
Kids packs at $3.30, red tips at $4.50 and organic variety at $4.90

WOOLWORTHS MOOROOKA

Cavendish were priced at $3.90/kg, some with marking
Red tips were at $4.50, Lady Fingers at $7.90 half of the display was slightly backward but fruit appearance was generally clean (odd cluster with rust thrip marking) and kids packs at $3.90
Organic variety were also on display at this store for $4.90

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI MT OMMANNEY

Shepard Avos count 25’s from Howe Farming and Freshmax, stock presented in tray priced at $1.99
6 piece packs of Shepards were priced at $7.99
Fruit had slight marking but in general was well presented

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

Shepard Avos supplied by Freshmax - Ferraro Farming packed 11th March = 13 days old; priced at $1.99 ea
6 piece packs priced at $7.99ea
Good quality of all stock at this store

ALDI FAIRFIELD

Freshmax supplied, Grower Ferraro Farming - Count 25, packed on the 10th of March, making them 13 days old priced at $1.99ea
Shepard 6 packs priced at $7.99

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES MT OMMANNEY

Shepards selling singularly for $2.00ea, quality of these were good. Displayed on table top display just inside entry and also on shelf.
1kg I’m Perfect nets selling for $6.90 ea - contain Australian Shepard avocados.

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

Loose Hass avocados selling at $2.00
5 piece nets selling for $7.90
Some significant bruising and marking in the nets

COLES FAIRFIELD

Loose Shepard Avocados for $2.00 singularly, a mix of maturity was on offer at this store. Table top display aligning store entry contained Count 25 Howe Farming fruit whilst the other display contained Rock Ridge count 28’s. Both lines of fruit presented well, couple of minor skin marks.

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS MT OMMANNEY

Count 20 Greenskins and Howe Farming (packed 8th March = 16 days old) avocados on display and priced at $2.20ea presented well.
5 piece Hass Nets at $7.00ea, a few packs with slight bruising

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

Count 20 Greenskins, Howe Farming, Mackays and Leadwood Shepard avocados presented beautifully in most trays - at $2.20ea. However fruit sitting on the bottom layer tended to be bruised or exhibiting skin rots. Fruit packed 8th to 12th March.
5 piece packs were priced at $8.00 a bag and organic packs were $12.90
This store also had Avocado squeeze tubes at $5.50

WOOLWORTHS MOOROOKA

Greenskins and Mackays Shepards selling at $2.20ea - count 20’s - fruit was mostly of good quality
5 piece packs were ticketed at $7.00 on special, 1kg Odd bunch packs were $8.00 and Organic Avo mini packs were priced at $12.90

March 22, 2021

Retail Market Week 11

March 22, 2021/ Paul Wilson

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BANANA OVERVIEW

SUPPLY UPDATE

The national banana cut last week was still in recovery mode post the tropical low, known as Cyclone Niran, with a increase of 5.2% on the previous week which equated to an additional 18,149 cartons, meaning the total was just nudging over 364,000. National production is expected to be within the range of 380-400K cartons next week. The weather in the past week has been milder with minimum temperatures ranging 18.5 - 22.7C and maximum day temps of 29.8 to 31.4C. There was definitely less rain in the far north with just a few light showers mainly in the Innisfail and Tully regions, though Walkamin did have a storm early in the week.

Quality on shelf this week was again disappointing with grey to bronzed dull, marked fruit being a common finding - this is most likely as a result of recent weather conditions. On our own farms, we continue to grade heavily for bat scratching with this issue expected for another three to four weeks. Waste relating to grade outs of bat marked fruit continues to be in the vicinity of 30-35% of each days pack out - we will continue to be vigilant in this respect to ensure inclusion in our carton is kept to an acceptable level.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish varied between the major supermarkets with Aldi offering fruit at $3.29/kg; Woolworths at $3.30 to $3.90/kg and Coles offering fruit at $3.50 to $3.90/kg dependent upon the store locality. As already stated, quality varied greatly with a number of lines having visible skin marking including bat scratching, sap staining, rust thrip damage, neck injuries and rub marking.

BANANA SNAPSHOT

Left to Right: Woolworths, Aldi and Coles Cavendish Displays

AVOCADO OVERVIEW

SUPPLY UPDATE

North Qld maintains the lead in production with their Shepard season accounting for 79% of total production last week; followed by Central Qld with 17%; with the remaining 4% coming from Central NSW and New Zealand. Pricing has continued its downward trend as volumes increases in the market place. Australian Shepard main sales for premium are in the range of $26 -$34/tray. Pricing for class one fruit (main sales) is ranging $18 --$22 per tray; whilst the bulk market has been experiencing prices for premium in the range of $40 --$45/ctn and for class one and 2nds $10 --$30/ctn.

North Qld Shepard avocados are expected to again increase in numbers this coming week with a forecast of 270,000 trays from the region. In fact the forecast for the next two week period has the tray volume starting to decline slightly with 250,000 expected each week. Presentation in stores this week was again generally good with fruit having good shape and glossy skins. A number of farms, including our own, have had issues with spotting bug, despite implementing preventative spraying programmes as well as control spraying as populations have been detected. We have reset our grading cameras and trained staff in detection, in an effort to remove as many affected pieces as possible.

The availability of suitably sized Australian Shepards for formulation of prepacks is seeing both the 5 pack options and 1kg bags starting to be stocked on supermarket shelves. All major supermarkets now have their 5 or 6 piece prepack offers filled with shepards. Both Coles and Woolworths have 1kg options on offer with respective Ïm Perfect or Odd Bunch also filled with shepard avocados.

In terms of Shepard retail pricing in Qld shelf prices were as follows: Aldi Qld price was a competitive $1.79 per piece; Woolworths Qld had prominently positioned instore displays of Shepards ticketed at $2.00 ea whilst Coles in Qld had Shepards with a ticket of 2 for $4.00 or $2.20 singularly. The majority of fruit was of sound quality, odd findings of skin marking and a low level of lenticel damage.

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

Left to Right: Woolworths Shepards, Aldi Shepards and Coles Shepards Avocados

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI SPRINGWOOD

Cavendish Bananas were priced at $3.29/kg - a degree of minor skin marking as well as at least one-third of the fruit spotting as well as multiple dull clusters.
The fruit was all quite ripe

ALDI IPSWICH

Cavendish bananas at $3.29 - mixed condition and again stacking of fruit causes more skin damage

ALDI BROWNS PLAINS

Had Cavendish bananas at $3.29/kg, 50-70% of fruit was quite backward; one third of display appeared to be carried fruit as it was spotting and quite marked.

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES SPRINGWOOD

Cavendish bananas were displayed at $3.90, Lady Fingers at $7.90 and kids packs at $3.90
Both varieties had some backward fruit and minor skin marking

COLES IPSWICH

Cavendish bananas priced at $3.50/kg, marked fruit on display, some clusters with wounds.
Kids packs were priced at $3.90
Lady Fingers - priced at $7.90/kg

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

Cavendish priced at $3.50/kg - a few clusters questionable being very dull or quite visibly marked.
This Coles store also had kids clusters priced at $3.50/kg - again fruit very dull.

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS SPRINGWOOD

Cavendish bananas priced at $3.90/kg. Good colour and generally good bloom (odd cluster will dull bloom), light skin marking, some backward fruit.
Lady Fingers at $7.90 with good colour

WOOLWORTHS IPSWICH

Cavendish bananas at $3.30/kg - odd cluster with light bat marking

Ladyfingers at $7.90/kg - fairly clean fruit
Kids packs at $3.30, needed a refill

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

Cavendish were priced at $3.30/kg, some with marking
Red tips were at $3.90 of better quality than other stores visited, Lady Fingers at $7.90 half of the display was slightly backward but fruit appearance was generally clean (odd cluster with rust thrip marking) and kids packs at $3.30 but no stock on display

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI SPRINGWOOD

Shepard Avos count 25’s, stock presented in tray priced at $1.79
6 piece packs of Shepards were priced at $7.99

ALDI IPSWICH

Shepard Avos supplied by Deluca Banana Marketing priced at $1.79
6 piece packs priced at $7.99

ALDI BROWNS PLAINS

count 25, packed on the 5th of March, making them 12 days old priced at $1.79
Shepard 6 packs priced at $7.99

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES SPRINGWOOD

Howe Farming Count 28 Shepards supplied by Mackays selling singularly for $2.20 or 2 for $4.00. Fruit packed 3rd and 4th March meaning it is 12-13 days old. Quality of both these lines was good.
1kg I’m Perfect nets selling for $8.90 ea - contain Australian Shepard avocados.

COLES IPSWICH

Loose Hass avocados selling at $2.20 or multibuy offer 2 for $4.00
I’m Perfect 1kg nets selling for $7.00

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

Loose Shepard Avocados 2 for $4.00 or $2.20 singularly, a mix of maturity was on offer at this store. Table top display aligning store entry contained Count 25 Howe Farming fruit whilst the other display contained Rock Ridge count 28’s. Both lines of fruit presented well, couple of minor skin marks.

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS SPRINGWOOD

Howe Farming avocados priced at $2.00ea presented well.
5 piece Hass Nets at $8.00ea, a few packs with significant bruising

WOOLWORTHS IPSWICH

Count 23 Shepard avocados presented beautifully in most trays - supplied by Murray Brothers on special at $2.00ea.
Other avocados in this store were supplied by Team Avocado and Howe Farming - all lines showing good maturity and colour
5 piece packs were priced at $8.00 a bag.

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

Costa supplied Shepards selling at $2.00ea - count 20’s - fruit was mostly of good quality
5 piece packs were ticketed at $7.50 on special

March 11, 2021

Retail Market Week 10

March 11, 2021/ Paul Wilson

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BANANA OVERVIEW

SUPPLY UPDATE

The national banana cut last week was significantly impacted by the blow through of the tropical low, known as Cyclone Niran, with a decrease of 24.4% which equated to -112,207 cartons less than the previous week. National production was expected to be within the range of 450-470K cartons however with the devastating wind storm causing an average industry loss of 20-25% this was definitely not achievable. It is important to note that the impact of this tropical low varied greatly at an individual level; with some smaller to medium sized farms suffering a much greater percentage loss. In the days immediately following the weather event, affected growers spent a great deal of time salvaging fruit from bent bunches, mulching, tidying and repairing their farms. The weather in the past week has been milder with minimum temperatures ranging 19.4 - 26.0C and maximum day temps of 29.4 to 32.4C. The rain has continued to fall intermittently in North Qld with recordings of 10 -15 mm in Mareeba, Innisfail and Tully across the week; and a further 41mm fell in Walkamin since last Wednesday.

Quality on shelf this week was very disappointing with grey to bronzed dull, marked fruit being a common finding. The presence of dull fruit perhaps relates to fruit age and storage conditions. On our own farms, we continue to grade heavily for bat scratching with this issue expected for another four to five weeks. Waste relating to grade outs of bat marked fruit continues to be in the vicinity of 30-35% of each days pack out - we will continue to be vigilant in this respect to ensure inclusion in our carton is kept to an acceptable level.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish varied between the major supermarkets and for a change Aldi did not have the cheapest ticket price. This week saw Aldi selling at $3.29/kg; Woolworths at $3.00/kg and Coles offering fruit at $3.00 to $3.50/kg dependent upon the store locality. As already stated, quality also varied greatly with a number of lines having visible skin marking including bat scratching, sap staining, rust thrip damage, neck injuries and rub marking.

BANANA SNAPSHOT

Left to Right: Woolworths, Aldi and Coles Cavendish Displays

AVOCADO OVERVIEW

SUPPLY UPDATE

North Qld maintains the lead in production with their Shepard season accounting for 67% of total production last week; followed by New Zealand with 18%; Central Qld at 14% and the remaining 1% coming from Central NSW. Pricing has continued its downward trend as volumes increases in the market place. There were another couple of arrivals of NZ Hass last week with premium trays still selling in the range of $30 --$40/tray dependent upon size. Australian Shepard main sales for premium are in the range of $28 -$34/tray. Pricing for class one fruit (main sales) is ranging $20 --$26 per tray; whilst the bulk market has been experiencing prices for premium in the range of $40 --$45/ctn and for class one and 2nds $10 --$30/ctn.

North Qld Shepard avocados are expected to again increase in numbers this coming week with a forecast of 240,000 trays from the region. In fact the forecast for the next four week period has the tray volume sitting between 240 - 250,000 per week. Presentation in stores this week was again generally good with fruit having good shape and glossy skins. A number of farms, including our own, have had issues with spotting bug, despite implementing preventative spraying programmes as well as control spraying as populations have been detected. We have reset our grading cameras and trained staff in detection, in an effort to remove as many affected pieces as possible.

In terms of Shepard retail pricing in Qld shelf prices were as follows: Aldi Qld price was a competitive $1.99 per piece; Woolworths Qld had prominently positioned instore displays of Shepards ticketed at $2.00 ea whilst Coles in Qld had now swapped over to Shepards with a ticket of 2 for $4.00 or $2.20 singularly. The majority of fruit was of sound quality, odd findings of skin marking and a low level of lenticel damage.

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

Left to Right: Woolworths Shepards, Aldi Shepards and Coles Shepards Avocados

Source: Avocados australia 2021 - avocado weekly dispatch forecast vs actual

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

Cavendish Bananas were priced at $3.29/kg - a degree of minor skin marking as well as at least one-third of the fruit spotting as well as multiple dull clusters.
The fruit was all quite ripe

ALDI CANNON HILL

Cavendish bananas at $3.29 - mixed condition and again stacking of fruit causes more skin damage - some very dull clusters found throughout the display and a few clusters that were spotting.
Lady Fingers at $5.99/kg - generally of good presentation, however significant sap staining.
Lil Snackers Kids 750g packs were $2.99.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

Had Cavendish bananas at $3.29/kg, 50-70% of fruit was quite backward; one third of display appeared to be carried fruit as it was spotting and quite marked.
Lady Fingers were priced at $5.99, all were green

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

Cavendish bananas were not on display at all at this store, with minimal displays of only Lady Fingers at $7.90 and kids packs at $3.50
Both varieties had some backward fruit and minor skin marking

COLES CANNON HILL

Cavendish bananas priced at $3.50/kg, again dull, marked fruit on display, some clusters with wounds.
Kids packs were priced at $3.50 - these also exhibited some bad sap staining/bruising
Get in quick if you want a Lady Finger - one and only one ( were poorly stocked) priced at $7.90/kg

COLES GARDEN CITY

Cavendish priced at $3.00/kg , with approximately 40% of display being semi coloured fruit - a few clusters questionable being very dull or quite visibly marked.
Lady Fingers at $7.90/kg low stock, some clusters with minor bruising and rub; whilst Kids banded clusters ticketed at $3.50 each were bruised and also had experienced some bat damage
This Coles store also had two red tips clusters priced at $5.00/kg - again fruit very dull.

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

Cavendish bananas priced at $3.00/kg. Good colour and generally good bloom (odd cluster will dull bloom), light skin marking, some backward fruit.
Lil Sana/Kids packs at $3.00 some of which were quite marked and Lady Fingers at $7.50 again minor skin markings, bruising and rub.

WOOLWORTHS CANNON HILL

Cavendish bananas at $3.00/kg - odd cluster with light bat marking

Ladyfingers at $6.90/kg - fairly clean fruit but needed refilling.
Kids packs at $3.00, needed a refill

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

Cavendish were priced at $3.00/kg, some with marking
Red tips were at $3.90 of better quality than other stores visited, Lady Fingers at $7.50 half of the display was slightly backward but fruit appearance was generally clean (odd cluster with rust thrip marking) and kids packs at $3.00
Organic clusters displayed in basket were on a ticket special of $3.50/kg - stock had light skin marking.

INDEPENDENT STORE - SPUDS & PLUMS GARDEN CITY

Cavendish bananas at $1.99/kg fruit had good colour some light marking whilst Lady Fingers were selling at $7.99/kg - slightly backward but very good presentation.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

Greenskins Shepard Avos count 23’s, stock presented in tray priced at $1.99
6 piece packs of Shepards were priced at $7.99

ALDI CANNON HILL

Obie Plantation Shepard Avos supplied by Deluca Banana Marketing priced at $1.99 - some light lenticel present and one piece with sunburn.

Prepack option was a mixture of NZ Hass 6 piece packs and new season Shepard 6 piece all priced at $7.99

ALDI GARDEN CITY

Greenskins count 23, packed on the 26th of Feb, making them 12 days old priced at $1.99 - a little russet found on the skins and some scarring.
Whilst ticketing says Shepard 6 packs, stock was actually NZ Hass in the Market 6 piece bags priced at $7.99

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

Loose Ferraro Count 23 Shepards supplied by DBM and loose Kureen Count 23 Shepard avocados supplied by Rockridge selling singularly for $2.20 or 2 for $4.00. Fruit packed 25th and 26th Feb meaning it is 12-13 days old. Quality of both these lines was good.
1kg I’m Perfect nets selling for $7.50 ea - contain Australian Shepard avocados.

COLES CANNON HILL

Loose Hass avocados selling at $2.20 or multibuy offer 2 for $4.00
I’m Perfect 1kg nets selling for $7.50 and 5 piece packs at $8.90

COLES GARDEN CITY

Loose Shepard Avocados 2 for $4.00 or $2.20 singularly, a mix of maturity was on offer at this store. Table top display aligning store entry contained Count 25 Terranova fruit supplied by Costa’s packed 1st March ( 9 days old) whilst the end of the third row contained Rock Ridge count 28’s packed 2nd March (8 days old). Both lines of fruit presented well, couple of minor skin marks.
I’m Perfect 1kg nets containing shepards priced at $7.50/bag and 5 piece Pack of Shepards $8.90/bag.

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

Howe Farming avocados priced at $2.00ea presented well.
5 piece Hass Nets had no price ticket, a few packs with significant bruising

WOOLWORTHS CANNON HILL

Count 20 and 23 Shepard avocados presented beautifully in most trays - mix of Greenskin fruit packed 18th Feb (20 days old); Leadwood and another line supplied by Murray Brothers on special at $2.00ea.
This store had 6 piece packs on special for $7.50 and 1kg Odd Bunch packs also on special for $8.50
5 piece packsof small Hass were priced at $8.00 a bag.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

Costa supplied Shepards selling at $2.00ea - count 20’s - fruit was mostly of good quality
5 piece packs were ticketed at $8.00 and Odd bunch 1kg pack at $8.50.

INDEPENDENT STORE - SPUDS & PLUMS GARDEN CITY

Large Shepard Avocados priced at 2 for $6.00 and Hass Avocados also priced at 2 for $7.00
Three piece Shepard overwrap trays for $4.99
Well stocked and good quality across all stock .

March 05, 2021

Retail Market Week 9

March 05, 2021/ Paul Wilson

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BANANA OVERVIEW

SUPPLY UPDATE

The national banana cut last week reduced slightly by -6,764 cartons to a total of 458,276 cartons which represents a decrease of 1.4% on the previous week. National production was expected next week to be within the range of 450-470K cartons however with the devastating wind storm associated with offshore tropical low (Cyclone Niran) this will result in much more fruit on the market than first forecast, as growers try to tidy their farms in the days following these storms. The weather in the past week has been nothing short of unbelievable and as a result farms suffered losses in the range of 5 to 100%, depending upon their location in relation to the funneling winds. The ground was already soft from decent rainfalls in the preceding weeks and with winds up to speeds of 90-120km/hr in the region many banana plants simply bent in half and some plants were rolled over. Growing regions including Cowley, Mourilyan and Innisfail were some of the worst hit, but the reach of these storms was quite astounding with our own farm at Mareeba also suffering a loss of approximately 20% of the plants under production. The rain continued to fall intermittently in North Qld last week with a further recordings of 40 -70 mm in both Mareeba and Walkamin since last Wednesday; whilst Innisfail had approx. 250mm for the week; and the Tully region had a little less with approx. 120mm for the week.

Whilst quality on shelf this week was a little better than last week, quality in general continues to be quite mixed on shelf with bat and bird damage, sap staining and minor skin marking detracting from some displays. There is also a presence of dull fruit perhaps relating to fruit age and storage conditions. On our own farms, we continue to grade heavily for bat scratching with this issue expected for another five to six weeks. In addition to the loss as a result of the tropical low, waste relating to grade outs of bat marked fruit has been in the vicinity of 30-35% of each days pack out - we will continue to be vigilant in this respect to ensure inclusion in our carton is kept to an acceptable level.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish varied significantly between the major supermarkets with Aldi's ticket price at $2.99/kg; Woolworths at $3.00 to $3.90/kg and Coles offering fruit at $2.00 to $3.50/kg dependent upon the store locality. Quality also varied greatly with a number of lines having visible skin marking including bat scratching, sap staining, rust thrip damage, neck injuries and rub marking.

BANANA SNAPSHOT

Left to Right: Woolworths, Aldi and Coles Cavendish Displays

AVOCADO OVERVIEW

SUPPLY UPDATE

The North Qld Shepard season is finally here and Qld takes the lead accounting for 68% of total production last week; followed by New Zealand with 26%; Central Qld supplying 4% and the remaining 2% coming from Central NSW and WA. Pricing has come back in the market place with further shipments of Chilean fruit arriving with fruit still selling from $10.00-$20.00/tray. Premium quality NZ tray fruit still selling in the range of $36 --$40/tray dependent upon size - still moderate volumes of NZ fruit within the marketplace which is expected to continue for at least another couple of weeks. Australian Shepard main sales for premium in the range of $28 -$34/tray. Pricing for class one fruit (main sales) is ranging $20 --$26 per tray; whilst the bulk market has been experiencing prices for premium in the range of $40 --$45/ctn and for class one and 2nds $10 --$30/ctn.

New season North Qld Shepard avocados, have again increased slightly in volume climbing from of 145,000 trays to 176,000 last week with a predicted 220,000 for next week from the region. Presentation is generally good with fruit having good shape and glossy skins. A number of farms, including our own, have had issues with spotting bug, despite implementing preventative spraying programmes as well as control spraying as populations have been detected. We have reset our grading cameras and trained staff in detection, in an effort to remove as many affected pieces as we possibly can. Rain in the region has continued to impact harvesting for a number of farms this week with 40-50mm in most areas - it is North Qld after all! With increased rain during harvest periods there is an increased risk of development of rots, so the application of approved fungicide treatments in the wash is a must.

In terms of Shepard retail pricing in Qld shelf prices were as follows: Aldi Qld price was a competitive $1.79 per piece; Woolworths Qld had prominently positioned instore displays of Shepards ticketed at $2.00-$2.20 ea whilst Coles in Qld were still displaying NZ Skylark Hass with pricing of $2.00ea - most observed fruit was of sound quality, odd findings of body rot and bruising and a low level of lenticel damage.

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

Left to Right: Woolworths Shepards, Aldi Shepards and Coles NZ Hass Avocados

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI CARINDALE

Cavendish Bananas were priced at $2.99/kg - a degree of minor skin marking was present and occasional dull cluster.
L:ady Fingers were of good colour and priced at $5.99/kg

ALDI DREWVALE

Cavendish bananas at $2.99 - mixed condition and again stacking of fruit causes more skin damage - some very dull clusters found throughout the display and a few clusters that were spotting.
Lady Fingers at $5.99/kg - good colour and generally of good presentation, little rub and sap staining.

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES GELNEG S.A.

Cavendish bananas priced at $3.90/kg

COLES CARINDALE

Cavendish bananas priced at $3.00/kg, well stocked in Cavendish, some backwards fruit
No other displays in this Coles store

COLES GREENSLOPES

Cavendish priced at $3.90/kg , with approximately 30% of display being semi coloured fruit - a few clusters questionable being very dull or quite visibly marked.
Lady Fingers at $7.90/kg with low stock and Kids banded clusters on sale, ticketed at $1.95 each - these had considerable marking and discolouration - appeared to be a stock clearance markdown.

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS GLENEG S.A.

Cavendish bananas priced at $3.90/kg. Good colour and generally good bloom (odd cluster will dull bloom), light skin marking, some backward fruit.
Lil Sana/Kids packs at $2.50, ladyfingers at $7.90/kg. Organic clusters present and priced at $4.40.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

Cavendish bananas at $3.00/kg - odd cluster with light bat marking; display needed a refill..
Red tips at $4.50 and Ladyfingers at $6.90/kg - ladyfingers with developing maturity bronzing.
Kids packs at $3.00

WOOLWORTHS PARKINSON

Cavendish were priced at $3.00/kg, some with marking and damaged necks

INDEPENDENT STORE - FRESH SENSATIONS CARINDALE

Cavendish bananas at $2.99/kg fruit had good colour some light marking whilst Lady Fingers were selling at $7.99/kg - slightly backward but very good presentation.
‘Today’s Special’was Lady Finger packs which were selling for $3.99

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI CARINDALE

Greenskins Shepard Avos count 23’s packed 16th Feb making them 15 days old, stock presented well were on special at $1.79
6 piece packs of NZ Hass were priced at $7.99

ALDI DREWVALE

Greenskin Shepard Avos packed 16th Feb meaning fruit was 15 days old, on sale at $1.79 - some light lenticel present.
NZ Hass 6 piece packs were priced at $7.99

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES GLENEG S.A.

Loose Costa Count 23 Shepard avocados packed 12th Feb (making the fruit 19 days old) sold singularly for $2.00.
1kg I’m Perfect nets selling for $10.50 ea - contain Australian Shepard avocados.

COLES CARINDALE

Loose Hass avocados selling at $2.00 and loose RockRidge Shepard variety selling for $1.80ea
5 piece nets selling for $7.50 with NZ Hass.

COLES GREENSLOPES

Loose NZ Hass Avocados for $2.00, a mix of maturity was on offer at this store.
NZ Hass 5 piece packs at $7.50

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS GLENEG S.A.

Team Avocado count 25 Hass avocados packed 15th Feb (15 days old) had no price ticket
The 5 piece nets of NZ Hass ON SPECIAL for $7.50 a bag.
1kg Odd Bunch packs of Shepard Avocados were priced at $9.50

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

Shepard avocados presented beautifully in most trays on special at $2.20ea.
This store had the Hass 3 pack for $9.00 and 1kg Odd Bunch packs also for $9.00
5 piece pack Hass were priced on special at $7.50

WOOLWORTHS PARKINSON

Costa supplied Shepards selling at $2.00ea - count 25’s packed 12th Feb (19 days old) - fruit was mostly of good quality, however as shown there were a few pieces with rots developing/bruising. Also some count 18 and 23 Leadwood Shepard’s supplied by Murray Brother’s fruit packed 16th Feb (15 days old).
5 piece packs of NZ Hass were on special ticketed at $7.50 and Australian Hass 3 pack at $9.00.

INDEPENDENT STORE - FRESH SENSATIONS CARINDALE

Large Shepard Avocados priced at 2 for $6.00 and Hass Avocados also priced at 2 for $6.00
Well stocked and good quality across all stock .

February 25, 2021

Retail Market Week 8

February 25, 2021/ Paul Wilson

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The national banana cut last week reduced slightly by 15,448 cartons to a total of 465,040 cartons which represents a decrease of 3.2% on the previous week. National production is expected to be within the range of 450-470K cartons next week. The weather in the past week has seen minimum temps of 19.7 - 22.7C and maximum day temps of 25.3 to 34.3C across all North Qld growing regions. The rain continued to fall intermittently in North Qld last week with a further 40 mm in Mareeba since last Wednesday; whilst the Tully region has had a further rainfall of 314mm for the week up to today with the heaviest day being last Friday with gauges reading of 129.6mm; meanwhile Innisfail’s heaviest day in the last week was also last Friday with a further fall of 88.4mm. Whilst there was some localized flooding experienced last week in relation to the Herbert and Tully river levels rising, this has now eased.

Quality continues to be quite mixed on store shelves with bat and bird damage, sap staining and minor skin marking detracting from fruit appearance. On our own farms, despite grading out the worst of the fruit affected by bat scratching we have not been happy regarding feedback we have received, so this week in the pack shed we have graded even harder discarding more fruit in an effort to ensure good shelf appearance. Waste this week has been in the vicinity of 35-45% of each days pack out due to the amount of damage the local bat population has caused. We will be keen to see how the fruit being sent from farm this week looks after ripening. We expect bat scratched fruit from our region to be in the system for at least a further 6 weeks.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish varied significantly between the major supermarkets with Aldi's ticket price at $2.99/kg; Woolworths at $3.00 to $3.9i0/kg and Coles offering fruit at $2.00 to $3.50/kg dependent upon the store locality. Quality also varied greatly with a number of lines having visible skin marking including bat scratching, sap staining, rust thrip damage, neck injuries and rub marking.

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Left to Right: Woolworths, Aldi and Coles Cavendish Displays

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Fruit still primarily coming from New Zealand accounting for 49% of the production last week; followed by North Qld with 45%; WA’s contribution has fallen to 4%. The remaining 2% came from Central NSW and Central Qld. Pricing has come back in the market place with Chilean fruit still selling from $10.00-$20.00/tray, NZ fruit is selling $10 --$40/tray and new season Shepards main sales for premium in the range of $36 --$40/tray. New season North Qld Shepards, have again increased slightly in volume climbing to a supply of 133,000 trays last week with a predicted 145,000 to be packed this week from the region. Presentation is generally good with fruit having good shape and glossy skins. Rain in the region has continued to impact harvesting for a number of farms this week. Whilst other farms have completed spot picks and are allowing their crops to continue sizing up before going back in to harvest further. Premium quality NZ tray fruit still selling in the range of $40 --$45/tray dependent upon size - still good volumes of NZ fruit within the marketplace which is expected to continue for at least another week with final supplies being airfreighted to Australia being given priority over other fruits coming from NZ. Pricing for class one fruit (main sales) is ranging $26 --$34 per tray; whilst the bulk market has been experiencing prices for premium in the range of $42 --$50/ctn and for class one and 2nds $10 --$25/ctn.

The availability of suitably sized Shepards for formulation of prepacks should be on target for the changeover from NZ Hass to Australian grown Shepards from next week. There may well still be some New Zealand sourced fruit continued to be used in the formulation of 5 and 6 piece value propositions for some customers.

In terms of Shepard retail pricing in Qld shelf prices were as follows: Aldi Qld price lifted to $2.29 per piece whilst Aldi Victoria celebrated the commencement of their Shepard season with a catalogue price special on count 23/25's at $1.99ea; Woolworths Qld had prominently positioned instore displays of Shepards ticketed at $2.00 ea whilst Coles in Qld were still displaying NZ Skylark Hass with a multi-purchase offer of 2 for $4.00 or if purchased singularly $2.50ea - this fruit was of sound quality and unlike last week, there was a good mix of maturity on offer. Fruit quality on display this week was generally good though there are a few issues with some lines developing anthracnose/body rots amongst Shepard supplies.

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

Left to Right: Woolworths Shepards, Aldi Shepards and Coles NZ Hass Avocados

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI CAPALABA

Cavendish bananas priced at $2.99/kg with a few clusters having a grey or dull appearance
Ladyfingers presented well, a few minor defects that didn’t detract greatly with fruit retailing at $5.99/kg

ALDI FOREST LAKE

Cavendish Bananas were priced at $2.99/kg - with fruit stacked on top of one another, minor skin marking will be exacerbated - fruit also appeared quite dull and there was a number of minor neck injuries.
Only one display and one variety of banana at this store

ALDI FAIRFIELD

Cavendish bananas at $2.99 - mixed condition and again stacking of fruit causes more skin damage - appeared that some fruit had been badly chilled perhaps in overnight storage??
Kids packs priced at $2.49 for 750g.
Lady Fingers at $5.99/kg - rub, skin scarring and some light bat scratches present.

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES CAPALABA

Cavendish bananas priced at $2.00/kg - display only half full with approximately 40% of fruit on display being slightly backward condition.
Kids packs at $3.50 presented cleanly with good skin colour and ladyfingers at $7.90/kg.

COLES FOREST LAKE

Cavendish bananas priced at $3.50/kg, well stocked in Cavendish
No other displays in this Coles store

COLES FAIRFIELD

Cavendish priced at $3.50/kg , with approximately 30% of display being semi coloured fruit - a few clusters questionable.
Lady Fingers at $7.90/kg were quite backward and Kids banded clusters ticketed at $3.50 each - these were of good quality.

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS CAPALABA

Cavendish bananas priced at $3.00/kg. Good colour and bloom, light skin marking.
Lil Sana/Kids packs also at $3.00, ladyfingers at $6.90/kg needed to be refilled. Organic clusters present, no price ticket.

WOOLWORTHS FOREST LAKE

Cavendish bananas at $3.00/kg - odd cluster with light bat marking.
Organic variety on special at $4.50/kg and red tips at $4.50 with most clusters starting to spot due to forward maturity.
Ladyfingers at $6.90/kg
Kids packs at $3.00

WOOLWORTHS MOOROOKA

Cavendish were priced at $3.90/kg and kids packs the same at $3.90
Organic variety were $4.50 and Lady Fingers were priced at $6.90 but very low stock

INDEPENDENT STORE - FRESH SENSATIONS CAPALABA

Cavendish bananas at $1.99/kg fruit had good colour some minor neck damage and light marking whilst Lady Fingers were selling at $6.99/kg - slightly backward but very good presentation.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI CAPALABA

Aldi had new season Shepards at $2.29ea - well presented with good colour - fruit supplied by Greenskins, packed 9th Feb meaning fruit was 15 days old.
Avocado 6 packs at $6.99ea containing NZ Hass - the 6 packs were being promoted this week and were featured in two locations within the store.

ALDI FOREST LAKE

Greenskins Shepard Avos count 23’s stock presented well were at $2.29
Shepard packed 9th Feb making them 15 days old.
6 piece packs of NZ Hass were on special priced at $6.99 - again at this store, promo line featured in two locations.

ALDI FAIRFIELD

Shepard Avos supplied by Costa packed 9th Feb meaning fruit was 15 days old selling at $2.29
This store also had Avos from De Luca Banana Marketing who had purchased Howe Farming fruit from Mackays, packed on 11th Feb (fruit was 13 days old)
NZ Hass 6 piece packs were priced at $6.99 on special

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES CAPALABA

Loose AVOCO Count 25 Hass avocados packed 2nd Feb (making the fruit 22 days old) priced at 2 for $4.00 or sold singularly for $2.50. Table display at front of department and shelf display on right end of third unit. Little sun blemish to a few pieces but good maturity.
5 piece nets of NZ Hass selling for $10.50 ea.

COLES FOREST LAKE

Loose NZ Skylark Count 25 Hass avocados packed on the 26th Jan (making the fruit 29 days old) selling at 2 for $4.00 or singularly for $2.50, this special was displayed on Coles special board at the front of the store
Fruit was displayed on table top and also within the salad vegies isle - mix of maturity on offer
5 piece nets selling for $10.50 utilising NZ Hass.

COLES FAIRFIELD

Loose NZ Hass Count 25 Avocados on multi-buy offer of 2 for $4.00 or singularly $2.50. A mix of maturity was on offer at this store. Table display with spillover.
NZ Hass 5 piece packs at $10.50

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS CAPALABA

Greenskins count 23 Shepard avocados packed 9th Feb (15 days old) and Leadwood count 23’s supplied by Mackays packed 11th Feb (13 days old) selling at $2.00 ea
This store also had a new 3 piece Australian Hass net selling at $9.00 ea - large fruit but very firm. Also the 5 piece nets of NZ Hass for $8.00 a bag.
1kg Odd Bunch packs of Shepard Avocados were priced at $9.00
Organic avocados were on display priced at $5.70, these had considerable marking

WOOLWORTHS FOREST LAKE

Shepard avocados presented beautifully in most trays on special at $2.00ea.
This store had the 1kg Odd Bunch bag for $9.00.

WOOLWORTHS MOOROOKA

Greenskins Shepards selling at $2.00ea - count 25’s packed 5th Feb (19 days old) - fruit was mostly of good quality, however as shown there were a few pieces with rots developing/bruising. Also some count 23’s supplied by Mackays - Howe Farming fruit packed 4th Feb (20 days old).
5 piece packs of NZ Hass were ticketed at $8.00 and Organic variety 550g packs at $12.90

INDEPENDENT STORE - FRESH SENSATIONS CAPALABA

Large Shepard Avocados priced at 2 for $7.00
Well stocked and good quality across all stock - can you tell which grower?

February 18, 2021

Retail Market Week 7

February 18, 2021/ Paul Wilson

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The national banana cut last week increased by 32,812 cartons to a total of 480,488 cartons which represents a further increase of 7.3% on the previous week. National production is expected to be within the range of 460-480K cartons next week. The weather in the past week has seen minimum temps of 20.5 - 24.7C and maximum day temps of 28.3 to 32.3C across all North Qld growing regions. North Qld also experienced a couple of days of heavier rainfall with 3.4 mm in Mareeba last Wednesday; whilst the Tully region since Monday has had a further rainfall of 143mm for the week up to today with the heaviest day being today with guages reading of 83.2mm; meanwhile Innisfail had a further fall of 42.4mm today. There is further rain forecast for Friday and Saturday, if this continues to be in the vicinity of 80-100mm per day there is a high risk of flooding, particularly in the Tully district.

Quality has been quite mixed with bat and bird damage seen on shelves, a little rust thrip damage, sap staining and minor skin marking detracting from fruit appearance. Our own farm has been affected by bats and we are wasting in the vicinity of 30-40% of each days pack out due to the amount of damage. Our Farm Manager and his packing team are working hard to grade out as much as possible so that our fruit has good shelf appearance and will still meet quality specifications. Dependent upon the direction the bat population are travelling, some blocks are worse affected than others.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish varied significantly between the major supermarkets with Aldi's ticket price at $2.99/kg; Woolworths at $3.00/kg and Coles offering fruit at $3.00 to $3.90/kg. Quality also varied greatly with a number of lines having visible skin marking, sap staining, rust thrip damage, neck injuries and rub marking - it was also noted that a number of stores had fruit with girths that exceeded spec.

BANANA SNAPSHOT

Left to Right: Woolworths, Aldi and Coles Cavendish Displays

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Fruit still primarily coming from New Zealand accounting for 56% of the production last week; followed by North Qld with 34%; WA’s contribution has fallen to 8% and the remaining 2% coming from Central NSW/Tristate regions. Pricing is vey mixed in the market place Chilean fruit is selling from $5.00-$15.00/tray, NZ fruit is selling $10 --$40/tray whilst there is still some Australian Hass selling up to $60.00/tray and new season Shepards main sales for premium in the range of $40 --$45/tray last week. New season North Qld Shepards, have again increased slightly in volume and this is expected to gradually climb reaching approximately 250,000 trays per week in another two - three weeks time to be harvested/ week. Presentation is generally good with fruit having good shape and glossy skins. Rain in the region has continued to impact harvesting for a number of farms this week, with some very heavy falls today up to 83mm and more expected in the latter part of the week. Premium quality NZ tray fruit still selling in the range of $40 --$45/tray dependent upon size - still good volumes of NZ fruit within the marketplace which is expected to continue for at least another fortnight. Pricing for class one fruit (main sales) is ranging $28 --$34 per tray; whilst the bulk market has been experiencing prices for premium in the range of $42 --$50/ctn and for class one and 2nds $10 --$25/ctn. The availability of suitably sized Shepards for formulation of prepacks at this stage of the season whilst is picking up slowly is still limited as most growers are still focusing on picking larger fruit and allowing smaller fruit to continue to size up on the tree. New Zealand sourced fruit continues to be the main supply when it comes to the formulation of 5 and 6 piece value propositions for all major supermarkets on the east coast of Australia with changeover to Shepard prepack options expected at the end of this month.

In terms of Shepard retail pricing in Qld shelf prices were as follows: Aldi had celebrated the commencement of their Shepard season with a catalogue price special on count 23/25's at $1.99ea; whilst Woolworths had prominently positioned instore displays of Shepards ticketed at $2.50 ea. Coles in Qld were still displaying NZ Skylark Hass on shelf with a multi-purchase offer of 2 for $5.00 or if purchased singularly $2.90ea - this fruit was of sound quality but quite firm. Fruit quality on display this week in general, saw a reasonable mix of maturity, the Shepards on display in Woolworths stores were of mixed quality - with the presence of some anthracnose rot and breakdown found throughout trays in the stores visited.

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Left to Right: Woolworths Shepards, Aldi Shepards and Coles NZ Hass Avocados

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI KENMORE

Cavendish bananas priced at $2.99/kg with more than a few clusters having a grey or dull appearance
Ladyfingers presented well and were retailing at $5.99/kg

ALDI CALAMVALE

Cavendish Bananas were priced at $2.99/kg - with fruit stacked on top of one another, minor skin marking will be exacerbated.
Lady Fingers exhibited a little rub and maturity bronzing selling at at $5.99

ALDI GARDEN CITY

Cavendish bananas at $2.99 - mixed condition and again stacking of fruit causes more skin damage.
Kids packs priced at $2.49 for 750g.
Lady Fingers at $5.99/kg - rub, skin scarring and some light bat scratches present.

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES KENMORE

Cavendish bananas priced at $3.90/kg with a few clusters having rust thrip damage and minor scarring. Approximately 40% of displayed fruit was semi condition in terms of colour - display only half full.
Kids packs at $3.90 presented cleanly and had good colour, ladyfingers at $7.90/kg were mixed in size and still quite backward, red tips were priced at $5.00/kg with one cluster found with a split on the shoulder also exhibiting neck damage.

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

Cavendish bananas priced at $3.90/kg, quite a number of clusters exhibiting minor skin marking, some clusters very full with respects to girth and a few with a dull appearance with respects to bloom. Approximately 40% of the display was semi condition.
Ladyfingers with a ticket of $7.90/kg exhibited moderate to heavy rub marking.
Kids banded clusters selling at $3.90, primarily all semi condition, presented well.

COLES GARDEN CITY

Cavendish priced at $3.00/kg , with approximately 30% of display being semi coloured fruit, some light bat marking found and a few clusters presenting with a dull appearance.
Red tips ticketed at $5.00/kg but display area was empty and Lady Fingers at $7.90/kg with fingers exhibiting minor skin scarring, bruising and rub marking. Kids banded clusters ticketed at $3.00 each - these were of good quality.

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS KENMORE

Cavendish bananas priced at $3.00/kg - some light bat scratches found on a number of clusters. Good colour and bloom.
Lil Sana/Kids packs also at $3.00, ladyfingers at $6.90/kg
Red tip banana variety at $4.50/kg - presented nicely.

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

Cavendish bananas at $3.00/kg
Organic variety on special at $4.50/kg and red tips at $4.50
Ladyfingers at $6.90/kg
Kids packs at $3.00

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

Cavendish were priced at $3.00 and kids packs the same at $3.00
Organic variety were $4.50 on special and Lady Fingers were priced at $6.90

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI CALAMVALE

Aldi Catalogue promoted new season Shepards at $1.99ea - none in stock at this store.
Loose NZ Skylark Hass avocados from Avoco priced at $2.49ea - fruit very firm.
Avocado 6 packs at $8.99ea also containing NZ Hass

ALDI KENMORE

Shepard Avos count 23’s supplied by Costa’s displayed in two locations stock presented well were on special at $1.99
Shepard packed 27th Jan making them 21 days old.
6 piece packs of NZ Hass were priced at $8.99

ALDI GARDEN CITY

NZ Hass Avos supplied by Avoco packed 22nd Jan meaning fruit was 26 days old selling at $2.49
NZ Hass 6 piece packs were priced at $8.99

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES KENMORE

Loose NZ Hass avocados displayed on a table display just inside the entrance to the Produce department priced at 2 for $5.00 or sold singularly for $2.90. Fruit was very firm.
5 piece nets of NZ Hass selling for $8.90 ea.

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

Loose NZ Skylark Hass avocados at 2 for $5.00 or singularly for $2.90
Fruit was displayed on table top and was all very firm
5 piece nets selling for $8.90 of NZ Hass.

COLES GARDEN CITY

Loose NZ Hass Count 25 Avocados supplied by Deluca Banana Marketing (Freshmax) packed 25th January meaning fruit is 23 days old and on multi-buy offer of 2 for $5.00 or singularly $2.90. A mix of maturity was on offer at this store.
Hass 5 piece packs at $8.90

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS KENMORE

Greenskins count 20 Shepard avocados packed 2nd Feb (15 days old) and Leadwood count 20’s supplied by Mackays packed 4th Feb (13 days old) selling at $2.50 ea packed located just inside the entrance to the store - an impressive display but too much stock on floor as part of spillover. Upon closer inspection Greenskin stock was breaking down with appearance of anthracnose and other body rots in a number of trays.
This store also had a new 3 piece Australian Hass net selling at $9.00 ea - large fruit but very firm. Also the 5 piece nets of NZ Hass for $8.50 a bag.

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

Count 20 Shepard avocados from Obie Plantations packed 4th Feb presented beautifully in most trays and terranova Farming fruit packed on the 29th Jan on special at $2.50ea. Great signage "Know your Shepard Avocados” as header.
Both lines of stock had a percentage of fruit with bruising/rot development and significant discolouration
This store had the large 3 pack of Australian Hass (packed by Greenskins) on offer for $9.00 and also the NZ Hass 5 nets for $8.50 and a 1kg Odd Bunch bag for $9.50.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

Costa has supplied these Shepards selling at $2.20 - count 23’s packed 29th January (19 days old) - fruit was of good quality.
6 piece packs were also on display at $8.50 and 1 kg Odd Bunch packs at $9.50

February 09, 2021

Retail Market Week 5

February 09, 2021/ Paul Wilson

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Pricing across stores for WC 15 Feb 2021

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