Retail Market Week 38 - 2024

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Banana national figures for week 37 were a touch over 446,000 cartons which was roughly 5% less the week prior. 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 13.0 - 21.4 C across all major growing regions which were a touch warmer than last week; and day time temperatures ranging 22.0 - 28.7 C. Rainfall in North Qld banana growing regions this week saw Mareeba and Walkamin experience falls of 0.2mm and 0.8mm; and similar falls to last week across Innisfail and Tully regions with recordings of 28.2mm and 44.6mm.

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 $4.00-4.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00-4.50/kg in the stores visited.




















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 37, 2024 - The industry experienced a 2.92% decrease in production on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 431,227 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 10,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 37, 2024 production.

Production across the country saw WA/NT now take the lead in production - accounting for 24.57% of the total volume, followed by Central NSW accounting for a further 24.42%, then Tristate accounting for 22.25%, Southern QLD with 11.19% and finally NZ, Central Queensland and North Queensland with harvests accounting for 8.61%; 3.58% and 2.26% respectively of the total production for the week. Of the 431K trays produced this week - approximately 78.5K were in the form of bulks/processing tray equivalents and 33K tray equivalents were exported leaving just shy of 320K tray equivalents for the domestic market.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 464,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 38) nationally, with the majority of this obviously being hass. Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 480 to 495K tray equivalents per week which will mean a steady increase in numbers.

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 all in harvest mode.

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 $2.50ea, 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 CARINDALE

  • 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 MT OMMANEY

  • A full display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $4.49/kg - light skin marking.

  • Havana bananas at this store this week, ticketed at $3.99/kg - quite green.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Some with minor bruising and some quite over-ripe.

  • No Havana Bananas.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES CARINDALE

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $4.00/kg. Best of the colour in stores this week. A little bat/bird marking observed.

  • Organic at $6.00/kg.

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $4.00/kg. Relatively good mix of ready to eat and green fruit.

  • Organic at $6.00/kg. Red Tips at $5.50/kg.

COLES MT OMMANEY

  • Cavendish on display $4.49/kg. Kids packs at $4.49/kg. Relatively good mix of ready to eat and green fruit.

  • Organic at $6.00/kg. Red Tips at $5.50/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • 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 MT OMMANEY

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.00/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.

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 $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Avolution supply of Count 23/25 Hass Avocados, priced at $2.49 each. Packed date of 9th September therefore fruit age was 9 days old.

  • Prepacks also on display - 1kg packs at $7.49ea and 5 piece packs at $7.49ea.

ALDI MT OMMANEY

  • Skylark NZ Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $2.49ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $7.49ea and 5 piece packs at $7.49ea.

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Skylark NZ supply of Count 23/25 Hass Avocados, priced at $2.49 each.

  • Prepacks also on display - 1kg packs at $7.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Hass Avocados - ticketed at $2.50 ea.

  • Prepacks - 5 piece packs $7.50ea. 1kg packs at $6.90ea.

COLES CARINDALE

  • Hass Avocados on the display - ticketed at $2.50 ea.

  • Prepacks - 1kg $6.90ea and 5 piece packs $7.50ea.

COLES MT OMMANEY

  • Hass Avocados - ticketed at $2.50 ea.

  • Prepacks - 5 piece packs $7.50ea. 1kg packs at $6.90ea. Organic $3.80ea

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Count 20-25 Hass avocados priced at $2.50ea were on the the A frame display. Packed date 5th September so fruit 13 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $6.90ea. 5 piece packs at $7.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Hass packed 3rd Sept so fruit age is 8 days old; selling at $2.50ea.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at $8.00ea. $6.90 for Organic packs.

WOOLWORTHS MT OMMANEY

  • 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.

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Retail Market Week 37 - 2024

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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.

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Retail Market Week 36 - 2024

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Banana national figures this week 35 harvest were up again by a further 27K cartons to a total of some 464,555 cartons. Weather patterns in the major growing regions have continued to warm! Temperatures in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 13.1 - 22.3 C across all major growing regions which is a touch warmer than last week; and day time temperatures ranging 26.6 - 29.3 C. Rainfall in North Qld banana growing regions this week were minimal yet again. Mareeba and Walkamin experienced falls of 0.2-0.3mm each; and decreased falls were experienced across Innisfail and Tully regions with recordings of 0mms.

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 $3.99-4.50/kg in the stores visited. Independents in the centres visited this week were returning for between $3.99 and $4.29/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 35, 2024 - The industry experienced a welcome 8.53% increase in production on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 427,771 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 30,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 34, 2024 production. It is worth noting that whilst this week’s harvest was a little stronger some 81K tray equivalents were in the form of bulks/processing fruit and almost 17K tray equivalents were exported - this left just shy of 330K tray equivalents for the domestic market.

Production across the country saw Central NSW now take the lead in production accounting for 26.17% of the total volume, followed by Central QLD accounting for a further 18.80%, then WA/NT accounting for 16.55%, Tristate with 15.64% and finally Southern Queensland, North Queensland and NZ with harvests accounting for 14.07%; 5.05% and 2.09% respectively of the total production for the week.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 393,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 36) 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 365 to 385K tray equivalents per week meaning pressure will still be on supply and pricing is expected to hold within the central market place.

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 $2.19 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $2.50ea, and Woolworths Qld with Hass at $2.20ea - however Springwood Hass priced $2.90ea!

 







 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Some with minor bruising and some with dull colour.

  • Havana Bananas at $3.99/kg - all green with minor bruising this week.

ALDI COOMERA

  • A full display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $4.49/kg - light skin marking and some minor neck damage observed.

  • Havana bananas at this store this week, ticketed at $3.99/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50/kg. All varieties needing a restock here this week.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $7.90/kg.

COLES COOMERA

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Majority of fruit on display was full colour. Kids packs on display also for $4.50/kg.

  • Lady Fingers at $7.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

COLES HELENSVALE

  • Cavendish on display $3.99/kg. Kids packs at $4.90/kg. Relatively good mix of ready to eat though fruit was quite marked, bruised and with evidence of split peels.

  • Organic at $6.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $7.90/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 $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Low stock of these varieties.

WOOLWORTHS COOMERA

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Appropriately displayed. Kids packs at $3.50ea. A little bat/bird damage noticed.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg, Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg and Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS SPRINGWOOD

  • Cavendish priced at $4.90/kg.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Avolution supply of Count 23/25 Hass Avocados, priced at $2.19 each. Packed date of 27th August therefore fruit age was 8 days old.

  • Prepacks also on display - 1kg packs at $6.79ea and 5 piece packs at $7.29ea.

ALDI COOMERA

  • Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $2.19ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $6.79ea and 5 piece packs at $7.29ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Count 20 Lovacado Hass Avocados - ticketed at $2.50 ea. Packed 26th August so fruit age is 9 days from date of pack.

  • Prepacks - 1kg $6.90ea and 5 piece packs $7.50ea. Organic at $3.80ea.

COLES COOMERA

  • Loose Hass Avos- $2.50 ea. Packed date of 26th August meaning fruit is 9 days old.

  • 1kg prepacks at $6.90ea and 5 piece at $7.50ea. Organic avocados $3.80ea.

COLES HELENSVALE

  • Loose Hass Avocados from a few different growers - ticketed at $2.50 ea. Fruit packed dates of 21st August to 26th August so fruit age is 9 to 14 days.

  • Prepacks - 1kg $6.90ea and 5 piece packs $7.50ea. Organic at $3.80ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Count 18-25 Hass avocados from a variety of growers including Avocado Collective (WA fruit) and NZ Hass from Darling Group (JH Leavy) , priced at $2.20ea were on the the A frame display. Packed date of 16th- 26th August so fruit 9-19 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $6.90ea. 5 piece packs at $7.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS COOMERA

  • Count 23/25 Hass selling at $2.20ea. Avorama (Tree-2-Me) and NZ Hass - Darling Group - NZ fruit with a noticeable amount of ridging.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at $6.90ea. 5 piece packs at $7.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS SPRINGWOOD

  • Count 23-25 Tree2Me and The Avocado Collective Hass (WA) avocados priced at $2.90ea!!!!

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $6.90ea. 5 piece packs at $7.50ea.

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Retail Market Week 35 - 2024

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A good increase on national banana harvest figures for Week 34 with a total of just over 437,000 cartons distributed which is an increase of some 61,500 cartons on Week 33 or a 16.3% increase. Weather patterns in the major growing regions are continuing to warm and quickly at that! Temperatures in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 14.1 - 20.4 C across all major growing regions which is a touch warmer than last week; and day time temperatures ranging 24.7 - 28.0 C. Rainfall in North Qld banana growing regions this week were minimal which is quite a change. Mareeba and Walkamin experienced falls of 0.2mm each; and decreased falls were experienced across Innisfail and Tully regions with recordings of 0mms.

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.
































































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 34, 2024 - The industry saw a massive 32.16% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 391,287 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 130,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 33, 2024 production. When we look at this total in a little more detail we see that approximately 82K tray equivalents were in the form of bulks for prepacking/processing; 20K were exported leaving some 289K tray equivalents for domestic sale.

Production across the country saw Central Queensland lead the production table accounting for 25.31% of the total volume, WA/NT accounting for a further 18.78%, followed by Central NSW accounting for 17.19%, Southern Queensland with 11.73% and finally Tristate, North Queensland and NZ with harvests accounting for 11.28%; 10.36% and 4.68% respectively of the total production for the week.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 381,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 35) 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 320 to 340K tray equivalents per week meaning pressure will still be on supply and pricing is expected to further strengthen within the central market place. In the market this week, Premium fruit is selling for between $38-$42/tray depending upon size; class ones $30-$35 depending upon size and bulks for quality small and mediums $40-$50/carton.

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 $2.19 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $2.90ea, and Woolworths Qld with Hass at $2.20ea.





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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.

  • Havana Bananas at $3.99/kg - good colour this week.

ALDI BROWNS PLAINS

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $4.49/kg - light skin marking and some minor neck damage observed, as well as a lot of green fruit.

  • No Havana bananas at this store this week.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50/kg. Relatively good mix of ready to eat and eat in a couple of days though the scales were tipped in favour of the latter. Some dull clusters amongst fruit exhibiting more colour development.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $7.90/kg.

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Majority of fruit on display was full colour. Kids packs on display also for $4.50/kg.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.90ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Appropriately displayed. Kids packs at $3.90ea. A couple of clusters found with peels that are starting to split amongst the kids packs.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • The Strand supply of Count 23/25 Hass Avocados, priced at $2.19 each. Packed date of 17th August therefore fruit age was 11 days old.

  • Prepacks also on display - 1kg packs at $6.79ea and 5 piece packs at $7.29ea.

ALDI BROWNS PLAINS

  • Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $2.19ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $6.79ea and 5 piece packs at $7.29ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Loose Hass Avocados - ticketed at $2.90 ea.

  • Prepacks - 1kg $6.90ea and 5 piece packs $7.50ea. Organic at $3.80ea.

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

  • Loose Hass Avos- $2.90 ea. Supplied by Rockridge (Cherry Creek) and Lovacado with packed date of 17th August meaning fruit is 11 days old.

  • 1kg prepacks at $6.90ea and 5 piece at $7.50ea. Organic avocados $3.80ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • Count 18-20 Tree2Me and Lovacado Hass avocados priced at $2.20ea were on the the A frame display. Packed date of 20th- 22nd August so fruit just 6-8 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $6.90ea. 5 piece packs at $7.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

  • Count 23/25 Hass grown by Tree-2-Me selling at $2.20ea.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at $6.90ea. 5 piece packs at $7.50ea.

 

Retail Market Week 34 - 2024

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The total national banana harvest figure for Week 33 was 375,803 cartons which was 5.8% increase on the week prior or an additional 20K cartons on Week 32. Weather patterns in the major growing regions are continuing to warm a little and despite a rather constant occurrence of rain we have had somewhat of a reprieve this week. Temperatures in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 11.3 - 20.8 C across all major growing regions which is a touch warmer than last week; and day time temperatures ranging 22.9 - 30.5 C. Rainfall in North Qld banana growing regions this week saw Mareeba and Walkamin experiencing falls of 1.0 - 5.6mm each; however heavier falls were still being experienced across Innisfail and Tully regions with recordings of up to 70mms! Throw a full moon into the mix and this helps somewhat with growth, especially when we consider the overcast conditions in some of the regions in recent times.

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 $4.50-4.90/kg in the stores visited.






























































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 33, 2024 - The industry saw a massive 36.94% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 265,419 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 150,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 32, 2024 production. It is important to note that of the 265K tray equivalents harvested in Week 33 - almost 67K were in the form of bulks/processing; another 28K were exported which left only 170K tray equivalents for the domestic market. With supplies down to this level the central markets around the country will be under pressure and prices are expected to be on the rise for all grades.

Production across the country saw North Queensland lead the production table accounting for 26.85% of the total volume, Central NSW accounting for a further 18.88%, followed by Central Queensland accounting for 16.65%, WA/NT with 16.21% and finally Southern Queensland, Tristate and TNR with harvests accounting for 13.74%; 4.26% and 1.24% respectively. With North Qld and Central Qld definitely on the downhill slope of their season in respects to harvests this will mean the other growing regions will steadily increase week on week, but in light of past growing conditions, seasonality and weather events, production in these regions is expected to be down on previous years. In short, this will mean demand will be stronger than supply.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 369,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 34) nationally, with the majority of this obviously being hass. Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 296 to 353K tray equivalents per week.

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 $1.79 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $2.50ea, and Woolworths Qld with Hass at $2.50ea.



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

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI STAFFORD

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Some with minor bruising and some with dull colour.

  • Havana Bananas at $3.99/kg - half ripe and half green.

ALDI BROWNS PLAINS

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $4.49/kg - light skin marking and some minor neck damage observed, as well as some green fruit.

  • Havana bananas at this store this week, $3.99/kg - all green.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $4.49/kg - light skin marking observed but good colour.

  • No Havana bananas.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES EVERTON PARK

  • Cavendish on display $4.90/kg. Kids packs at $4.90/kg. Splitting peel was observed throughout this display and some very dull clusters present.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $7.90/kg.

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Majority of fruit on display was full colour. Kids packs on display also for $4.50/kg.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers $7.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50/kg.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $7.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS STAFFORD

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.90ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Appropriately displayed. Kids packs at $3.90ea. A couple of clusters found with peels that are starting to split.

  • Lady Fingers $8.00/kg and Red Tips $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

  • Olympic ‘Healthy Eating’ Advertising on display.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.90ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI STAFFORD

  • Green Skins supply of Count 25 Hass Avocados, priced at $1.79 each (Super Savers).

  • Prepacks also on display - 1kg packs at $5.49ea and 5 piece packs at $5.99ea.

ALDI BROWNS PLAINS

  • Avolution supplied Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.79 ea (Super Savers). Packed date of 12th and 13th August meaning fruit was 8 to 9 days old.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.49ea and 5 piece packs at $5.99ea.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Count 23/25 Hass Avocados, priced at $1.79 each (Super Savers).

  • No prepacks on display.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES EVERTON PARK

  • Loose Hass Avocados - ticketed at $2.50 ea.

  • Prepacks - 1kg $6.90ea and 5 piece packs $7.50ea.

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

  • Loose Hass Avos- $2.50 ea. Supplied by Rockridge (Cherry Creek) and Costas with packed dates of 9th and 12th August meaning fruit is 9 to 12 days old.

  • 1kg prepacks at $6.50ea and 5 piece at $7.50ea.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Loose Hass Avos- $2.50 ea (13-15 days old)

  • 5 piece packs at $7.50ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS STAFFORD

  • Count 20 Purpleskin and AvoCoast Hass avocados priced at $2.50ea were on the the A frame display.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $6.90ea. 5 piece packs at $7.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

  • Count 23/25 Hass grown by multiple growers at $2.50ea. Fruit packed 8th - 10th August meaning it was 11-13 days old.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at $6.50ea. 5 piece packs at $7.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Purpleskin and Avocoast Hass avocados priced at $2.50ea were on the the A frame display.

    No Prepacks on display? Perhaps restocking.

 

Retail Market Week 33 - 2024

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The total national banana harvest figure in Week 32 was a little over 355,000 cartons, which was approximately 17,000 fewer cartons than the harvest for Week 31. Weather patterns in the major growing regions are just starting to warm a little and despite a rather constant occurrence of rain we have had somewhat of a reprieve this week. Temperatures in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 11.5 - 20.1 C across all major growing regions which is warmer than last week; and day time temperatures ranging 22.3 - 28.1 C. Some North Qld banana growing regions experienced similar rainfall to us here in SE Qld this week, Mareeba and Walkamin only experienced falls of 0.6 - 1.2mm each; however heavier falls were still being experienced across Innisfail and Tully regions with recordings of up to 80.0mms!

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.





























































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 32, 2024 - The industry saw a 3.14% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 420,963 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 14,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 31, 2024 production. Whilst this overall production sounds reasonable, it is reflective of stage we are at in relation to NQ and Central Qld with seasons coming to an end and as such there is a lot of farm tidy up occurring hence an increase in the bulks/processing account for 29% of this production (122K tray equivalents) and a reducing export figure of only 33K tray equivalents this week, leaving approximately 265K for the domestic market.

Production across the country saw Central Queensland lead the production table accounting for 49.98% of the total volume, North Queensland accounting for a further 18.79%, then a growing supply from Central NSW accounting for 12.23%, South Queensland with 9.86% and finally WA/NT, TNR and Sunshine Coast with harvests accounting for 5.22%; 1.00% and ~1.00% respectively. With North Qld and Central Qld definitely on the downward trend with respects to production this will mean the other growing regions will steadily increase week on week, though by all accounts, overall production for the NSW and Tristates regions is down on previous years, with the cold winter and numerous frosts not helping this in any way over recent months.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 294,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 33) nationally, with the majority of this obviously being hass. Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 265 to 360K tray equivalents per week. North Qld and Central Queensland are finishing their seasons with the last few farms still in harvest mode, expected to wrap up over the next week or two, then our main supply will come from SE Qld followed by the other major growing regions of Victoria, Tri-states and then from October on from WA.

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 $1.79 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $2.00ea, and Woolworths Qld with Hass at $1.80ea.


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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 bruising, heavy scarring and split skin.

  • Havana Bananas at $3.99/kg.

ALDI CARINDALE

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $4.49/kg - light skin marking and some minor neck damage observed.

  • Havana bananas at this store this week, $3.99/kg - all green.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $4.49/kg - light skin marking and some minor neck damage observed.

  • Havana bananas $3.99/kg - needed restocking.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50/kg.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $7.90/kg.

COLES CARINDALE

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Majority of fruit on display was full colour. Kids packs on display also for $4.50/kg.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers $7.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50/kg.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $7.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Quite dull with some bruising. Kids packs at $3.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers $8.00/kg and Red Tips $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • Avolution supplied Count 25 Hass Avocados, priced at $1.79 each. Fruit packed 6th August so fruit age is 8 days.

  • Prepacks also on display - 5 piece packs at $5.49ea.

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Avolution supplied Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.79 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.99ea and 5 piece packs at $4.79ea (Super Saver).

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Avolution Count 23/25 Hass Avocados, priced at $1.79 each. Fruit age 8 days.

  • Prepacks also on display - 5 piece packs at $4.79ea (Super Savers) and 1kg at $4.99ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Loose Hass Avocados - ticketed at $2.00 ea.

  • Prepacks - 1kg $5.50ea and 5 piece packs $6.50ea.

COLES CARINDALE

  • Loose Hass Avos- $2.00 ea. Supplied by Rockridge and Simpsons.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.50ea and 5 piece at $6.50ea. Organic at $3.80ea - very ripe and some pieces dehydrated.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Count 20-23 Rockridge and Simpson Loose Hass Avos- $2.00 ea (13-15 days old)

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.50ea and 5 piece at $6.50ea. Organic at $3.80ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • Simpson Farms and Avo-coast Hass avocados priced at $1.80ea (although some signage still $2.00) were on the the A frame display. Most fruit 13 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $6.00ea. 5 piece packs at $6.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Count 20 Hass grown by Avorama, Purpleskin, Lava Valley and Simpson Farming (breakdown and rots, very ripe) Hass at $2.00ea. Fruit packed 22nd July meaning it was 16 days old. There was some breakdown as evidenced in centre photo, top row below.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $6.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Numerous growers Hass avocados priced at $1.80ea were on the the A frame display. Most fruit 13 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $6.00ea. 5 piece packs at $6.50ea.

 

Independent Offering at Carindale…

Retail Market Week 32 - 2024

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BANANA OVERVIEW

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National transport figures for Bananas in Week 31 were 372,518 which is an decrease of some 7,000 cartons on harvested volumes in Week 30, 2024. The forecast for Week 32 is for a similar volume. Weather patterns, as you no doubt understand have a tremendous impact on production and during the winter months, this is very much the case. The weather experienced last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 12.6 - 18.1 C across all major growing regions which is warmer than last week; and day time temperatures ranging 20.7 - 26.3 C. Whilst some North Qld banana growing regions had very minimal rainfall this week like Mareeba and Walkamin experiencing falls of 2.2mm each; heavier falls were experienced across Innisfail and Tully regions with 58.0 - 86.0mms each.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas has remained stable this week with pricing as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $4.29/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $1.99 - 4.30/kg in the stores visited.




























































BANANA SNAPSHOT

Left to Right: Aldi (Mandurah WA); Coles and Woolworths Cavendish Displays

AVOCADO OVERVIEW

🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 31, 2024 - The industry saw a 0.47% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 434,631 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 2,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 30, 2024 production. Of the total quantity harvested approximately 60K trays were exported; some 126K tray equivalents were bulks or processing, leaving a little over 247K tray equivalents for the domestic market.

Production across the country saw Central Queensland lead the production table accounting for 52.54% of the total volume, North Queensland accounting for a further 20.86%, then a growing supply from Central NSW accounting for 11.60%, South Queensland with 9.06% and finally WA/NT, TNR and Sunshine Coast with harvests accounting for 2.72%; 1.99% and 0.47% respectively. Sadly the Rock Ridge Farming season is coming to an end with only 1-2 weeks remaining in our hass harvest season, but our grower partners in the SE Qld, Cherry Creek Estates will be ramping up their harvest, followed by our grower partners in the Barham/Cobram districts who are planning on commencing their harvests week commencing 19th August. Cherry Creek hass dry matter results have been consisting ranging in the 23.5-26%, whilst our Barham/Cobram growers latest test results were within a range of 23-25%

·       It is forecast that a total of some 366,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 32) nationally, with the majority of this being hass. Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 295 to 350K tray equivalents per week. North Qld and Central Queensland are expected to continue supplying the majority of available fruit through until mid August, then our main supply will come from SE Qld followed by the other major growing regions of Victoria, Tri-states and then from October on from WA.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi’s Hass this week holding steady with shelf tickets at $1.99 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $2.00ea, and Woolworths Qld with Hass at $2.00ea.

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AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI FOREST LAKE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.29/kg. Some with bruising, heavy scarring and split skin.

  • Havana Bananas at $3.99/kg.

ALDI CARINDALE

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $4.29/kg - light skin marking and some minor neck damage observed.

  • Havana bananas at this store this week, $3.99/kg - quite a number were green.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES FOREST LAKE

  • Cavendish on display $4.30/kg, some green tinged. Kids packs at $4.30/kg.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $7.90/kg.

COLES CARINDALE

  • Cavendish on display $1.99/kg!!! Majority of fruit on display was full colour. Kids packs on display also.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers $7.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS FOREST LAKE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg - Wadda Bananas with packed date of 25th July so fruit age is 13 days old. Bloom was varied with some bright hued and others dull. Kids packs at $3.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Quite dull with some bruising. Kids packs at $3.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers $8.00/kg and Red Tips $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI FOREST LAKE

  • Avolution supplied Count 25 Hass Avocados packed 28th July, priced at $1.99 each. Fruit age 10 days.

  • Prepacks also on display - 1kg packs at $3.99ea (Super Savers) and 5 piece packs at $5.49ea.

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Avolution supplied Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.99 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $3.99ea (Super Saver) and 5 piece packs at $5.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES FOREST LAKE

  • Loose Count 25 Hass Avocados grown by Cherry Creek, Simpsons and Dorian - ticketed at $2.00 ea. Fruit packed dates of 25th to 29th July meaning fruit age is ranging 9 to 13 days.

  • Prepacks - 1kg $5.50ea and 5 piece packs $6.50ea.

COLES CARINDALE

  • Loose Hass Avos- $2.00 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $6.50ea and 5 piece at $5.50ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS FOREST LAKE

  • Only 4 trays of Simpson Farms Hass Ct 25 avocados priced at $2.00ea were on the the A frame display - store was waiting on produce delivery with many other products in low volume. Truck arrived whilst I was present in store, avos that arrived were grown by Lava Valley, supplied by Australian Produce Partners - fruit was of good quality.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $6.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Count 20 Hass grown by Avorama, Lava Valley and Simpson Farming Hass at $2.00ea. Fruit packed 22nd July meaning it was 16 days old. There was some breakdown as evidenced in centre photo, top row below.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $6.00ea.

 

Independent Offering at Forest Lake…

Retail Market Week 31 - 2024

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BANANA OVERVIEW

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National transport figures for Bananas in Week 30 were 380,000 which is an increase of some 2,500 cartons on harvested volumes in Week 29, 2024. The forecast for Week 31 was for a similar volume. Weather patterns, as you no doubt understand have a tremendous impact on production and during the winter months, this is very much the case. The weather experience for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 12.6 - 18.9 C across all major growing regions which is warmer than last week; and day time temperatures ranging 19.9 - 26.7 C. Most of the North Qld banana growing regions had very minimal rainfall this week with Mareeba and Walkamin experiencing falls of 0-1.2mm; whilst slightly more fell across Innisfail and Tully regions with 24.2mms each. With cool temperatures overnight/early morning, we will also experience a further slowing growth rates, with bunch age still out to 19-20 weeks.

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 $4.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.90/kg in the stores visited.



























































BANANA SNAPSHOT

Left to Right: Aldi (Mandurah WA); Coles and Woolworths Cavendish Displays

AVOCADO OVERVIEW

🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 30, 2024 - The industry saw a 8.13% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 436,720 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 40,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 29, 2024 production.

Production across the country saw Central Queensland resume the lead in production accounting for 58.25% of the total volume, North Queensland accounting for a further 20.16%, then a growing supply from Central NSW accounting for 9.37%, South Queensland with 6.80% and finally WA/NT, TNR and Sunshine Coast with harvests accounting for 2.13%; 1.61% and 1.52% respectively. Whilst North Qld has had a share of the cold weather in the last few weeks, luckily we only have 2-3 weeks more of our NQ season remaining. Our grower partner, Cherry Creek Estates in the SE corner of the state has experienced a few light frosts which has impacted some blocks, overall fruit quality is looking good with a size average of 23 expected - packing is underway - whilst our grower partners located in and around Barham/Cobram have been hit with some icy weather, not just the bitter cold but several frosts have been experienced which has unfortunately caused a percentage of crop damage. Dry matter tests conducted on fruit from 3 year old trees have been gradually improving week on week, with results a week ago reaching harvestable maturity of 23.2%. One of our farms in this regions is looking to commence picking at the end of this week, whilst the others are holding off under later this month before commencement.

We took some time to visit a few of our growers this week in the west, with another trip planned later this month. A number of growers confirmed how dry the weather has been; with many farms greatly in the need of rain - thankfully last week they received 40-50mm, but dams are still in need of more water for the season ahead. Fruit that we saw on trees is looking good, it is sizing nicely with reported dry matter results for younger trees already in the 24-25% dry matter range. If you are interested in BOM’s long term weather forecast, covering August to October, please highlight and click on the below U-Tube link:

https://youtu.be/GHakC1_zsQQ?list=PLbKuJrA7Vp7naJL31deES8QAV5E0q6U_H

·       It is forecast that a total of some 403,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 31) nationally, with the majority of this being hass. Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 292 to 382K tray equivalents per week. North Qld and Central Queensland are expected to continue supplying the majority of available fruit through until early to mid August, even though supply has slowly started to come from the other major growing regions: including Central NSW, Tri-states and WA.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld and WA this week we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi’s Hass this week holding steady with shelf tickets at $1.99 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $2.20ea, and Woolworths Qld with Hass at $2.20ea.




























 

 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI MANDURAH, WA

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg. No stock whatsoever here.

  • Perhaps waiting on delivery?

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - light skin marking and some minor neck damage observed.

  • Havana bananas at this store this week, $3.99/kg - quite a number were suffering from bat/bird damage and were green/under ripe.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES MANDURAH FORUM, WA

  • Cavendish on display $4.90/kg, some with bruising and neck injuries.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish on display $4.90/kg. Kids packs priced at $4.90ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers $7.90/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg were dull in appearance.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS MANDURAH FORUM, WA

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Bloom was varied with some bright hued and others dull. Kids packs at $3.00ea.

  • Red Tips at $6.00/kg. Organic at $7.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Good colour and appropriately sectioned in ‘Eat Now’ and ‘Eat Later’. Kids packs at $3.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers $8.00/kg and Red Tips $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI MANDURAH, WA

  • Delroy supply of Avo West fruit in Count 28 Hass Avocados priced at $1.99 each.

  • Prepacks also on display.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.99 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.69ea and 5 piece packs at $5.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES MANDURAH FORUM, WA

  • Loose Count 23 Hass Avocados - ticketed at $2.20 ea - Dorian fruit packed 10th July so fruit was 21 days old.

  • Prepacks - 1kg $5.50ea and 5 piece packs $6.50ea.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Count 25 loose Hass Avos from Rockridge- $1.90 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.50ea and 5 piece at $4.90ea. Organic at $3.80ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS MANDURAH FORUM, WA

  • Simpson Farms Hass avocados priced at $2.20ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $5.00ea. 5 piece packs at $5.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Count 23/25 Howe Farming and Purpleskin Hass at $2.20ea. Note this store still had the Shepard Avo signage on display.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $4.90ea.

 

Retail Market Week 30 - 2024

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National transport figures have shown the bananas harvested in Week 29 to be 377,475 cartons which is approximately 6000 more cartons than what was available in Week 28. Weather patterns, as you no doubt understand have a tremendous impact on production and during the winter months this is very much the case. The weather experience for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 4.4 - 19.0 C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures ranging 20.0 - 26.2 C. We haven’t had temperatures as low as 4C in the tropical north for quite some time, so you can expect developing fruit with underpeel discolouration - this is caused by a temporary cessation of sap flow due to the cold resulting in cellular damage in the sub-epidermal layer which results in a greying or dulling of fruit bloom. Most of the North Qld banana growing regions had very minimal rainfall this week with Mareeba and Walkamin experiencing falls of 0-0.6mm; whilst slightly more fell across Innisfail and Tully regions with 11.2-12.8mms. With cool temperatures overnight/early morning, we will also experience a further slowing growth rates, pushing bunch age out to 19-20 weeks.

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 $4.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited.


























































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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 29, 2024 - The industry saw a 10.02% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 475,346 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 45,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 28, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying the entire 475,346 tray equivalents in this week’s reported figures.

Production across the country saw Central Queensland resume the lead in production accounting for 53.87% of the total volume, North Queensland accounting for a further 30.37%, then a growing supply from Central NSW accounting for 6.30%, South Queensland with 5.10% and finally WA/NT, TNR and Sunshine Coast with harvests accounting for 2.25%; 1.19% and 0.92% respectively. Whilst North Qld has had a share of the cold weather in the last few weeks, the SE corner of the state has as well - whilst our grower partners located in and around Barham/Cobram have been hit with some icy weather, not just the bitter cold but several frosts have been experience with more expected this week which will cause a percentage of crop damage. Whilst in the west of this great country of ours, it has been rather dry with many farms greatly in the need of rain - thankfully they are currently experiencing some relief with a little more rain falling last week and this week but more is needed.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 424,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 30) nationally, all of which is expected to be hass. Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 355 to 434K tray equivalents per week. North Qld and Central Queensland are expected to continue supplying the majority of available fruit through until early to mid August, even though supply has slowly started to come from the other major growing regions: including Central NSW, Tri-states and WA. Market pricing seems to be holding steady this week, harvests over the next couple of weeks will further determine the direction of pricing.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld and Adelaide this week we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi’s Purpleskin and Avolution Hass this week with shelf tickets at $1.99 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Rock Ridge Hass avos at $1.80ea, and Woolworths Qld with Purpleskin and Howe Farming supplied Hass at $2.20ea.



























 

 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg. Some minor skin marking and neck injuries still the main find.

  • Havana bananas also at $3.99/kg. Clean skin but green.

ALDI BROWNS PLAINS

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - a few cuts and bruising observed.

  • Havana bananas at this store this week, $3.99/kg - quite a number were cut/bruised and green/under ripe.

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • A very full display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - a low percentage of green tinged fruit on the display.

  • No Havana bananas.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES CARINDALE

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg, minimal with a green tinge.

  • Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg and Lady Fingers $7.90/kg.

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg. Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers $7.90/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg. Kids packs priced at $4.00ea. Defects found: neck injuries, bruising and skin marking.

  • No Red Tips. Lady Fingers $7.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Bloom was varied with some bright hued and others dull. Kids packs at $2.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers $8.00/kg. Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Good colour and appropriately sectioned in ‘Eat Now’ and ‘Eat Later’. Kids packs at $3.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers $8.00/kg and Red Tips $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish bananas priced at $4.50/kg. Well presented.

  • Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg and Red Tipped at $5.50/kg.

  • Organic at $6.00/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Avolution supplied Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.99 each.

  • 1kg packs for $4.69ea. 5 piece Hass packs at $5.49ea.

ALDI BROWNS PLAINS

  • Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.99 ea. Packed on 16th July so fruit is therefore 8 days old.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.69ea and 5 piece packs at $5.49ea.

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • Hass Avocados priced at $1.99 ea.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.49ea. 1kg prepacks at $4.69ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES CARINDALE

  • Loose Rock Ridge Hass Avocados - ticketed at $1.80 ea.

  • Prepacks - 1kg $4.50ea and 5 piece packs $4.90ea.

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

  • Count 25 loose Hass Avos from Rockridge- $1.80 ea - packed 11th July therefore fruit age is 13 days.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.50ea and 5 piece at $4.90ea. Organic at $3.80ea.

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Count 23/25 loose Hass Avos - $1.90 ea.

  • 5 piece at $4.90ea. Organic avos at $3.80ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Purpleskin and Howe Farming Hass avocados priced at $2.20ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $4.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

  • Count 23/25 Howe Farming and Simpson Hass at $2.20ea.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $4.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • Howe Farming and Purpleskin Count 25 Hass priced at $2.20ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $4.90ea.

 

Retail Market Week 29 - 2024

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Banana industry transport figures for fruit harvested in Week 28 indicate minimal change on Week 27 with a total of 371,916 cartons harvested nationally. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 9.4 - 16.3 C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures ranging 24.6 - 28.7 C. Most of the North Qld banana growing regions had very minimal rain this week with Mareeba and Walkamin experiencing falls of 0-0.2mm; whilst 0-0.4mms fell across Innisfail and Tully regions. With cool temperatures overnight/early morning, we will no doubt continue to see the impact on fruit bloom and also resulting in slower growth rates, pushing bunch age out. This winter to date, has sent a number of colder mornings early in the season, combined with overcast days, which has taken us a little by surprise, particularly in relation to our ladyfinger crop, fruit is taking longer fill out and as such we have seen a staggering reduction in our weekly crop harvest figures by some 70-75% - it is expected this pattern will continue through until at least mid to late August.

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 $3.99/kg in the stores visited.

























































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 28, 2024 - The industry saw a 5.44% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 427,726 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 23,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 27, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 423,242 tray equivalents along with 4,484 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. We should note that of this total volume some 129K tray equivalents were in the form of bulks for prepacking/processing and 53K tray equivalents were exported which left a little over 245K tray equivalents for the domestic market.

Production across the country saw Central Queensland resume the lead in production accounting for 57.66% of the total volume, North Queensland accounting for a further 33.80%, then a growing supply from Southern Queensland accounting for 4.64%, WA/NT with 1.84% and finally CNSW, TNR and Sunshine Coast with harvests accounting for 1.29%; 0.40% and 0.38% respectively.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 451,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 29) nationally, all of which is expected to be hass. Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 400 to 410K tray equivalents per week. North Qld and Central Queensland are expected to continue supplying the majority of available fruit through until early to mid August, even though supply has slowly started to come from the other major growing regions: including Central NSW, Tri-states and WA. It is worth noting, that our grower partners located in SE Qld and in Victoria/Tri-states growing regions have all been experiencing very cold overnight/early morning temps, some have had frosts for several mornings in a row and are seeing the a percentage of their crop suffering frost damage and slowing growth rates - the most recent fruit maturity test results from the southern regions are still a way from being ready for harvest with readings of 21 to 21.3% this week.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld and Adelaide this week we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi’s Purpleskin and Avolution Hass this week with shelf tickets at $1.79 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Rock Ridge Hass avos at $2.20ea, and Woolworths Qld with Purpleskin and Australian Produce Partners (Howe Farming) supplied Hass at $2.00 - $2.20ea depending upon store visited. Independents were selling large class one fruit 2 for $5.00 with specials on small prepacks containing between 5 to 8 pieces for $3.99/bag.


























 

 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg - fruit with good colour. Some skin marking and neck injuries still the main find.

  • Havana bananas also at $3.99/kg. Could be better quality.

ALDI MT OMMANEY

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - a presence of bat/bird damage, sap stains and a few cuts and bruising observed.

  • Havana bananas at this store this week, $3.99/kg - these needed restocking.

ALDI MOUNT GRAVATT

  • A very full display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - a low percentage of green tinged fruit on the display.

  • Havana bananas at $4.99ea.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES CARINDALE

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg, some with a green tinge.

  • Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg and Lady Fingers $7.90/kg.

COLES MT OMMANEY

  • Cavendish on display $3.99/kg. Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers $7.90/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

COLES MOUNT GRAVATT

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg with good colour and bloom. Kids packs priced at $4.00ea. Defects found: neck injuries, bruising and skin marking.

  • No Red Tips. Lady Fingers $7.90/kg. Organic at $6.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Bloom was varied with some bright hued and others dull. Kids packs at $2.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers $8.00/kg. Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS MT OMMANEY

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Good colour and appropriately sectioned in ‘Eat Now’ and ‘Eat Later’. Kids packs at $2.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers $8.00/kg - some skinny fingers, and Red Tips $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS MOUNT GRAVATT

  • Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg. Well presented - good colour, only minimal neck injuries amongst this display.

  • Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg and Red Tipped at $5.50/kg.

  • Organic at $6.90/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Avolution supplied Hass Avocados priced at $1.79 each.

  • 1kg packs for $4.69ea. 5 piece Hass packs at $4.79ea. GMAX packs at $5.99ea.

ALDI MT OMMANEY

  • Purpleskin supplied loose Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.79 ea. Packed on 4th July so fruit is therefore 13 days old.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.69ea on promo as featured in the Aldi Catalogue. 5 piece packs at $4.79ea.

ALDI MOUNT GRAVATT

  • Avolution supplied Hass Avocados priced at $1.79 ea.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.49ea. Gmax packs at $5.99ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES CARINDALE

  • Loose Rock Ridge Hass Avocados - ticketed at $2.20 ea. Rockridge packed 4th July - 13 days old.

  • Prepacks - 1kg $4.50ea and 5 piece packs $4.90ea.

COLES MT OMMANEY

  • Count 20 loose Hass Avos from Rockridge- $2.20 ea - packed 4th July therefore fruit age is 13 days.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.50ea and 5 piece at $4.90ea. Organic at $3.80ea.

COLES MOUNT GRAVATT

  • Count 23/25 loose Hass Avos - $1.90 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.50ea and 5 piece at $4.90ea. Organic avos at $3.80ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Purpleskin Hass avocados priced at $2.00ea with packed date of 4th July so fruit age is 13 days.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $4.50ea. 5 piece packs at $6.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS MT OMMANEY

  • Count 23/25 Howe Farming (APP) and Purpleskin Hass at $2.00ea.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at $4.50ea. 5 piece packs at $6.00ea. Organic at $3.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS MOUNT GRAVATT

  • Howe Farming and Purpleskin Count 23-25 Hass priced at $2.00ea.

  • 1kg packs at $5.00ea.

MT OMMANEY INDEPENDENT - AVOS

 

Retail Market Week 28 - 2024

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Banana industry transport figures for fruit harvested in Week 27 saw a result just marginally smaller than Week 26 production at 372,684 cartons nationally. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 13.6 - 20.7 C across all major growing regions, a touch warmer than last week; and day time temperatures have also remained warmer ranging 21.5 - 26.3 C but with overcast skies and rainfall. Most of the North Qld banana growing regions had rain this week with Mareeba and Walkamin experiencing falls of 0.8-5.3mm and 131 - 182mms fell across Innisfail and Tully regions. With overcast skies and cool temperatures overnight, we will continue to see the impact on fruit bloom and also resulting in slower growth rates pushing bunch age out.

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 has started to be impacted by the activity of birds/bats across the growing regions. This shouldn’t come as a surprise at this time of year, with the seasonality of plants and colder weather, normal flowering/blossoming plants are less productive and regrettably the birds and bats are drawn to our banana plants. Whilst the practice of bagging helps to protect the fruit from scratching to some extent, it does not provide full protection. Another shortcoming of winter is that with the cooler/overcast days we expect to seeing a dulling of fruit bloom, this is noticeable in stores, to varying degrees, and can be expected through until at least November.
























































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 27, 2024 - The industry saw a 3.63% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 404,437 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 15,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 26, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 399,730 tray equivalents along with 4,707 trays (inc GMax) of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. It is worthwhile noting that of the 404,437 tray equivalents: some 124K came in the form of bulks for prepacking and processing; 55K were exported leaving 224K for domestic sale.

Production across the country saw North Queensland in the lead in production accounting for 49.67% of the total volume, Central Queensland accounting for a further 42.44%, then trickles from Southern Queensland accounting for 4.26%, Central NSW with 1.42% and finally WA/NT, Sunshine Coast and TNR for 1.21%; 0.69% and 0.32% respectively.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 409,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 28) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass to contribute approximately 409,000 tray equivalents of this total and some 100 tray equivalents of other varietals (inc GMax) of this total. Production figures for the next two to three period after this week are forecast to be reducing in volume from 396K down to 330K tray equivalents per week, including bulks/export/domestic volumes.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld and Adelaide this week we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Hass this week with shelf tickets at $1.79 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $1.90ea, and Woolworths Qld with Purpleskin and Simpson supplied Hass at $2.00ea and GMAX (Qld stores only) avos (larger sizes 14/16/18) at $2.90ea. A number of the Gmax this week were found to have lenticel damage and were starting to show signs of breakdown.

























 

 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

STOCK IN STORES

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg - fruit with good colour. Some skin marking and neck injuries still the main find.

  • No Havana bananas again.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - a presence of bat/bird damage, sap stains and a few cuts and bruising observed. A large portion of this display was slightly green.

  • Havana bananas at this store this week, $4.99/kg - these could have been better quality.

ALDI BROWNS PLAINS

  • A very full display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - a low percentage of green tinged fruit on the display.

  • Havana bananas at $4.99ea.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES CARINDALE

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg, most with a green tinge, some a little dull.

  • Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg and Lady Fingers $7.90/kg - a few clusters with light bat/bird damage.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg. Kids packs priced at $4.00ea. A neat display though some varietals needed topping up.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers $7.90/kg.

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg with good colour and bloom. Kids packs priced at $4.00ea. Defects found: neck injuries, bruising and skin marking.

  • No Red Tips. Lady Fingers $7.90/kg. Organic at $6.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Bloom was varied with some bright hued and others dull - evidenced by some colder growing temperatures currently. Kids packs at $2.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers $8.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Good colour.

  • Lady Fingers $8.00/kg - some skinny fingers, and Red Tips $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

  • Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg. Well presented - good colour, only minimal neck injuries amongst this display.

  • Kids packs at $2.50ea also featured on an off-location display perhaps as part of a back to school lunch box offering with other snack fruits all on same promo price point.

  • Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg and Red Tipped at $5.50/kg.

  • Organic at $6.90/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Hass Avocados priced at $1.79 each. Needed restocking.

  • 1kg packs for $3.79ea on promo as featured in the Aldi catalogue. 5 piece Hass packs at $5.49ea. GMAX packs at $5.99ea.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Avolution loose Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.79 ea. Packed on 2nd July so fruit is therefore 8 days old.

  • 1kg prepacks on special at $3.79ea on promo as featured in the Aldi Catalogue. Gmax 3 piece packs priced at $5.99ea. 5 piece packs at $5.49ea.

ALDI BROWNS PLAINS

  • Avolution supplied Hass Avocados priced at $1.79 ea. Found compression injury and bruising within display in how the top and bottom trays were sitting on one another. Stock packed 1st July ?? so fruit age is 9 days old.

  • 1kg packs at $3.79ea on promo as featured in the Aldi catalogue. 5 piece Hass packs at $5.49ea. Gmax packs at $5.99ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES CARINDALE

  • Loose Hass Avocados - ticketed at $1.90 ea. multiple growers.

  • Prepacks - 1kg $5.50ea and 5 piece packs $4.90ea.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Count 23/25 loose Hass Avos from Rockridge- $1.90 ea - packed 24th June therefore fruit age is 16 days. Gmax $2.50ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.50ea and 5 piece at $4.90ea.

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

  • Count 23/25 loose Hass Avos - $1.90 ea (packed 24-28th June - 12-16 days old). No GMAX avos, but signage stated $2.50ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.50ea and 5 piece at $4.90ea. Organic avos at $3.80ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Hass avocados priced at $2.00ea with packed dates of 25th June to 27th June so fruit age is 12 to 15 days. Some with ‘Eat now’ stickers, others less ripe. GMAX at $2.90ea some with heavy lenticel.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $5.00ea. 5 piece packs at $4.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Count 16/18 Greenskin GMax ticketed at $2.90ea - again some with heavy lenticel and developing body rots. Count 23/25 Purpleskin Hass at $2.00ea.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at $5.00ea. 5 piece packs at $4.90ea. Organic packs at $5.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

  • Avolution Count 23-25 Hass priced at $2.00ea (25th - 26th June pack dates - 14 to 15 days old). No GMAX avocados.

  • 5 piece prepacks at $4.90ea. 1kg packs at $5.00ea.

 

Retail Market Week 27 - 2024

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Banana industry transport figures for fruit harvested in Week 26 were some 373K cartons a reduction by 2.69% or some 10K cartons fewer than the week prior. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures dropping with a range of 14.6 - 17.8 C across all major growing regions, a touch warmer than last week; and day time temperatures have also remained warmer ranging 25.0 - 26.4 C. There has been very minimal rainfall across most of the North Qld banana growing regions again this week with Mareeba and Walkamin 0.1mm falls and only of 2 - 4mms 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 and fruit bloom in stores still varied, as a result of the current varying weather conditions for Winter NQ growing season!























































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 26, 2024 - The industry saw a 5.16% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 419,352 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 20,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 25, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 394,605 tray equivalents along with 3,180 Shepard tray equivalents together with 21,567 trays (inc GMax) of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures.

Production across the country saw Central Queensland maintain just in the lead in production accounting for 47.37% of the total volume, North Queensland accounting for a further 46.14%, then trickles from Southern Queensland accounting for 3.79%, Central NSW with 1.17% and finally TNR, Sunshine Coast and WA/NT for 0.63%; 0.46%; 0.44% respectively.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 444,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 27) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass to contribute approximately 439,000 tray equivalents of this total and some 5,000 tray equivalents of other varietals (inc GMax) of this total. The focus continues to be upon the popular Hass varietal. Production for the next two to three week period is expected to be reducing from 428K down to 366K tray equivalents/week. The markets have seen price continuing to firm for premium graded trays; whilst class one fruit seems to be holding steady this week; with industry supplies forecast to be lighter in volume over the next three week period, pressure will remain on pricing for good quality fruit.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld and Adelaide this week we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Hass this week with shelf tickets at $1.49 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $2.00ea whilst in Adelaide Hass avocados were ticketed at $1.80ea, and Woolworths Qld with Purpleskin and Simpson supplied Hass at $1.80ea and GMAX (Qld stores only) avos (larger sizes 14/16/18) at $2.50-$2.90ea whilst the Adelaide store frequented had Avolution supplied Hass in Ct23/25 also retailing at $1.80/piece.
























 

 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI LOGANHOLME

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg - fruit with good colour. Buising, skin marking and neck injuries the main find.

  • Havana bananas at $4.99/kg.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - minimal green fruit but presence of sooty blotch, sap stains and light neck creasing. A large portion of this display was very dull in bloom and some clusters found to be spotting.

  • Havana bananas at this store this week, $4.99/kg - these could have been better quality.

ALDI ADELAIDE - MARION

  • A very full display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - some green tinged fruit and dull in hue. Sap stains and sooty mould present.

  • No Havana bananas.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES LOGANHOLME

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg, most with a green tinge, some a little dull.

  • Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg and Lady Fingers $7.90/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg. Kids packs priced at $4.00ea. A neat display - cavendish needed restocking however.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers $7.90/kg.

COLES ADELAIDE - MARION

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg. Kids packs priced at $4.00ea. Some evidence of bat/bird marking; light sap stains and skin marking.

  • No Red Tips. Lady Fingers $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS LOGANHOLME

  • Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Bloom was varied with some bright hued and others dull - evidenced by some colder growing temperatures currently. Kids packs at $3.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers $8.00/kg and Red Tips $4.90/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Good colour. Kids packs at $3.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers $8.00/kg and Red Tips $4.90/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS ADELAIDE - MARION

  • Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg. Well presented - but some needing restocking.

  • Kids packs at $3.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg!! Red Tipped at $6.00/kg.

  • Organic at $6.90/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI LOGANHOLME

  • Hass Avocados priced at $1.49 each. Packed on 25th June by white tray label, so fruit is 8 days old but when peeled back fruit appears to have been packed on 20th June ??

  • 1kg packs for $4.49ea. 5 piece Hass packs at $5.49ea. GMAX packs at $5.99ea.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Avolution loose Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.49 ea. Packed on 25th June so fruit is therefore 8 days old.

  • 1kg prepacks on special at $4.49ea. Gmax 3 piece packs priced at $5.99ea. 5 piece packs at $5.49ea.

ALDI ADELAIDE - MARION

  • Hass Avocados priced at $1.49 ea.

  • 1kg packs as Super Savers this week at $4.49ea. 5 piece Hass packs at $5.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES LOGANHOLME

  • Count 20-23 Hass Avocados - ticketed at $2.00 ea, multiple growers. GMAX in Ct23’s at $2.50ea. Packed dates for these lines appeared to range 20th to 22nd June so fruit age is 11 to 13 days.

  • Prepacks - 1kg $4.50ea and 5 piece packs $4.90ea. Organic at $3.80ea.

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Count 23/25 loose Hass Avos from Kureen Farming and Simpson Farms- $2.00 ea - packed 18/19th June. Gmax $2.50ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.50ea and 5 piece at $4.90ea.

COLES ADELAIDE - MARION

  • Count 23 loose Hass Avos being supplied by Costas - $1.80 ea (packed 20th June - 13 days old). No GMAX avos.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.50ea and 5 piece at $4.50ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS LOGANHOLME

  • Count 23-25 Hass avocados priced at $1.80ea with packed dates of 19th June to 25th June so fruit age is 8 to 14 days. Some with ‘Eat now’ stickers, others less ripe. GMAX at $2.90ea - Ct16’s packed 25th June making stock 8 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $4.00ea. 5 piece packs at $6.00ea. Organic at $2.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Count 16 Greenskin GMax ticketed at $2.90ea. Count 23 Purpleskin Hass at $1.80ea.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at 4.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS ADELAIDE - MARION

  • Avolution Count 23-25 Hass priced at $1.80ea (19th June pack dates - 14 days old). No GMAX avocados.

  • 5 piece prepacks at $5.50ea. 1kg packs at $5.00ea.

 

Retail Market Week 26 - 2024

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Banana industry transport figures for last week were just over 383K cartons, a small increase of 2000 cartons on the previous week. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures dropping with a range of 12.1 - 20.8 C across all major growing regions, a touch warmer than last week; and day time temperatures have also remained warmer ranging 22.0 - 27.0 C. There has been very minimal rainfall across most of the North Qld banana growing regions again this week with Mareeba and Walkamin 0.2mm falls and only of 5 - 6mms 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 25, 2024 - The industry saw a 6.16% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 442,208 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 30,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 24, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 421,873 tray equivalents along with 1,784 Shepard tray equivalents together with 18,551 trays (inc GMax) of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. It is important to continue to monitor how this total production is split to understand true volumes on the market. Of the total 442K tray equivalent there were approximately 70K trays exported; 125K tray equivalents packed as bulks used in prepacks or processing which leaves approximately 247K tray equivalents for domestic supply.

Production across the country saw a Central Queensland maintain the lead in production accounting for 50.49% of the total volume, North Queensland accounting for a further 46.21%, then trickles from Southern Queensland accounting for 2.71%, Central NSW with 0.31% and finally Sunshine Coast for 0.21%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 454,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 26) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass to contribute approximately 436,000 tray equivalents of this total and some 18,000 tray equivalents of other varietals (inc GMax) of this total. The focus continues to be upon the popular Hass varietal. Production for the next two to three week period is expected to be ranging 436K down to 420K tray equivalents/week. With this reducing supply, market pricing is expected to lift. Our own farms in North Queensland expect the harvest to continue for another three to four weeks; followed then my our grower partner in SE Qld who will kick into gear. From early discussions with our growers located within the Tristate region, they do not expect to be in a position to commence harvest until late July/early August as fruit is still maturing and sizing.

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 $1.49 each;  Coles Qld had Hass avocados ticketed at $1.80ea, 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 ALDI

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg - fruit with good colour. Superficial buising, skin marking, split peel and a light presence of sooty blotch visible.

  • Havana bananas at $4.99/kg.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - some green fruit. A presence of sooty blotch, sap stains and light neck creasing.

  • Havana bananas at this store this week, $4.99/kg.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • A very full display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - some green tinged fruit and dull in hue.

  • Havana bananas on display, however no pricing.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES CARINDALE

  • 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 (very long clusters).

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg. Kids packs priced at $4.00ea. A neat display.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers $7.90/kg.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg. Kids packs priced at $4.00ea. Fruit has a dull appearance. Some evidence of bat/bird marking; light sap stains and skin marking.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers $7.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Bloom was varied with some bright hued and others dull - evidenced by some colder sub 10C growing temperatures being experienced in North Qld.

  • Lady Fingers $6.00/kg and Red Tips $4.90/kg (some clusters found spotting). Organic at $6.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Good colour- nicely split into ‘Éat now’ and ‘Éat later’. Kids packs at $3.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers $7.00/kg and Red Tips $4.90/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg. Very well presented. Fruit bloom is impacted by growing conditions.

  • 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 CARINDALE

  • Hass Avocados priced at $1.49 each. Packed by Dons Fort Packing for Avolution on 15th June, so fruit is 11 days old.

  • 1kg packs for $3.99ea on special and featured in the Aldi catalogue. 5 piece Hass packs at $5.49ea. GMAX packs at $5.99ea.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Avolution loose Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.49 ea. Packed on 14th June so fruit is therefore 12 days old.

  • 1kg prepacks on special at $3.99ea on promo. Gmax 3 piece packs priced at $5.99ea. 5 piece packs at $5.49ea.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Hass Avocados priced at $1.49 ea.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.49ea. Gmax 3 piece packs priced at $5.99ea. 1kg packs at $3.99ea on promo and featured in the Aldi catalogue.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES CARINDALE

  • Count 20-23 Hass Avocados - ticketed at $1.80 ea, multiple growers. GMAX in Ct20’s at $2.50ea. Packed dates for these lines appeared to range 12th to 13th June so fruit age is 13 to 14 days. Gmax had considerable lenticel damage, odd piece with rots. Hass quality generally good, one piece found with ridging.

  • Prepacks on promo and featured on front table as well as isle displays - 1kg $4.50ea and 5 piece packs $4.90ea. Organic at $3.80ea.

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Count 23 loose Hass Avos - $1.80 ea. Gmax $2.50ea but only one piece on display.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.50ea and 5 piece at $4.90ea on promo and featured in off location display. Organic at $3.80ea.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Count 25 loose Hass Avos being supplied by Simpsons; Murray Bros; Purpleskin - $1.80 ea. GMAX avos at $2.50ea - display empty.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.50ea and 5 piece at $4.90ea on promo - featured in off location floor displays as well as isle position on shelf.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Count 18-20 Hass avocados priced at $1.50ea . Some with ‘Eat now’ stickers, others less ripe. GMAX at $2.50ea - quite a number with lenticel and bruising - Ct18’s packed 18th June making stock 8 days old.

  • The GMax featured on the front of the A Frame facing customers as they entered the store tidy display but the reverse side which featured the hass was somewhat of a jumbled mess with a number of pieces bruised and very soft. Hass from Purpleskin in Ct20; Kureen Farming supplied by N&A ripened stock in Ct20;s; Simpson Farms ripened stock in Ct23 all packed between 6th June to 13th June meaning hass fruit age ranged 13 to 20 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $5.00ea. 5 piece packs at $6.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Greenskin GMax ticketed at $2.50ea. Purpleskin Hass at $1.70ea or $1.50 ea - disparity between signage.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at 5.00ea. 5 piece packs at $6.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Purpleskin Count 20-23 Hass priced at $1.50ea. Count 18 Greenskin GMAX avocados at $2.50ea packed 11th June so fruit is 15 days old.

  • 5 piece prepacks at $6.00ea. 1kg packs at $5.00ea.

 

Retail Market Week 25 - 2024

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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 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.

ALDI LUTWYCHE

  • Purpleskin Hass Avocados priced at $1.29 ea.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.19ea. Gmax 3 piece packs priced at $5.99ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES STAFFORD

  • Count 23 Hass Avocados - ticketed at $1.50 ea, multiple growers. GMAX at $2.50ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg $4.90ea and 5 piece packs $6.50ea.

COLES LUTWYCHE

  • Count 23 loose Hass Avos - $1.50 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.90ea and 5 piece at $6.50ea. Organic at $4.00ea.

COLES CHERMSIDE

  • Lovacado and Jampi Park Count 20 loose Hass Avos - $1.50 ea. GMAX avos at $2.50ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.90ea and 5 piece at $6.50ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS STAFFORD

  • Count 18 Hass avocados priced at $1.50ea . Some with ‘Eat now’ stickers, others less ripe.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $5.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS LUTWYCHE

  • Greenskin G Max Ct 20 ticketed at $2.50ea. Purpleskin, Howe and Simpson’s Hass at $1.50ea.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at 5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $6.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS CHERMSIDE

  • Purpleskin Count 20-23 Hass priced at $1.80ea. Count 16 Greenskin GMAX avocados at $2.50ea.

  • 5 piece prepacks at $6.00ea. 1kg packs at $4.00ea.

 

Retail Market Week 24 - 2024

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Industry transport figures are as follows: the harvest for week 23 at 406,385 ctns transported around Australia which was an increase of almost 10,000 cartons on the previous week. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures dropping with a range of 8.5 - 17.0 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 23.0 - 27.3 C. With temperatures starting to dip below 10C we will start to see the occurrence of some underpeel discolouration, will only be mild at this stage but if we experience repeated cold days this is when the damage becomes heightened. There has been minimal rainfall across most of the North Qld banana growing regions this week with Mareeba and Walkamin nil falls and only of 0.4 to 1.0mms across Innisfail and Tully regions.

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, however improved on recent weeks with the only defects being minor neck damage, some light rub marking and some minor bronzing.



















































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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 23, 2024 - The industry saw a 12.06% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 487,107 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 60,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 22, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 466,830 tray equivalents along with 310 Shepard tray equivalents together with 19,967 trays (inc GMax) of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. Whilst there was an increase of some 12% in production this week, it is important to look at how this is broken up with 131K tray equivalents being either bulks for prepacking or processing fruit; some 77K tray equivalents were exported which leaves some 278K tray equivalents for the domestic market.

Production across the country saw a North Queensland resume the lead in production accounting for 54.94% of the total volume, Central Queensland accounting for a further 43.95%, then trickles from Southern Queensland accounting for 0.41%, Sunshine Coast with 0.31% and finally Central NSW for 0.28%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 445,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 24) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass to contribute approximately 406,000 of this total whilst the Shepard variety expected to represent some 400 tray equivalents and some 37,000 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 407 to 430K 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 $1.49 each;  Coles Qld had Hass avocados ticketed at $1.50ea, and Woolworths with Purpleskin and Simpson supplied Hass at $1.50-1.70ea 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 ALDI

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • 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 INDOOROOPILLY

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - some green fruit.

  • No Havana bananas at this store this week.

ALDI CARINDALE

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - some green fruit.

  • Havana bananas at $4.99/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • 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 $5.90/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg. Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg. Lady Fingers $5.90/kg. Organics at $6.00/kg.

COLES CARINDALE

  • 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 GARDEN CITY

  • 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 CARINDALE

  • 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 INDOOROOPILLY

  • 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

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • The Avolution Hass Avocados priced at $1.49 each.

  • 1kg packs for $3.99ea. 5 piece Hass at $5.19ea.

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • The Avolution loose Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.49 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks on special at $3.99ea. Gmax 3 piece packs priced at $5.99ea.

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Hass Avocados priced at $1.49 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks on special at $3.99ea. 5 piece Hass packs at $5.19ea. Gmax 3 piece packs priced at $5.99ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Count 23 Hass Avocados - ticketed at $1.50 ea, multiple growers. Packed date 30th May meaning fruit age is 13 days old. GMAX avos at $2.50ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg $4.90ea and 5 piece packs $6.50ea. Organic at $4.00ea

COLES CARINDALE

  • Count 23 loose Hass Avos - $1.50 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.90ea and 5 piece at $6.50ea. Organic at $4.00ea.

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Simpson Farms and Rockridge Count 20 loose Hass Avos - $1.50 ea. GMAX avos at $2.50ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.90ea and 5 piece at $6.50ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Count 18 Hass avocados priced at $1.50ea . Some with ‘Eat now’ stickers, others less ripe.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $5.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Greenskin G Max Ct 20 ticketed at $2.50ea. Purpleskin, Howe and Simpson’s Hass at $1.50ea.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at 5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $6.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • Purpleskin Count 20-23 Hass priced at $1.70ea (some very ordinary). Count 16 Greenskin GMAX avocados at $2.50ea.

  • 5 piece prepacks at $6.00ea. 1kg packs at $5.50ea.

 

Retail Market Week 23 - 2024

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BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE


We have an update on the industry transport figures, with harvest for week 21 at 396,767 cartons of cavendish and in week 22 there were 396,475 ctns transported around Australia. Both of these figures were a slight decrease on the previous fortnight (week 20) which saw a cut of 409,841 cartons. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures have ranged 13.8 - 21.7 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 24.9 - 28.3 C. There has been minimal rainfall across the regions of Mareeba and Walkamin with falls of 0mm - 0.2mm; and a slight decrease in the level of rain falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 12.6 - 21.6mm 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, however improved on recent weeks with the only defects being minor neck damage and some minor bronzing. Note i did have the opportunity to duck into a Woolies Metro store in Melbourne during Hort Connections and found bananas retailing at $5.00/kg in Flinders Street. Stores continue to have signage with regards to these defects being indicative of the growing conditions across the country.


















































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Left to Right: Aldi; Coles and Woolworths Cavendish Displays

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🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows: 

·       Week 22, 2024 - The industry saw a 14.96% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 428,343 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 80,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 21, 2024 production. Of the overall total, approximately 124K units were bulks for prepacking and processing; 82K were exported; leaving a total of almost 222K tray equivalents for the domestic market. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 388,612 tray equivalents along with 5,575 Shepard tray equivalents together with 34,156 trays (inc GMax) of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures.

Production across the country saw a new guard in the position of highest productions week with Central Queensland accounting for 49.50% of the total production volume this week, North Queensland accounting for a further 48.72%, then trickles from Sunshine Coast accounting for 0.76%, Southern Queensland with 0.58% and finally Central NSW for 0.32%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 486,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 23) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass to contribute approximately 448,000 of this total whilst the Shepard variety expected to represent some 400 tray equivalents and some 37,000 tray equivalents of other varietals (inc GMax) of this total. The focus now is really upon the popular Hass varietal. Production in the next three week window is expected to range between 440 to 470K tray equivalents per week.

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 $1.50ea, and Woolworths with Purpleskin Hass at $1.50ea and GMAX avos (larger sizes 14/16/18) at $2.50ea.




















 

 

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

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI MT GRAVATT

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg - fruit with good colour and much less green tinging this week. Some still with minor neck damage and sooty blotch.

  • No Havana bananas.

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - some green fruit.

  • No Havana bananas at this store this week.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES MT GRAVATT

  • 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 $5.90/kg (no stock though). Organic at $6.00/kg.

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • 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 METRO MELBOURNE

  • Cavendish priced at $5.00/kg.

  • Good colour and well stocked, especially for a metro store! Some fruit with minor neck injuries.

WOOLWORTHS MT GRAVATT

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Decent colour- nicely split into ‘Éat now’ and ‘Éat later’. Kids packs at $3.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers $5.90/kg and Red Tips $5.50/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • 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

ALDI MT GRAVATT

  • The Strand Hass Avocados priced at $1.19 each.

  • 1kg packs for $4.69ea. 3 piece GMAX avo packs at $5.99ea.

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • The Strand loose Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.19 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks on special at $4.69ea. Gmax 3 piece packs also included in this week’s display priced at $5.99ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES MT GRAVATT

  • Count 20 Hass Avocados - ticketed at $1.50 ea, multiple growers. Packed date 16th May meaning fruit age is 18 days old. GMAX avos at $2.50ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg $5.00ea and 5 piece packs $6.50ea. Organic at $4.00ea

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Simpson Farms and Rockridge Count 23 loose Hass Avos - $1.30 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.50ea and 5 piece at $6.00ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS METRO MELBOURNE

  • Hass avocados priced at $2.00ea . Some with ‘Eat now’ stickers, others less ripe.

  • Prepacks: 1kg prepacks at $5.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS MT GRAVATT

  • Greenskin G Max Ct 20 ticketed at $2.50ea. Purpleskin and Simpson’s Hass at $1.50ea.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at 5.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • Purpleskin Count 20 Hass priced at $1.50ea (some very ordinary). Count 18 Greenskin GMAX avocados at $2.50ea.

  • 5 piece prepacks at $5.50ea. 1kg packs at $5.00ea.

 

Retail Market Week 22 - 2024

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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.

















































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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.





















 

 

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

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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

ALDI CANNON HILL

  • Count 23 Purpleskin loose Hass Avocados priced at $1.19 ea. Packed date 16th May, so fruit age is 13 days.

  • 1kg prepacks on special at $4.69ea.

  • GMAX 3 piece packs at $5.79ea.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • The Strand Hass Avocados priced at $1.19 each. Packed date 21st May, so fruit age is 8 days from pack.

  • Hass 5 piece prepacks at $5.19ea. 1kg packs for $4.69ea. 3 piece GMAX avo packs at $5.79ea.

ALDI CARINDALE

  • The Strand loose Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.19 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks on special at $4.69ea. Gmax 3 piece packs also included in this week’s display priced at $5.79ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES CANNON HILL

  • Count 20 Hass Avocados - ticketed at $1.30 ea, multiple growers. Packed dates between 16th and 21st May meaning fruit age is 8-13 days old. GMAX avos at $2.50ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg $5.50ea and 5 piece packs $6.50ea. Organic at $4.00ea

COLES CARINDALE

  • Simpson Farms and Rockridge Count 23 loose Hass Avos - $1.30 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.50ea and 5 piece at $6.00ea.

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Loose Hass Avos - $1.30 ea. GMAX avos at $2.50ea.

  • Avocado Prepacks at this store: 1kg at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $6.50ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS CANNON HILL

  • Count 20 Purpleskin Hass avocados priced at $1.50ea . Greenskin GMAX avocados at $2.50ea. Some lenticel damage on the hass and Gmax. Fruit packed dates 15th and 21st May so fruit age post is 8-14 days.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece prepack $5.50ea and 1kg prepack at $5.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Greenskin Shepards Ct 23 ticketed at $1.30ea. Purpleskin Hass at $2.50ea.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at $5.00ea. Organic avos at $3.40ea.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Purpleskin Count 23 Hass priced at $1.30ea. Count 16 Greenskin GMAX avocados at $2.50ea.

  • 5 piece prepacks at $5.50ea. 1kg packs at $5.00ea.

 

Retail Market Week 19 - 2024

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The industry transport figures Week 18 cut was approximately 380K cartons which is about 4000 cartons less than what was harvested in Wk 17/2024. We can confirm the weather patterns for the last week in the far north, early A.M. temperatures have ranged 17.3 - 22.6 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 25.0 - 28.5 C. There has been a slight decrease in terms of rainfall across the regions of Mareeba and Walkamin with falls of 0 - 1.2mm; whilst another slight increase in the level of rain falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 74.8mm - 86.8mm throughout the week. Similar weather patterns have been in existence now for several months with on/off rainfall impacting fruit quality.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week was 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 18, 2024 - The industry saw a 0.17% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 470,764 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 800 less tray equivalents) on Week 17, 2024 production. The national harvest included 175,939 Shepard tray equivalents along with Hass variety supplying 294,657 tray equivalents together with 168 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures.

Production across the country has somewhat evened out with North QLD Shepard variety accounting for 51.74% of the total production volume this week, Central Queensland accounting for a further 41.65% (Shepard and hass), then Western Australia with supply accounting for 6.58% (primarily Hass) and other varietals from CNSW with 0.04%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 419,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 19) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Shepard variety expected to represent some 47,000 tray equivalents whilst Hass will contribute approximately 358,000 of this total. Shepard harvest figures are expected to be gradually declining in volume as their season is coming to an end by mid to late May, forecast for the next three weeks to be within a range of 17K down to zero tray equivalents over the next three weeks, whilst on the flip slide, Hass production will be rapidly increasing with forecasts of 380K up to 476K over the next three to four weeks.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Shepards this week with shelf tickets at 89c each;  Coles Qld had Shepard avocados ticketed at 90c ea, and Woolworths with Greenskin Shepards also at $1.00-1.20ea. Coles also had Autumn avocados on display, competitively priced at $1.50ea.


















 

 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI DREWVALE

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - better colour this week, though still seeing some slightly green fruit and some minor neck injuries.

  • Havana bananas at $3.49/kg as Aldi Super Savers. Any Havana bananas seem to be of less than optimal condition, being green and bruised at this store this week.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg - most fruit green here.

  • Havana bananas priced at $3.49/kg (Aldi Super Savers), not the best quality.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES SUNNYBANK

  • 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.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg, mostly good colour. A few dull clusters found, but less marking this week.

  • Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.

  • Signage for Red Tips at $5.50/kg and Lady Fingers $5.90/kg - however none on display.

COLES IPSWICH

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg. Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg - no fruit just signage. Lady Fingers $5.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS CALAMVALE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Some very minor skin marking but generally good colour. Kids packs at $2.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $6.00/kg, Lady Fingers at $5.90/kg and Organic variety at $6.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Decent colour - minor neck damage. Kids packs at $2.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers $5.90/kg and Red Tips $5.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS IPSWICH

  • Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg.

  • Kids packs at $2.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers at $5.90/kg. Red Tipped at $5.50/kg.

  • Organic at $6.00/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI DREWVALE

  • Count 23 Greenskins loose Shepard Avocados priced at 89c ea, packed 25th-30th April (9-13 days).

  • 1kg prepacks on special at $3.99ea and 5 piece packs at $5.49ea.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Green skins Count 25 Shepard priced at 89c each.

  • 5 piece prepacks at $4.99ea and 1kg for $3.99ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES SUNNYBANK

  • Count 23 Shepard Avocados - ticketed at 90c ea.

  • Autumn Avocados were also ticketed at $1.00ea.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Count 20 loose Shepard Avos from multiple growers - 90c ea.

  • Autumn hass also available for $1.50ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.00ea.

COLES IPSWICH

  • Count 23 loose Shepard Avos - 90c ea. Fruit packed dates of 15th April so fruit age is 23 days.

  • Avocado Prepacks at this store: 5pk at $3.90ea and 1kg packs at $4.00ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS CALAMVALE

  • Greenskin avocados priced at $1.00ea .

  • Prepacks: 5 piece prepack $5.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Greenskin Shepards Ct 23 ticketed at $1.00ea.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at $4.00ea. 5 piece packs at $5.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS IPSWICH

  • Greenskin Count 25 Shepard priced at $1.00ea.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at $5.00ea.

 

Retail Market Week 20 - 2024

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The industry transport figures have been a little late in their release, we now have Week 19 figures which are as follows: 343,082 cartons were sent out, approximately 37,000 less than week 18. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have finally seen some cooling with early A.M. temperatures have ranged 16.6 - 22.2 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 23.5 - 27.9 C. There has been a slight decrease in terms of rainfall across the regions of Mareeba and Walkamin with falls of 0.4 - 4.0mm; whilst another slight increase in the level of rain falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 79.8mm - 91.0mm throughout the week. Similar weather patterns have been in existence now for several months.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week was 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 19, 2024 - The industry saw a 26.12% decrease on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 347,769 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 130,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 18, 2024 production. The national harvest saw the Hass variety leading production supplying 297,447 tray equivalents; with just 31,052 Shepard tray equivalents along with 19,270 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures.

Production across the country in the last week has North QLD production accounting for 58.90% of the total volume this week, Central Queensland accounting for a further 40.55% (Shepard and Hass), and Southern Queensland entering the market slowly with supply accounting for 0.49%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 436,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 20) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass variety expected to represent some 380,000 tray equivalents whilst Shepard will contribute approximately 22,000 of this total. Shepard harvest figures are expected to be gradually declining in volume as their season is coming to an end by mid to late May, forecast for the next three weeks to be within a range of 7K down to zero tray equivalents by the first week of June.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Shepards this week with shelf tickets at 89c each;  Coles Qld had Hass and Shepard avocados ticketed at $1.30 ea, and Woolworths with Greenskin Shepards also at $1.20ea.



















 

 

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

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - some green fruit and some minor neck injuries.

  • Havana bananas at $4.99/kg. Definitely back in stock this week!

ALDI MT OMMANEY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg - most fruit green here.

  • Havana bananas priced at $4.99/kg.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • 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 INDOOROOPILLY

  • 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 MT OMMANEY

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg, mostly good colour.

  • Kids packs priced at $4.00ea.

  • Signage for Red Tips at $5.50/kg and Lady Fingers $5.90/kg - however none on display.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • 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 INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Some very minor skin marking but generally good colour. Kids packs at $2.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg and Lady Fingers at $5.90/kg.

WOOLWORTHS MT OMMANEY

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Decent colour - minor neck damage. Kids packs at $2.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers $5.90/kg and Red Tips $5.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg.

  • Kids packs at $2.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers at $5.90/kg. Red Tipped at $5.50/kg.

  • Organic at $6.00/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • Greenskins loose Shepard Avocados priced at 89c ea.

  • 1kg prepacks on special at $3.99ea and 5 piece packs at $4.99ea.

  • Decent damage in some prepacks this week across Woolworths, Coles and Aldi.

ALDI MT OMMANEY

  • Green skins Shepard priced at 89c each.

  • 5 piece prepacks at $4.99ea and 1kg for $3.99ea.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Greenskins loose Count 23 Shepard Avocados priced at 89c ea.

  • 1kg prepacks on special at $3.99ea and 5 piece packs at $4.99ea. Gmax 3 piece packs also included in this week’s display priced at $5.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Count 20 Hass Avocados - ticketed at $1.30 ea, multiple growers.

  • Prepacks: 1kg $5.50ea and 5 piece packs $6.00ea.

  • Decent damage in some prepacks this week across Woolworths, Coles and Aldi.

COLES MT OMMANEY

  • Count 20 loose Shepard Avos and Hass from multiple growers - $1.30 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.00ea.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Count 20 loose Hass Avos - $1.30 ea.

  • Avocado Prepacks at this store: 1kg at $5.50ea. Organic avos at $4.00ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • Count 20 Greenskin avocados priced at $1.20ea .

  • Prepacks: 5 piece prepack $5.50ea and 1kg prepack at $5.00ea.

  • Decent damage in some prepacks this week across Woolworths, Coles and Aldi.

WOOLWORTHS MT OMMANEY

  • Greenskin Shepards Ct 23 ticketed at $1.20ea.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at $4.00ea. 5 piece packs at $5.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Greenskin Count 25 Shepard priced at $1.20ea. Packed 30th April, fruit aged 16 days.

  • 5 piece prepacks at $5.50ea.

 

Retail Market Week 21 - 2024

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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 13.1 - 21.3 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 22.0 - 27.5 C. There has been a slight decrease in terms of rainfall across the regions of Mareeba and Walkamin with falls of 0mm - 2.6mm; and also a slight decrease in the level of rain falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 30.4mm - 42.6mm 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 20, 2024 - The industry saw a 34.28% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 529,201 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 150,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 19, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 475,321 tray equivalents along with 25,301 Shepard tray equivalents together with 28,579 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. Whilst the total harvest is significantly up on the week prior there are approximately 140K of this which are either bulks/processing fruit and another 65K that were exported, leaving a balance of some 325K tray equivalents for the Australian domestic market.

Production across the country as would be expected sees North QLD (mainly Hass) accounting for 57.91% of the total production volume this week, Central Queensland accounting for a further 41.55% (Shepard and hass), then trickles from Southen Queensland with hass supply accounting for 0.34%, Central NSW with 0.13% and finally Sunshine Coast for 0.06%.

·       It is forecast that a total of some 558,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 21) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass to contribute approximately 507,000 of this total whilst the Shepard variety expected to represent some 9,000 tray equivalents 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 $1.50ea and GMAX avos at $2.50ea.




















 

 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

STOCK IN STORES

QUICKLINKS

 

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • A display of Cavendish Bananas ticketed at $3.99/kg - some green fruit and some minor neck injuries.

  • Havana bananas at $4.99/kg.

ALDI MT OMMANEY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg - most 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 INDOOROOPILLY

  • 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 MT OMMANEY

  • 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 CARINDALE

  • 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 INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $2.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.50/kg and Lady Fingers at $5.90/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS MT OMMANEY

  • The display of Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Decent colour - minor neck damage. Kids packs at $2.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers $5.90/kg and Red Tips $5.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg.

  • Kids packs at $2.50ea.

  • Lady Fingers at $5.90/kg. Red Tipped at $5.50/kg.

  • Organic at $6.00/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • Count 23 Purpleskin loose Hass Avocados priced at $1.19 ea. Packed date 10th May, so fruit age is 13 days.

  • 1kg prepacks on special at $4.99ea and 5 piece packs at $5.49ea.

  • GMAX 3 piece packs at $5.79ea.

ALDI MT OMMANEY

  • The Strand Hass Avocados priced at $1.19 each. Packed date 5th May, so fruit age is 8 days from pack.

  • Hass 5 piece prepacks at $5.49ea. 1kg packs for $4.99ea (Aldi Super Savers). 3 piece GMAX avo packs at $5.79ea.

ALDI CARINDALE

  • The Strand loose Count 23/25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.19 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks on special at $4.99ea and 5 piece packs at $5.49ea. Gmax 3 piece packs also included in this week’s display priced at $5.79ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Count 20 Hass Avocados - ticketed at $1.30 ea, multiple growers. Packed dates between 10th and 13th May meaning fruit age is 10-13 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg $5.50ea and 5 piece packs $6.00ea. Organic at $4.00ea

COLES MT OMMANEY

  • Simpson Farms and Rockridge Count 23 loose Hass Avos - $1.30 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.50ea and 5 piece at $6.00ea. Organic avos at $2.00ea.

COLES CARINDALE

  • Loose Hass Avos - $1.30 ea.

  • Avocado Prepacks at this store: 1kg at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $6.00ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • Count 20 Purpleskin Hass avocados priced at $1.50ea . Greenskin GMAX avocados at $2.50ea. Some lenticel damage on the hass and Gmax. Fruit packed dates of 9th and 10th May so fruit age post is 13-14 days.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece prepack $5.50ea and 1kg prepack at $5.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS MT OMMANEY

  • Greenskin Shepards Ct 23 ticketed at $1.20ea.

  • 1kg Odd Bunch at $4.00ea. 5 piece packs at $5.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Purpleskin Count 23 Hass priced at $1.50ea. Count 16 Greenskin GMAX avocados at $2.50ea.

  • 5 piece prepacks at $5.50ea. 1kg packs at $5.00ea.