Retail Market Week 27 - 2025
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BANANA OVERVIEW
🍌SUPPLY UPDATE
National Banana transport figures for week 26 were down again on last week with a total of 385,000 cartons harvested for North Qld which is a further 7.67% reduction in volume on the week prior or 32,000 ctns fewer. Temperatures in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 10.6 - 18.5C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 20.3 - 29.1C. Rainfall in North Qld banana growing regions this week were as follows: Mareeba receiving 0mm for the week; Innisfail receiving a total of a 49.8mm and South Johnston receiving 40.2mm throughout the week.
Banana Quality was on a par with last week, minimal skin marking; a presence of light rub and a few clusters with minor neck damage; a little sooty mould found on a few lines of ladyfingers. We did experience the first of the 10C mornings experienced this week in the far north, so if the chills of the winds recently experienced in SE Qld reach north we will start to see some chill affected fruit which is associated with the dull, greying underpeel. Will keep you updated in this regard. What we saw on shelves this week was still presenting well in terms of bloom and colour.
Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas were relatively stable as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $4.49/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.50/kg in the stores visited.
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BANANA SNAPSHOT
Left to Right: Aldi; Coles and Woolworths Cavendish Displays
AVOCADO OVERVIEW
🥑SUPPLY UPDATE
In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows:
· Week 26, 2025 - The industry experienced an overall 10.36% decrease in production on the previous week’s harvest with this weeks total of 385,694 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 45,000 fewer tray equivalents) on Week 25, 2025 production.
Production across the country saw Central Queensland maintain the lead in production with an increasing number of NQ Farms having finished their harvest for this year - Central Qld accounted for 52.74% of the total volume, followed by North Queensland accounting for 34.0%, then Southern Queensland for 6.35%, Central NSW for just 3.98%; Sunshine Coast for 1.07% and finally TNR at 1.02% of the total production for the week.
· It is forecast that a total of some 347,966 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 27) nationally, with the majority of these of course being Hass! Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 320K-357K tray equivalents per week, which would further support the notion that supply is continuing to tighten.
In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw a few varied offerings in terms of pricing this week as follows - Aldi’s Hass at $1.29-$1.49each; Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos priced at 2 for $3.50, and Woolworths Qld with GMAX at $2.50ea and Hass at $1.50ea.
AVOCADO SNAPSHOT
Left to Right: Woolworths Hass; Woolworths GMAX; 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 $4.49/kg. Mostly good colour and clean fruit, some with bruising.
Havana bananas art $3.99/kg.
ALDI GARDEN CITY
Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg.
Havanas at $3.99/kg.
ALDI MOUNT OMMANEY
Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/k - majority of stock on display somewhat backward with still a way to ripen.
Havanas at $3.99/kg.
BANANAS AT COLES
COLES CARINDALE
Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.
COLES GARDEN CITY
Cavendish on display $3.99/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.
Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg. All needing a refill!
COLES MOUNT OMMANEY
Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.
Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.
BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS
WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE
Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea.
Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg, Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Organic at $6.50ea.
WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY
Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea.
Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg, Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Organic at $6.50ea.
WOOLWORTHS MOUNT OMMANEY
Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea.
Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg, Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Organic at $6.50ea.
AVOCADOS AT ALDI
ALDI CARINDALE
Ct 23 Hass at $1.49ea. Good clean avocados and consistently sized.
1kg prepacks at $4.49 and 5 piece Shepard prepacks at $4.49ea, and 3 piece GMAX at $5.99ea.
ALDI GARDEN CITY
Ct 23/25 Hass at $1.29ea. Supplied by Avo Collective note grower applied pack date of 10th June, yet White label over top states packed date of 21st June. Stock is actually 22 days old.
1kg prepacks at $4.49 and 5 piece Hass prepacks at $4.49ea.
ALDI MOUNT OMMANEY
Ct 23/25 Hass at $1.29ea. Stock supplied by Greenskins with packed dates of 24th and 26th June so fruit age ranging 6 to 8 days - still very firm.
1kg prepacks at $4.49 and 5 piece Hass prepacks at $4.49ea - some very small pieces within these packs, and 3 piece GMAX at $5.99ea.
AVOCADOS AT COLES
COLES CARINDALE
Ct 23-25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.50ea.
Prepacks: 5 piece $5.50ea and 1kg $4.90ea.
COLES GARDEN CITY
Ct 23-25 Hass Avocados priced at 2 for $3.50ea. Fruit supplied by Simpsons; Costa and Freshmax (Ferraro’s) with packed dates of 19th/20th June so fruit age is 12-13 days.
1kg prepack at $4.90ea. 5 piece packs at $5.50ea. Organic avocado at $3.90ea.
COLES MOUNT OMMANEY
Ct 20 Hass Avocados priced at 2 for $3.50. A few different lines on display, main line was supplied by Costa - Golden Triangle packed 25th June so fruit age is 7 days old, little nodule damage showing up; also some Touchwood Hass from Murray Brothers.
1kg prepack at $4.90ea. 5 piece packs at $5.50ea. Organic avocado at $3.90ea.
AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS
WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE
Ct 20-25 Hass priced $1.50ea supplied by Simpsons and Greenskins (Packed 17th June so fruit age is 15 days). Greenskins Gmax in Count 14 at $2.50ea - presenting better this week, not as much breakdown, just the odd piece with bruising or body rot.
Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.50ea.
WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY
Ct 18- 20 Hass grown by Simpson Farms and Greenskins priced $1.50ea (Packed 17th June so fruit age is 15 days). Also some hass supplied by Avo Collective with the same labelling practises. Greenskins Ct 18 GMAX priced at $2.50ea.
Prepacks: 1kg packs at $4.50ea. 5 piece packs at $5.00ea.
WOOLWORTHS MOUNT OMMANEY
Ct 23- 25 Hass supplied by Simpson Farms (Packed 23rd June) and Avo Collective Farms priced $1.50ea. Note Avo Collective labelling, grower applied pink label states packed on date of 3rd June which would make the fruit 28 days old, fruit has been re-labelled with packed date of 10th June so fruit age adjusted to 21 days. Greenskins Ct 18 GMAX priced at $2.50ea - 2 different packed dates on display 12th June and 17th June with the 12th stock exhibiting the worst of the breakdown, rot and bruising.
Some questionable fruit on display at this store!
Prepacks: 1kg packs at $4.50ea. 5 piece packs at $5.00ea.
