Retail Market Week 18 - 2025

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QUICKLINKS

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for week 17 were down by approximately 56,000 cartons from week 16. Week 17 saw 369,829 cartons sent from North Queensland. Temperatures in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 13.3 - 22.4C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 23.3 - 30.7C. Rainfall in North Qld banana growing regions this week was as follows: Mareeba receiving 0.4mm for the week; and Innisfail receiving a total of a 1.6mm, so minimal, which is great to allow for some wetter patches to dry out around the district.

A slight improvement in Banana quality in most stores though still seeing variance in fruit colour and degree of skin marking, also seeing some dull fruit; a little sooty mould and minor skin marking including neck injuries on shelves this week.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas were stable as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $4.49/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.50-4.90/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.50-4.90/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 17, 2025 - The industry experienced an overall 26.01% decrease in production on the previous week’s harvest with this weeks total of 383,287 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 117,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 16, 2025 production. Hass accounted for a total of 333k tray equivalents; Shepard for 34K tray equivalents and the balance was other varieties.

Production across the country saw NQ still confidently leading production - accounting for 65.56% of the total volume, followed by Central Queensland accounting for 33.39%, then Central NSW for just 0.87% and Sunshine Coast for just 0.18% of the total production for the week.

·      It is forecast that a total of some 529,000 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 18) nationally, with the majority of these now being Hass!! Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 529K-535K tray equivalents per week.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week we saw some great offers for customers with pricing as follows - Aldi’s offered varietals at differing pricepoints: Shepard at $1.99each and Hass at $1.79each;  Coles Qld stores visited had a multi-buy offer with Shepard avos priced at 2 for $4.00ea, and Woolworths Qld with Shepard at $2.00ea and Hass at $2.30ea.
















 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

STOCK IN STORES

QUICKLINKS

 

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. A little sooty mould found on a few clusters of cavs.

  • Havana Bananas also $4.49/kg.

ALDI KENMORE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Havanas at $4.49/kg.

ALDI FAIRFIELD

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Mix of ripeness.

  • Havana bananas also at $4.49/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish at $4.90/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $5.90/kg on special.

COLES KENMORE

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

  • Lady Fingers $6.90/kg. Red Tips at $5.90/kg.

COLES FAIRFIELD

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

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $6.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $7.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

  • Red Tips, Lady Fingers and Organics needed restocking.

WOOLWORTHS KENMORE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg, Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS MOOROOKA

  • Cavendish priced at $4.90/kg. Kids packs $3.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $7.00/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Count 23/25 Shepard Avocados, on special, priced at $1.99 each.

  • Prepacks also on display - 1kg packs $6.49ea. 5 pack $6.49ea.

ALDI KENMORE

  • Ct 23/25 Shepard Avocados for $1.99 each. Ct 25 Hass back at $1.79ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $6.79 and 5 piece prepacks at $6.49ea.

ALDI FAIRFIELD

  • Ct 25 Shepard Avocados, priced at $1.99 each. Hass at $1.79ea.

  • Prepacks also on display - 1kg packs at $6.4=79ea, 5pk at $6.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Ct 25 Shepard Avocados - ticketed $2.00ea.

  • No prepacks on display here.

COLES KENMORE

  • Ct 23-25 Shepard Avocados priced at $2.00ea/2 for $4.00.

  • 5 piece prepack at $6.90ea and 1kg prepack at $6.50ea.

COLES FAIRFIELD

  • Ct 20-23 Shepard Avocados - $2.00ea, packed 10th - 14th April, 9-13 days old.

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

  • Organic variety at $4.80ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Ct 25 Shepard avos grown and supplied by Greenskin Avo priced at $2.00ea.

  • 1kg prepack at $6.90ea and 5 piece prepacks at $6.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS KENMORE

  • Greenskins Shepards Ct 25 Shepard were well stocked, priced $2.00ea. Ct 20 Hass back in stock, priced at $2.30ea.

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

WOOLWORTHS MOOROOKA

  • Greenskins Shepards Ct25 on display priced at $2.00ea were on the the A frame display. Ct 20 Hass also available now, priced at $2.30ea.

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