Retail Market Week 19 - 2025

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BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for week 18 were up by approximately 75,000 cartons from week 17. Week 18 saw 444,722 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. Overnight and early morning temps are starting to fall, if temps fall below 10C we expect to see dulling of the fruit colour as the sub-epidermal layer of the skin is impacted by temporary cessations of sap flow when the ambient temperature is cold. 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 which is again minimal.

Quality is somewhat varied both in terms of fruit colour and degree of skin marking, also still seeing some dull fruit; as seen on shelves this week.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas remained fairly 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 18, 2025 - The industry experienced an overall 62.01% increase in production on the previous week’s harvest with this weeks healthy total of 621,267 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 238,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 17, 2025 production.

Production across the country saw NQ still confidently leading in production - accounting for 68.96% of the total volume, followed by Central Queensland accounting for 30.45%, then Central NSW for just 0.55% and a very early trickle from Tristates accounting for just 0.04% of the total production for the week.

·      It is forecast that a total of some 470,000 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 19) 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 512K-525K 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 Shepard at $1.99each and Hass at $1.79each as a Catalogue promo line;  Coles Qld stores visited continued with their multi-buy offer of Shepard avos 2 for $4.00ea, and Woolworths Qld with Shepard at $2.00ea and Hass at $2.30ea. Woolies also had a late week promo of Hass at $1.80 ea in some areas.


















 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

STOCK IN STORES

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BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Needed restocking. Some green fruit and otherwise ripe fruit found with bronzing.

  • Havana Bananas also $4.49/kg.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Havanas at $4.49/kg.

  • Lots of green fruit here. But probably the cleanest fruit this week!!

ALDI CARINDALE

  • 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 $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $6.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

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

  • Some serious bronzing on Cavendish.

  • Lady Fingers $6.90/kg. Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

COLES CARINDALE

  • 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 $3.50ea.

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

  • Almost all varieties needing restocking - perhaps awaiting the arrival of a truck.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

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

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg, Lady Fingers at $7.00/kg. Organic at $6.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

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

  • Lady Fingers at $7.00/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Count 25 Hass Avocados, priced at $1.79 each.

  • Prepacks also on display - 1kg packs on special at $5.79ea. 5 pack $6.49ea.

  • Some questionable quality in the prepacks this week.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Ct 23/25 Hass back at $1.79ea. Seem to be selling well or perhaps just not restocked at time of visit.

  • 1kg prepacks Aldi Super Savers at $5.79 and 5 piece prepacks at $6.49ea.

ALDI CARINDALE

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

  • Prepacks also on display - 1kg packs at $5.79ea as Aldi Super Savers.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Ct 23 Hass Avocados - ticketed $2.00ea.

  • 1kg prepacks on display for $6.50ea. 5 piece packs on display but no price signage.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Ct 20-23 Hass Avocados priced at $2.00ea.

  • 1kg prepack at $6.50ea.

  • Organic at $3.90ea.

COLES CARINDALE

  • Ct 20-23 Hass Avocados - $2.00ea.

  • 1kg packs at $6.50ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Ct 25 Hass avos priced at $1.80ea and GMAX grown and supplied by Greenskin Avo priced at $2.90ea.

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

  • Some VERY uneven sizing in prepacks again this week.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Ct 25 Hass were well stocked, priced $1.80ea. Ct 18 GMAX priced at $2.90ea.

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

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Hass Ct25 on display priced at $1.80ea on special were on one side of the A frame display. On the other side, Ct 18 GMAX priced at $2.90ea.

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