Retail Market Week 47 - 2025
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BANANA OVERVIEW
🍌SUPPLY UPDATE
National Banana transport figures for week 46 were 519,688 cartons which was almost 34,000 less than the week prior. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 17.6 - 23.0C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 28.7 - 34.9C, indicates that summer is fast approaching!! North Qld banana growing regions experienced a bit more rain fall this week: Mareeba receiving 21.8mm for the week and Walkamin with 62.4mm; with the coastal regions also experienced some showers - Innisfail receiving a total of a 35.2mm and South Johnston receiving 41mm throughout the week.
Banana bloom varied across displays, noted a little sap staining and light skin marking present in a few displays.
Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas found as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $4.29/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.30/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg.
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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 46, 2025 - The industry experienced an overall 6.61% increase in production on the previous week’s harvest with this weeks total of 609,327 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 40,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 45, 2025 production.
Production across the country saw WA/NT growing the lead - accounting for 90.22% of the national production, followed by NZ accounting for 5.13% ; Central NSW for 2.55% and Tristate 5.10% of the total production for the week.
· It is forecast that a total of some 561,000 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 47) 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 537K-561K tray equivalents per week.
In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw pricing at - Aldi’s Hass at 99c each; Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $1.30ea; and Woolworths were retailing Hass at $1.80ea.
AVOCADO SNAPSHOT
Left to Right: Woolworths Hass; Aldi Hass and Coles Hass Avocados in Queensland stores
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BANANAS AT ALDI
ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS
Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.29/kg. Most green in colour, but most clean.
Havana bananas at $4.99/kg.
ALDI GARDEN CITY
Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.29/kg.
Havanas bananas at $4.99/kg.
ALDI CARINDALE
Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.29/kg.
Havana bananas in stock at $4.99/kg.
BANANAS AT COLES
COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS
Cavendish at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $4.30ea.
Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg.
COLES GARDEN CITY
Cavendish on display $4.30/kg. Kids packs at $4.30ea.
Red Tipped at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.
COLES CARINDALE
Cavendish at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $4.00ea.
Red Tips at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg.
BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS
WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS
Cavendish priced at $4.30/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg on special and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.
WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY
Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.50/kg on special and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.
WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE
Cavendish priced at $4.30/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg and Red Tipped bananas at $5.50/kg on special. Organic at $6.50/kg.
AVOCADOS AT ALDI
ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS
Ct 23 Hass ticketed at 99C each.
1kg prepacks at $4.49ea. 5 piece packs at $4.99ea.
ALDI GARDEN CITY
Ct 23/25 Hass ticketed at $1.29ea supplied by Avocado Collective.
1kg packs at $3.99ea. 5 piece packs at $3.99ea.
ALDI CARINDALE
Ct 23/25 Hass ticketed at 99c each supplied by Avocado Collective.
5 piece prepacks at $4.99ea.
AVOCADOS AT COLES
COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS
Ct 20 Hass Avocados priced at $1.50ea.
Prepacks: 1kg $4.50ea and 5 piece packs at $4.50ea.
COLES GARDEN CITY
Hass Avocados Ct23 priced at $1.30ea - mix of Costa Avos and Avocado Collective.
Prepacks: 1kg $4.90ea.
COLES CARINDALE
Hass Avocados priced at $1.30ea.
Prepacks: 1kg $4.50ea and 5 piece packs at $4.50ea.
AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS
WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS
Hass Ct 25 priced $1.80ea.
Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.00ea. 5 piece packs at $4.50ea on special.
WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY
Ct 23 Hass priced at $1.80ea supplied by Avocado Collective and Costa’s.
Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.50ea.
WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE
Ct 25 Hass priced $1.80ea supplied by Avocado Collective.
Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.50ea on special.
