Retail Market Week 48 - 2025
/QUICKLINKS
BANANA OVERVIEW
🍌SUPPLY UPDATE
National Banana transport figures for week 47 we are waiting on. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 17.6 - 23.5C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 31.0 - 37.6C, indicates that summer is fast approaching!! North Qld banana growing regions experienced little to no rain fall this week: Mareeba receiving 0mm for the week and Walkamin with 0mm; with the coastal regions also experienced minimal rain - Innisfail receiving a total of a 0mm and South Johnston receiving 0mm 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 $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/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 47, 2025 - The industry experienced an overall 4.92% decrease in production on the previous week’s harvest with this weeks total of 579,339 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 30,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 46, 2025 production.
Production across the country saw WA/NT growing the lead - accounting for 90.11% of the national production, followed by NZ accounting for 5.55% ; Central NSW for 2.91% and Tristate 1.42% of the total production for the week.
· It is forecast that a total of some 552,000 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 48) 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 561K-579K 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 $1.59 each; Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at 2 for $3.00; and Woolworths were retailing Hass at $1.80ea.
AVOCADO SNAPSHOT
Left to Right: Woolworths Hass; Aldi Hass and Coles Hass Avocados in Queensland stores
STOCK IN STORES
QUICKLINKS
BANANAS AT ALDI
ALDI KENMORE
Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg. Some green in colour, but most clean.
Havana bananas at $4.49/kg.
ALDI GARDEN CITY
Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg.
Havanas bananas at $4.49/kg.
ALDI INDOOROOPILLY
Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg.
Havana bananas in stock at $4.49/kg.
BANANAS AT COLES
COLES KENMORE
Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.
Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg.
COLES GARDEN CITY
Cavendish on display $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $4.00ea.
Red Tipped at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.
COLES INDOOROOPILLY
Cavendish at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $4.00ea.
Red Tips at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.
BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS
WOOLWORTHS KENMORE
Cavendish priced at $4.00-4.30/kg? Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.
WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY
Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.
WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY
Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg and Red Tipped bananas at $5.50/kg on special. Organic at $5.90/kg.
AVOCADOS AT ALDI
ALDI KENMORE
Ct 23 Hass ticketed at $1.59ea.
1kg prepacks at $3.99ea. 5 piece packs at $4.99ea.
ALDI GARDEN CITY
Ct 23/25 Hass ticketed at $1.59ea.
1kg packs at $3.99ea. 5 piece packs at $4.99ea.
ALDI INDOOROOPILLY
Ct 23/25 Hass ticketed at $1.59ea.
5 piece prepacks at $4.99ea. 1kg packs on special $3.99ea.
AVOCADOS AT COLES
COLES KENMORE
Ct 20 Hass Avocados priced at 2 for $3.00.
Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $5.90ea.
COLES GARDEN CITY
Hass Avocados Ct23 priced 2 for $3.00 - Avocado Collective.
Prepacks: 1kg and 5 piece packs at $5.90ea.
COLES INDOOROOPILLY
Hass Avocados priced 2 for $3.00
Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $5.90ea. Organic at $4.50ea.
AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS
WOOLWORTHS KENMORE
Hass Ct 20 priced $1.80ea.
Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.90ea. 5 piece packs at $5.90ea.
WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY
Ct 23 Hass priced at $1.80ea supplied by Avocado Collective and Aus-avo.
Prepacks: 1kg and 5 piece packs at $5.90ea.
WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY
Ct 25 Hass priced $1.80ea supplied by Avocado Collective.
Prepacks: 5 piece packs and 1kg packs at $5.90ea.
