Retail Market Week 50 - 2025
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BANANA OVERVIEW
🍌SUPPLY UPDATE
National Banana transport figures for week 49 were 533,942 cartons sent, a 10,000 carton increase on week 48. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 16.1 - 25.0C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 27.6 - 33.1C, indicates that summer is fast approaching!! North Qld banana growing regions experienced little to no rain fall this week: Mareeba receiving 0.6mm for the week and Walkamin with 0.2mm; with the coastal regions experiencing slightly more rain - Innisfail receiving a total of a 15.4mm and South Johnston receiving 10.2mm 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 $3.49/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $3.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $3.50/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 49, 2025 - The industry experienced an overall 22.13% increase in production on the previous week’s harvest with this weeks total of 664,599 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 50,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 48, 2025 production.
Production across the country saw WA/NT growing the lead - accounting for 91.64% of the national production, followed by NZ accounting for 4.24% ; Central NSW for 2.14% and Tristate 1.98% of the total production for the week.
· It is forecast that a total of some 624,000 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 50) 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 492K-620K 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 $2.00ea.
AVOCADO SNAPSHOT
Left to Right: Woolworths Hass; Aldi Hass and Coles Hass Avocados in Queensland stores
STOCK IN STORES
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BANANAS AT ALDI
ALDI SPRINGFIELD
Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.49/kg. Some green in colour, but most clean.
Havana bananas at $4.49/kg.
ALDI BROWNS PLAINS
Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.49/kg.
Havanas bananas at $4.49/kg.
ALDI BOONDAL
Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.49/kg.
Havana bananas in stock at $4.49/kg.
BANANAS AT COLES
COLES SPRINGFIELD
Cavendish at $3.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.
COLES BROWNS PLAINS
Cavendish at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $4.00ea.
Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.
COLES BOONDAL
Cavendish on display $3.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tipped at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.
BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS
WOOLWORTHS SPRINGFIELD
Cavendish priced at $3.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.
WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS
Cavendish priced at $3.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg.
WOOLWORTHS TAIGUM
Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg.
AVOCADOS AT ALDI
ALDI SPRINGFIELD
Ct 25 Hass ticketed at $1.59ea.
1kg prepacks at $5.29ea. 5 piece packs at $5.29ea.
ALDI BROWNS PLAINS
Ct 23/25 Hass ticketed at $1.59ea.
1kg packs at $5.29ea. 5 piece packs at $5.29ea.
ALDI BOONDAL
Ct 23/25 Hass ticketed at $1.59ea.
5 piece prepacks at $5.29ea. 1kg packs $5.29ea.
AVOCADOS AT COLES
COLES SPRINGFIELD
Ct 20-25 Hass Avocados priced at 2 for $3.00.
Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $6.50ea. 1kg packs fat $5.90ea. Organic at $4.50ea.
COLES BROWNS PLAINS
Ct 23 Hass Avocados priced at 2 for $3.50.
Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $5.90ea. 1kg packs fat $5.90ea.
COLES BOONDAL
Hass Avocados Ct23 priced 2 for $3.00.
No prepacks on display.
AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS
WOOLWORTHS SPRINGFIELD
Hass Ct 25 priced $2.00ea.
Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.90ea. 5 piece packs at $5.90ea.
WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS
Hass Ct 20-23 priced $2.00ea.
Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.90ea. 5 piece packs at $5.90ea. Organic at $4.00ea.
WOOLWORTHS TAIGUM
Ct 23 Hass priced at $2.00ea supplied by Avocado Collective and Aus-avo.
Prepacks: 1kg and 5 piece packs at $5.90ea. Organic avos at $4.00ea.
