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Well hello May the last official month of Autumn!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 18 were just over 467,000 cartons which was a decrease of some 35,000 on Week 17 harvest. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 15.4 - 22.8C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 26.3 - 29.3C with varying degrees of humidity. North Qld banana growing regions experienced rainfalls as follows: Mareeba receiving 1.8mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 2.1mm; the coastal regions had a lighter fall this week with Innisfail having falls totaling 49.4mm and South Johnston totaling 41.0mm across the week.

We are seeing the impact of the wet, humid weather throughout a number of Banana displays with a continued presence of sooty/blotchy mould present, somewhat dull fruit, light skin marking, thrip damage, sap staining etc - we can say that colour of fruit across the board seemed to be hitting the mark.

Queensland major retailers had bananas priced as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.69/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $3.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $1.50-4.00/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 18, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 441,003 tray equivalents, approximately 58,000 less than the previous week.

Production across the country saw North Queensland maintain the lead with 66.31% (Hass approx 248K tray equivalents and shepards approx 66k tray equivalents) of production; followed by Central Queensland accounting for 26.12% of the national production; then WA/NT accounting for 6.35%; then Sunshine Coast for 0.50%; then Central NSW for 0.49% and Southern QLD for 0.22% of the total production for the week. The other interesting point worth noting about Week 18’s national harvest is that of the 441003 tray equivalents, just over 197,000 of these were in the form of bulks for prepacking or for processing etc for food service which puts standard trays of premium quality under pressure in terms of volume available.

It is forecast that a total of some 422,437 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 19) nationally, with the majority of these now being Hass! Total avocado production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 428K-444K tray equivalents per week. As touted by a number of growers from various farms in the far north whilst they are only at early stages of their 2026 hass harvest their trees seem lighter in numbers than first thought.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw Shepard pricing as follows - Aldi had Shepard’s at $1.49 each; Coles Qld stores visited had Shepard avos at $2.50 each; and Woolworths were retailing Shepards at $1.50 each.

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

ABOVE: Right to left: Independent at Stafford had large Hass 2 for $6 or $3.99 ea; Independent at Lutwyche centre had Hass 2 for $3 and Shepards at just $0.99ea.

TOPLINE Right to left: Woolworths Shepards; Coles Hass and Aldi Hass Avocados in Queensland stores

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🍌Bananas at Aldi

🥑Avocados at Aldi

🍌Bananas at Coles

🥑Avocados at Coles

🍌Bananas at Woolworths

🥑Avocados at Woolworths

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI LUTWYCHE

Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.69/kg.
Havana bananas - priced at $4.99/kg.

ALDI STAFFORD

Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.69/kg. Sooty mould/blotchy mould present on some clusters.
Havanas bananas at $4.99/kg.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.69/kg.
Havanas bananas at $4.99/kg.

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES LUTWYCHE

Cavendish at $1.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea. Fruit had good colour (though some clusters had dull bloom), some clusters found with neck injuries and a few with minor marking.
Red Tips at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

COLES KEDRON

Cavendish on display $4.00/kg and Kids Bananas packs $4.00ea.
Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

COLES GARDEN CITY

Cavendish on display $3.50/kg and Kids Bananas packs $3.50ea.
Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg a number of clusters with sooty/blotchy mould.

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS LUTWYCHE

Cavendish priced at $3.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea. Minimal marking this week though still a few findings of sooty/blotchy mould.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

WOOLWORTHS STAFFORD

Cavendish priced at $3.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

Cavendish priced at $3.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI