Retail Market Week 25 - 2026
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Halfway through June already?! Closer to Christmas than the beginning of this year!
BANANA OVERVIEW
🍌SUPPLY UPDATE
National Banana transport figures for Week 24 were down by approximately 7,000 cartons on Week 23’s harvest at 482,000 cartons. Now that we have started winter, we can expect production to decline slightly as the temperatures cool and the hours of sunlight are less due to shorter days. Temperatures in the far north remain cooler with temps for last week early A.M. falling within a range of 14.9 - 21.0C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 22.5 - 26.4C. North Qld banana growing regions experienced another relatively dry week with falls as follows: Mareeba receiving 2.8mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 7.8mm; the coastal regions still had more significant falls this week with Innisfail receiving a total of 73.2mm and South Johnston totaling 90.6mm across the week.
Banana displays have improved somewhat in terms of fruit quality - bloom generally brighter, though odd display with a presence of slightly dull fruit, light skin marking, thrip damage, sap staining etc .
Queensland major retailers had bananas priced as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $4.49/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.50/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 24, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 411,358 tray equivalents, approximately 10,000 more than the previous week.
Production across the country saw North Queensland maintain the lead with 49.89% of production with the principal variety being suppled being hass; Central Queensland accounting for 44.19% of the national production followed next; then Southern QLD for 2.86%; then WA/NT for 1.44%; then Central NSW for 1.01%; then Sunshine Coast for 0.45% and TNR for 0.15% of the total production for the week. The preceding changing percentiles regarding region productivity, clearly demonstrates that a number of NQ Hass growers have either completed their hass season (smaller farms) or are coming closer to the end of production; the Central Qld region is now accounting for a stronger percentage and may well eclipse NQ next week; whilst regions further south are slowly starting.
It is forecast that a total of some 448,482 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 25) nationally, with the majority of these now being Hass! Total avocado production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within a similar range of 387K-452K tray equivalents per week.
In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw pricing as follows - Aldi with television advertising for Hass retailng at $1.19ea and featuring in their catalogue promotion whilst GMAX were at $2.49 each; Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $1.80 each; and Woolworths were retailing Hass at $1.20-$2.00 each depending upon store visit and Gmax Avo for $2.90/piece.
AVOCADO SNAPSHOT
Left to right: Woolworths GMAX Green skin; Woolworths Hass; Coles Hass; Aldi Hass and Aldi GMAX in Queensland stores
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BANANAS AT ALDI
ALDI BROWNS PLAINS
Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.
ALDI CARINDALE
Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.
Havana bananas - priced at $6.99/kg.
BANANAS AT COLES
COLES PARK RIDGE
Cavendish on display $4.90/kg.
Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.
COLES CARINDALE
Cavendish on display $4.50/kg and Kids Bananas packs $4.50ea.
Red Tips $4.90/kg on special. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.
BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS
WOOLWORTHS PARK RIDGE
Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.50/kg on special. Organic at $6.50/kg.
WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE
Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.50/kg on special. Lady fingers at $9.00/kg.
Organic at $6.00/kg.
AVOCADOS AT ALDI
ALDI BROWNS PLAINS
Ct 25 Hass shelf ticketed at $1.99ea but catalogue states $1.19ea - supplied by Purpleskin. GMAX ticketed at $2.49ea.
5 piece Hass packs at $5.99ea. 1kg prepacks at $5.49ea as ALDI SUPER SAVERS.
ALDI CARINDALE
Ct 23/25 Hass - ticketed at $1.19 each as ALDI SUPER SAVERS suppllied by Simpson Farms packed 10th June so fruit age was only 7 days - fruit quite firm. GMAX at $2.49 each.
1kg prepacks at $4.99ea. 5 piece Hass packs at $5.99ea.
AVOCADOS AT COLES
COLES PARK RIDGE
Ct 23/25 Hass - supplied by Avocado Collective packed 6th June and Costa Grower -Poggioli’s - Avocados priced at $1.80ea on special.
Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $6.90ea.
Organic at $3.50ea.
COLES CARINDALE
Ct20-23 Hass Avocados priced at $1.80ea - predominately Ferraro Farming (Freshmax); Costa supplied Jampi and Rockridge Kureen Farming. Common pack date of 1st-4th June so fruit age from date of pack is 13- 16 days. Stock had three locations in store including two tabletop one just beside entry and one in main walkway opposite first end.
Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $6.90ea.
Organic at $3.50ea.
AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS
WOOLWORTHS PARK RIDGE
Hass Ct 20/23 priced at $2.00 each. Ct16/18 GMAX at $2.90ea.
Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $5.90ea.
WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE
HASS Ct 20 priced at $1.20 each, despite confusing bin signage being supplied by Avocado Collective packed 4th June so fruit is 13 days old and Simpson Farms also packed 4th June. Ct18 Greensksins GMAX at $2.90 each packed 9th June so fruit age is 8 days from pack.
Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea. 5 piece packs at $5.50ea on special.
Organic at $3.60ea.
