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BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 25 were down by approximately 3,800 cartons on Week 24’s harvest at 478,000 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 13.5 - 20.0C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 21.8 - 26.1C. North Qld banana growing regions experienced another relatively dry week with falls as follows: Mareeba receiving 2.0mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 6.2mm; the coastal regions saw more rain this week with Innisfail receiving a total of 34.4mm and South Johnston totaling 35.2mm across the week.

Banana displays have improved somewhat in terms of fruit quality - bloom is now mixed with still a percentage of brighter fruit but also a percentage of fruit with dulling bloom, there is also a presence of light skin marking, thrip damage, sap staining in some displays 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 $4.50-4.90/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 25, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 469,782 tray equivalents, approximately 58,000 more than the previous week.

Production across the country saw North Queensland maintain the lead with 50.32% of production with the principal variety being suppled, hass; Central Queensland accounted for 41.81% of the national production followed next by WA/NT for 2.75%; then Central NSW for 2.32%; then Southern QLD for 1.62%; then Sunshine Coast for 1.19% 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; whilst regions further south are slowly starting.

It is forecast that a total of some 449,754 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 26) nationally, with the majority of these being Hass! Total avocado production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within a similar range of 367K-414K tray equivalents per week.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw pricing as follows - Aldi with Hass retailng at $1.99ea whilst GMAX were at $2.49 each; Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $2.20 each; and Woolworths were retailing Hass at $2.00 each 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

🥑Avocados at Aldi

🍌Bananas at Coles

🥑Avocados at Coles

🍌Bananas at Woolworths

🥑Avocados at Woolworths

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI LOGANHOLME

Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg - some light skin marking and neck injuries noted.
Havana bananas - priced at $6.99/kg a few clusters found with sooty mould.

ALDI COORPAROO

Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg - not a lot of yellow throughout this display!
Havana bananas - priced at $6.99/kg.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Some very dull clusters, odd finger found with splitting peel.
Havana bananas at $6.99/kg.

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES LOGANHOLME

Cavendish on display $4.50/k - fruit with mixed bloom; little sap staining and thrip damage found. Kids packs at $4.50ea.
Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

COLES COORPAROO

Cavendish on display $4.90/kg and Kids Bananas packs $4.90ea.
Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.

COLES GARDEN CITY

Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.
Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS LOGANHOLME

Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg- mixed bloom throughout clusters on display - light skin marking, Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.50/kg on special. Organic at $6.50/kg. Ladyfingers at $9/kg - appear to be carried fruit from day prior, quite a deal of skin marking visible.

WOOLWORTHS COORPAROO

Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg. Organic at $6.90/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI