Retail Market Week 27 - 2026

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🍌BANANA OVERVIEW
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Happy Christmas in July!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 26 were down by approximately 4,300 cartons on Week 25’s harvest at 473,950 cartons. Now that we are well and truly into 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 12.6 - 18.6C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 21.8 - 26.2C. North Qld banana growing regions experienced another relatively dry week with falls as follows: Mareeba receiving 0mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 1.0mm; the coastal regions saw more rain this week with Innisfail receiving a total of 3.0mm and South Johnston totaling 6.8mm 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 and light neck damage 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 26, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 503,204 tray equivalents, approximately 33,000 more than the previous week.

Production across the country saw North Queensland maintain the lead with 52.16% of production with the principal variety being suppled, hass; Central Queensland accounted for 37.33% of the national production followed next by Southern QLD for 4.57%; then WA/NT for 2.69%; then Central NSW for 1.79%; then Sunshine Coast for 0.78%; then TNR for 0.65% 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 ( we expect our own farms to have steady production through until early August) ; the Central Qld region is also seeing a few growers complete their harvest with more major growers expected to complete harvest in late July; whilst regions further south are slowly on the increase.

 It is forecast that a total of some 413,745 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 27) 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 371K-401K 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 $1.49ea whilst GMAX were at $2.49 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $1.50 each; and Woolworths were retailing Hass at $1.50 each and Gmax Avo for $2.90/piece. Independents in the centres visited were selling larger hass 2 fo $6 and 2 for $7 - using count 14/16/18 in displays.
















kenmore independent - multi buy deals with larger fruit 2 for $6

 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

Left to right: Woolworths GMAX Green skin; Woolworths Hass; Coles Hass; Aldi Hass and Aldi GMAX in Queensland stores

Congratulations RER Rural

We are very proud to share the news that one of our growers, RER Rural, took out top honour’s at the recent Atherton Tableland Agricultural Show with first place in the Commercial Produce category with his tray of Ct 20 Premium Hass packed by Rock Ridge Packhouse.

STOCK IN STORES

QUICKLINKS

🍌Bananas at Aldi
🥑Avocados at Aldi
🍌Bananas at Coles
🥑Avocados at Coles
🍌Bananas at Woolworths
🥑Avocados at Woolworths
 

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg - some light skin marking and neck injuries noted. Majority of the display was backward in condition.

  • Havana bananas - priced at $7.99/kg. Good quality this week.

ALDI KENMORE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg - again, not a lot of yellow throughout this display!

  • Havana bananas - priced at $7.99/kg.

ALDI WEST END

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Some quite dull clusters..

  • Havana bananas at $7.99/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg - fruit with mixed bloom. Kids packs at $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

COLES KENMORE

  • Cavendish on display $4.90/kg and Kids Bananas packs $4.90ea.

  • Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

COLES WEST END

  • Cavendish on display $4.90/kg. Kids packs at $4.90ea.

  • Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg- mixed bloom throughout clusters on display - light skin marking, Kids packs at $3.50ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg. Ladyfingers at $9.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS KENMORE

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

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg. Organic at $6.00/kg. Ladyfingers at $9.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS WEST END

  • 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 $6.00/kg.

HARRIS FARM WEST END

  • Cavendish priced at $4.99/kg. Plantain bananas at $9.99/kg. Hand Eco bananas at $7.99/kg.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $6.99/kg. Organic at $7.99/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • Ct 25 Hass shelf ticketed at $1.49ea - packed 12th June. Ct 23/25 GMAX ticketed at $2.49ea packed 18th June.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.99ea and 1kg prepacks at $4.99ea on promo this week.

ALDI KENMORE

  • Ct 23 Hass - ticketed at $1.49 each.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.99ea. 1kg Avocado nets $4.99ea.

ALDI WEST END

  • Ct 23 Hass supplied by Greenskins shelf ticketed at $1.49ea. Ct 20 GMAX ticketed at $2.49ea.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.99ea. 1kg prepacks at $4.99ea on special.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Ct 23/25 Hass - priced at $1.50ea - packed from 17th - 22nd June Rockridge and Costa fruit.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $6.90ea.

  • Organic avocados at $3.50ea.

COLES KENMORE

  • Ct 20-23 Hass Avocados priced at $1.50ea on special and featured on front of store signage. Fruit from Simpson Farms; Costa (Golden Triangle), Kureen Farming,

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $6.90ea.

  • Organic avocados at $3.50ea.

COLES WEST END

  • Ct 23 Hass - priced at $1.50ea - supplied by Simpson’s and Rockridge.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $6.90ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • Hass Ct 20/23 on special for $1.50 each from Simpsons and Rock Ridge. Ct16/18 GMAX at $2.90ea packed 18th June - a few quality issues on some of the GMAX. Very neat display.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea. 5 piece packs at $6.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS KENMORE

  • HASS Ct 18/23 priced at $1.50 each on special supplied by Rockridge . Ct14 Greensksins GMAX at $2.90 each.

  • 1kg prepacks at $6.00ea.

  • Organic avocados at $3.60ea. Organic 550g packs at $7.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS WEST END

  • Hass Ct 20/23 priced at $1.50 each. Ct16/18 GMAX at $2.90ea supplied by Greenskins.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea. 5 piece packs at $6.90ea.

HARRIS FARM WEST END

  • Small Hass at 2 for $5.00. Large Hass at 2 for $7.00.

  • Small GMAX at 2 for $5.00. Large GMAX at 2 for $7.00.

 

Retail Market Week 26 - 2026

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🍌BANANA OVERVIEW
🥑AVOCADO OVERVIEW
👌STOCK IN STORES

Halfway through June already?! Closer to Christmas than the beginning of this year start working on those plans!

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

STOCK IN STORES

QUICKLINKS

🍌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

ALDI LOGANHOLME

  • Ct 25 Hass shelf ticketed at $1.79ea - supplied by Greenskin packed 12th June so fruit age from date of pack is 12 days old. Ct 20 GMAX ticketed at $2.49ea packed 9th June so fruit age is 15 days old.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.49ea as ALDI SUPER SAVERS in their catalogue. 1kg prepacks at $5.49ea -not all containing hass variety however, some packs only 4 avos to 7 avos/1kg pack.

ALDI COORPAROO

  • Ct 23 Hass - ticketed at $1.99 each supplied by Avocado Collective packed 12th June so fruit age is 12 days from pack. Ct 20 GMAX at $2.49 each.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.49ea on promo in catalogue. 1kg Avocado nets $5.49ea.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Ct 23 Hass supplied by Greenskins shelf ticketed at $1.79ea. Ct 20 GMAX ticketed at $2.49ea.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.49ea as ALDI SUPER SAVERS as featured in their catalogue. 1kg prepacks at $5.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES LOGANHOLME

  • Ct 23/25 Hass - priced at $2.20ea mix from Obie Farms packed 9th June supplied by Costas and Ct 20 Rockridge packed 12th June and Freshmax grower Ferraro packed 9th June - so fruit age ranging 12-15 days from date of pack.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $6.90ea.

COLES COORPAROO

  • Ct 20-23 Hass Avocados priced at $2.20ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $6.90ea.

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Ct 23/25 Hass - priced at $2.20ea - Obie Farms supplied by Costa’s and Rockridge. Fruit packed 9th to 12th June.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $6.90ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS LOGANHOLME

  • Hass Ct 20/23 priced at $2.00 each. Ct16/18 GMAX at $2.90ea some breakdown and bruising visible in stock packed 9th June. Very neat display. Fruit supplied by Avocado Collective packed 17th June; Simpsons packed 15th June and Rockridge packed 11th June.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $6.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS COORPAROO

  • HASS Ct 18/20/23 priced at $1.80 each supplied by Avocado Collective, Simpsons and Rockridge . Ct18 Greensksins GMAX at $2.90 each.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Hass Ct 20/23 priced at $2.00 each. Ct16/18 GMAX at $2.90ea supplied by Greenskins.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $6.90ea.

  • Organic avocados at $2.20ea.

 

Retail Market Week 25 - 2026

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🍌BANANA OVERVIEW
🥑AVOCADO OVERVIEW
👌STOCK IN STORES

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

STOCK IN STORES

QUICKLINKS

🍌Bananas at Aldi
🥑Avocados at Aldi
🍌Bananas at Coles
🥑Avocados at Coles
🍌Bananas at Woolworths
🥑Avocados at Woolworths
 

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.

 

Retail Market Week 24 - 2026

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🍌BANANA OVERVIEW
🥑AVOCADO OVERVIEW
👌STOCK IN STORES

Well hello May the last official month of Autumn!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 23 were approximately 489,000 cartons which saw a 14,000 carton increase on the week prior. Temperatures in the far north have been a touch cooler with temps for last week early A.M. falling within a range of 8.5 - 20.1C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 22.6 - 29.6C. With temperatures in some regions dropping below 10C we can expect to see the impact of this through fruit with a dull bloom as a result of the temporary cessation of sap flow resulting in greying of the sub-epidermal layer. North Qld banana growing regions experienced another relatively dry week on the Tablelands which has been great with only falls as follows: Mareeba receiving 0mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 4.8mm; the coastal regions had more significant falls this week with Innisfail receiving a total of 24.2mm and South Johnston totaling 29.2mm across the week.

Banana displays have improved somewhat in terms of fruit quality - whilst bloom is generally still on the bright side, their were a couple of displays whereby we saw fruit with a somewhat dull bloom, there was also a presence of 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 23, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 400,914 tray equivalents, approximately 34,000 less than the previous week.

Production across the country saw North Queensland maintain the lead with 57.02% of production with the principal variety being suppled being hass; Central Queensland accounting for 38.74% of the national production followed next; then Southern QLD for 2.62%; then Central NSW for 0.63%; then Sunshine Coast for 0.56% and WA/NT for 0.38% of the total production for the week.

 It is forecast that a total of some 409,504 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 24) 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 400K-460K tray equivalents per week.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw pricing as follows - Aldi with a catalogue promotion on the 1kg net bags of Hass at $5.49 each; loose Hass at $1.99ea and GMAX at $2.49 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at 2 for $4.00; and Woolworths were retailing Hass at $2.20 each and Gmax Avo for $2.90/piece.












 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

TOPLINE Right to left: Woolworths GMAX Green skin; Woolworths Hass; Coles Hass and Aldi GMAX in Queensland stores

STOCK IN STORES

QUICKLINKS

🍌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.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Havanas bananas at $5.99/kg - quite green.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Havana bananas - priced at $5.99/kg - half green half ripe.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES LOGANHOLME

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg and Kids Bananas packs $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips $4.90/kg on special. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg and Kids Bananas packs $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips $4.90/kg on special. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • 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 LOGANHOLME

  • 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 GARDEN CITY

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

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.50/kg on special.

  • Organic at $5.90/kg.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

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

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.50/kg on special and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI LOGANHOLME

  • Ct 25 Hass ticketed at $1.99ea - 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 GARDEN CITY

  • Ct 23/25 Hass - ticketed at $1.99 each. GMAX at $2.49 each.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.49ea (ALDI SUPER SAVER). 5 piece Hass packs at $5.99ea.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Ct 23 Hass ticketed at $1.99ea. Ct 20 GMAX at $2.49ea supplied by Greenskins.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.99ea. 1kg prepacks at $5.49ea (ALDI SUPER SAVER).

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES LOGANHOLME

  • Ct 25 Hass - Avocados primarily supplied by Costa’s - Obie Farms, and Freshmax Brisbane - Ferraro Farms with fruit priced at 2 for $4.00. Fruit packed 27th May so fruit age is 14 days from date of pack.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $6.90ea.

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Loose Hass Avocados in Cts 23/25 supplied by Costa’s - Obie Farms selling at multi-buy of 2/$4.00.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $6.90ea.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Ct 20/23 Hass - Avocados priced at 2 for $4.00. Mix of Costa Farms and Kureen Farming fruit packed 26th and 28th May so fruit age is 13-15 days from date of pack.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $6.90ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS LOGANHOLME

  • Hass Ct 16/23 priced at $2.20 each from Avocado Collective and one tray of Rockridge. Greenskins GMAX at $2.90ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $5.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • HASS Ct 20 grown by Rockley Partners supplied by Murray Bros priced at $2.00 each - a light smattering of nodule damage noted. Greensksins GMAX at $2.90 each with heavier lenticel found in some trays.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $5.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • HASS Ct 23-28 priced at $2.20 each supplied by Murray Bros (Rockley Partners) and Majestic Fruit co. Green skins GMAX at $2.90ea. Fruit packed 26th to 28th May so fruit age is 13-15 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs on special for $5.90ea. Organic packs at $7.90ea.

 

Retail Market Week 23 - 2026

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Well hello May the last official month of Autumn!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 22 were a little over 474,000 cartons which was a reduction on the week prior of some 35,000 cartons. Temperatures in the far north have been a touch cooler with temps for last week early A.M. falling within a range of 10.3 - 15.2C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 26.2 - 28.7C. North Qld banana growing regions experienced another relatively dry week which has been great with only falls as follows: Mareeba receiving 0mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 0mm; the coastal regions still had more significant falls this week with Innisfail receiving a total of 0mm and South Johnston totaling 0.4mm 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 22, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 435,008 tray equivalents, approximately 46,000 less than the previous week.

Production across the country saw North Queensland maintain the lead with 63.11% of production with the principal variety being suppled being hass; Central Queensland accounting for 33.53% of the national production followed next; then Southern QLD for 1.84%; then Central NSW for 0.72%; then WA/NT for 0.49% and Sunshine Coast for 0.30% of the total production for the week.

 It is forecast that a total of some 442,721 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 23) 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 454K-485K tray equivalents per week.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw pricing as follows - Aldi with a catalogue promotion with Hass at $1.49 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $1.50 each; and Woolworths were retailing Hass at $1.50 each - also some Woolworths stores also had the Gmax Avo for $2.90/piece.











 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT


TOPLINE Right to left: Woolworths GMAX Green skin; Coles Hass and Aldi GMAX and Aldi Hass Avocados in Queensland stores

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QUICKLINKS

🍌Bananas at Aldi
🥑Avocados at Aldi
🍌Bananas at Coles
🥑Avocados at Coles
🍌Bananas at Woolworths
🥑Avocados at Woolworths
 

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI KURABY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Havana bananas - priced at $5.49/kg.

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Havanas bananas at $5.49/kg.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Havana bananas - priced at $5.49/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES CARINDALE

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg and Kids Bananas packs $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips $4.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg and Kids Bananas packs $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips $4.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS KURABY

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.50ea. Some dull clusters present.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/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 SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/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.

INDEPENDENT STORE CARINDALE

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI KURABY

  • Ct 23 Hass ticketed at $1.49ea - supplied by Purpleskin. GMAX ticketed at $2.49ea.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.99ea. 1kg prepacks at $5.99ea.

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Ct 23/25 Hass - ticketed at $1.49 each. GMAX at $2.49 each.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.99ea. 5 piece Hass packs at $5.99ea.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Ct 23 Hass ticketed at $1.49ea. GMAX at $2.49ea supplied by Greenskins.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.99ea. 1kg prepacks at $5.99ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES CARINDALE

  • Ct 20’s Hass Avocados priced at $1.50ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $7.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $7.50ea.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Ct 20 Hass - Avocados priced at $1.50ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $7.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $7.50ea. Organic $3.50ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS KURABY

  • Hass Ct 20-23 priced at $1.50 each. GMAX at $2.90ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea. 5 piece packs at $6.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • HASS Ct 23-25 priced at $1.50 each. Greensksins GMAX Ct 16/18 at $2.90 each.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $6.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • HASS Ct 18-25 priced at $1.50 each. Green skins GMAX at $2.90ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs on special for $6.50ea.

INDEPENDENT STORE CARINDALE

 

Retail Market Week 22 - 2026

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National Banana transport figures for Week 21 were just over 509,000 cartons which saw an increase of a little over 8,000 cartons on the week prior. Temperatures in the far north have been a touch cooler in the mornings but similar day time temps to last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 11.0 - 18.6C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 23.1 - 29.4C. North Qld banana growing regions experienced a drier week which has been great with only falls as follows: Mareeba receiving 0mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 0.8mm; the coastal regions still had more significant falls this week with Innisfail receiving a total of 1.6mm and South Johnston totaling 0.4mm across the week.

We continue to see the impact of the wet weather throughout a number of Banana displays with a continued presence of sooty/blotchy mould present, a mix of bloom with a presence of somewhat dull fruit though this had improved this week, light skin marking, thrip damage, sap staining etc - we are hoping the drier weather this week will be continued which should see an improvement on some of these occurrences .

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 $4.30-$4.80/kg depending upon store location.


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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 21, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 481,326 tray equivalents, approximately 26,000 more than the previous week.

Production across the country saw North Queensland maintain the lead with 62.79% of production with the principal variety now being suppled being hass; Central Queensland accounting for 34.98% of the national production followed next; then Central NSW for 0.65%; then Sunshine Coast for 0.62%; then Southern Queensland for 0.43%; then WA/NT for 0.42% and TNR for 0.11% of the total production for the week.

 It is forecast that a total of some 480,505 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 22) 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 477K-516K tray equivalents per week.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw pricing as follows - Aldi had Hass at $1.99 each and GMAX at $2.49 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $2.50 each; and Woolworths were retailing Hass at $2.00 -$2.20 each depending upon store location- also some Woolworths stores also had the Gmax Avo for $2.90/piece.










 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

TOPLINE Right to left: Woolworths GMAX Green skin; Coles Hass and Aldi GMAX 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 COORPAROO

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Havana bananas - priced at $5.49/kg.

ALDI FOREST LAKE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Havanas bananas at $5.49/kg.

ALDI MT OMMANEY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Havana bananas - priced at $5.49/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES COORPAROO

  • Cavendish at $4.80/kg. Kids packs at $4.80ea.

  • Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

COLES FOREST LAKE

  • Cavendish on display $4.30/kg and Kids Bananas packs $4.30ea.

  • Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

COLES MT OMMANEY

  • Cavendish on display $4.30/kg and Kids Bananas packs $4.30ea.

  • Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS COORPAROO

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea. Some very dull clusters present.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS FOREST LAKE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg.

  • Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS MT OMMANEY

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

INDEPENDENT STORE FOREST LAKE

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI COORPAROO

  • Ct 23 Hass ticketed at $1.99ea - supplied by Avocado Collective.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.99ea. 1kg prepacks at $5.49ea.

ALDI FOREST LAKE

  • Ct 23/25 Hass - ticketed at $1.99 each. GMAX at $2.49 each supplied by Greenskins.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.49ea. 5 piece Hass packs at $5.99ea.

ALDI MT OMMANEY

  • Ct 23 Hass ticketed at $1.99ea - supplied by Avocado Collective packed 13th May. GMAX at $2.49ea supplied by Greenskins.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.99ea. 1kg prepacks at $5.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES COORPAROO

  • CT 20 Hass Avocados priced at $2.50ea. Obie’s fruit supplied by Costa’s and some Rockridge Hass mixed in as well.

  • Prepacks: 1kg I’m Perfect packs at $7.00ea. 5 piece packs at $7.50ea.

COLES FOREST LAKE

  • Ct 25’s Hass Avocados priced at $2.50ea. Supplied: Obie’s by Costa’s, few Ferraro’s by Freshmax left over from the day prior and Rockridge Hass on display with pack dates ranging 12th to 13th May across lines.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $7.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $7.50ea.

COLES MT OMMANEY

  • Ct 20 Ferraro Hass supplied by Freshmax primarily packed 12th May - Avocados priced at $2.50ea. Handful of Rockridge in amongst display.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $7.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $7.50ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS COORPAROO

  • Hass Ct 20-23 priced at $2.00 each being supplied by Simpson Farms and Avocado Collective packed 12th May. GMAX in Ct 16’s priced at $2.90ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $6.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS FOREST LAKE

  • HASS Ct 23-25 priced at $2.20 each supplied by Costa’s and Simpsons(ripened stock packed 15th May) primarily. Greensksins GMAX Ct 16/18 at $2.90 each - packed 19th May.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea. 5 piece packs at $6.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS MT OMMANEY

  • HASS Ct 18-25 priced at $2.20 each supplied by Costa’s; Simpsons and Rockridge with fruit packed 11th to 13th May across the various supplies. Green skins GMAX at $2.90ea packed 15th May.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea. 5 piece packs on special for $6.50ea.

INDEPENDENT STORE FOREST LAKE

 

Retail Market Week 21 - 2026

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National Banana transport figures for Week 20 were just over 501,000 cartons which saw an increase of a little over 40,000 cartons on the week prior. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 15.8 - 21.6C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 24.0 - 29.4C. North Qld banana growing regions experienced rainfalls as follows: Mareeba receiving 1.6mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 6.4mm; the coastal regions still had more significant falls this week with Innisfail receiving a total of 119.0mm and South Johnston totaling 130.4mm across the week.

We continue to see the impact of the wet weather throughout a number of Banana displays with a continued presence of sooty/blotchy mould present, a mix of bloom with a presence of somewhat dull fruit though this had improved this week, light skin marking, thrip damage, sap staining etc .

Queensland major retailers had bananas priced as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $4.29/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 20, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 455,393 tray equivalents, approximately 79,000 more than the previous week.

Production across the country saw North Queensland maintain the lead with 64.52% of production with the principal variety now being suppled being hass; Central Queensland accounting for 32.65% of the national production followed next; then WA/NT accounting for 1.28%; then Central NSW for 0.69%; then Sunshine Coast for 0.53% and Southern Queensland for 0.34% of the total production for the week.

 It is forecast that a total of some 472,918 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 21) nationally, with the majority of these now being Hass though the actual figure may be down considering the rain being experienced in some areas! Total avocado production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 412K-476K tray equivalents per week.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw pricing as follows - Aldi had Hass featured in their catalogue at $1.49 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos on a multi deal buy with 2 for $4.00 each; and Woolworths were retailing Hass at $2.20 -$2.50 each depending upon store location- also some Woolworths stores also had the Gmax Avo for $2.90/piece generally in a size 16/18 - presence of a few rots, and lenticel damage on a percentage of pieces noted.









 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

ABOVE: Independent at Mount Ommaney had large Hass 2 for $5.

TOPLINE Right to left: Woolworths GMAX Green skin; Coles Hass and Aldi Hass Avocados in Queensland stores

STOCK IN 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 FAIRFIELD

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.29/kg.

  • Havana bananas - priced at $4.99/kg.

ALDI ARANA HILLS

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.29/kg.

  • Havanas bananas at $4.99/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES FAIRFIELD

  • 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 $5.90/kg.

COLES ARANA HILLS

  • 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 BROOKSIDE

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg and Kids Bananas packs $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.

COLES EVERTON PARK

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg and Kids Bananas packs $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS MOOROOKA

  • Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS BROOKSIDE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg.

  • Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS EVERTON PARK

  • Cavendish priced at $4.30/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI FAIRFIELD

  • Ct 23 Hass ticketed at $1.49ea - on promo in their catalogue - supplied by Avocado Collective.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $5.99ea. 1kg prepacks at $5.49ea.

ALDI ARANA HILLS

  • Ct 23/25 Hass - ticketed at $1.49 each.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.49ea on promo. 5 piece Hass packs at $5.99ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES FAIRFIELD

  • CT 20 Hass Avocados multibuy promo priced at 2 for $4.00. Fruit supplied by Costa’s (Obie) and Freshmax (Ferraro).

  • Prepacks: 1kg I’m Perfect packs at $7.00ea. 5 piece packs at $7.50ea.

COLES ARANA HILLS

  • Ct 20-23 Hass Avocados priced at 2 for $4.00ea. Fruit supplied by Costa’s (Obie Farms) and Freshmax (Ferraro Farming).

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $7.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $7.50ea.

COLES BROOKSIDE

  • Ct 25 Hass Avocados priced at 2 for $4.00.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $7.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $7.50ea.

COLES EVERTON PARK

  • Ct 20-23 Hass Avocados priced at 2 for $4.00ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $7.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $7.50ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS MOOROOKA

  • Hass Ct 20-28 priced at $2.50 each. GMAX priced at $2.90ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS BROOKSIDE

  • HASS Ct 18-25 priced at $2.20 each - supplies from APP Howe Farming; Murray Bros - Zebra; Pogiolli; Rockridge. Greensksins GMAX Ct 16/18 at $2.90ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea. 5 piece packs at $6.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS EVERTON PARK

  • HASS Ct 18-20 priced at $2.20 each. Rear of the A-Frame display filled with Green skins GMAX at $2.90ea in Ct 16/18.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea. 5 piece packs on special for $6.50ea.

 

Retail Market Week 20 - 2026

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Well hello May the last official month of Autumn!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 19 were just over 460,000 cartons which is almost 7000 fewer than the week prior.. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 16.2 - 22.4C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 24.2 - 28.6C. North Qld banana growing regions experienced rainfalls as follows: Mareeba receiving 0.2mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 0.4mm; the coastal regions had a lighter fall this week with Innisfail having falls totaling 96.6mm and South Johnston totaling 110.4mm across the week.

We are seeing the impact of the wet 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 .

Queensland major retailers had bananas priced 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.


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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 19, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 376,578 tray equivalents, approximately 65,000 less than the previous week.

Production across the country saw North Queensland maintain the lead with 66.10% of production with the principal variety now being suppled being hass; Central Queensland accounting for 27.08% of the national production followed next; then WA/NT accounting for 5.32%; then Central NSW for 0.61%; then Southern QLD for 0.52% and Sunshine Coast for 0.36% of the total production for the week.

 It is forecast that a total of some 429,111 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 20) nationally, with the majority of these now being Hass though the actual figure may be down considering the rain being experienced in some areas! Total avocado production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 405K-434K tray equivalents per week.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw pricing as follows - Aldi had Hass at $1.99 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at 2 for $4.00 each; and Woolworths were retailing Hass at $2.50 each- some Woolworths stores also had the Green Skins Gmax Avo also for $2.50/piece. Seeing a little nodule damage within some displays and also the motley skin colour of the hass as it ripens.








 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

ABOVE: Independent at Mount Ommaney had large Hass 2 for $5.

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

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🍌Bananas at Coles
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🥑Avocados at Woolworths
 

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI MT OMMANEY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg.

  • Havana bananas - priced at $4.99/kg.

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg.

  • Havanas bananas at $4.99/kg.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg.

  • Havanas bananas at $4.99/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES MT OMMANEY

  • 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 $5.90/kg.

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg - some very dull clusters on display 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 $4.00/kg and Kids Bananas packs $4.00ea.

  • Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS MT OMMANEY

  • Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg.

  • All varieties needed restocking.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI MT OMMANEY

  • Ct 23 Hass ticketed at $1.99ea supplied by Avocado Collective, fruit paced 21st April so fruit age is 22 days old. Some nodule damage present on this NQ Hass.

  • 5 piece Hass packs at $6.49ea. 1kg prepacks at $4.99ea on promo contained shepards.

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • Ct 23 Hass supplied by Avocado Collective - Grower Keynes Ag- packed 21st April so fruit age is 22 days and ticketed at $1.99 each.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.99ea on promo. 5 piece Hass packs at $6.49ea.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Ct 25 HASS supplied by Green Skins ticketed at $1.99 each.

  • 1kg prepacks containing Shepards at $4.99ea on promo. 5 piece Hass packs at $4.99ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES MT OMMANEY

  • CT 20 Hass Avocados multibuy promo priced at 2 for $4.00. Dual locations with normal end and table top. Mainly Costa Supplied fruit and Freshmax with Ferraro Farms which was packed 28th April so 15 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg I’m Perfect packs at $7.00ea. 5 piece packs at $7.50ea. Organic at $2.90ea - quite small sized fruit.

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Ct 20-23 Hass Avocados priced at 2 for $4.00ea. Again dual locations, with table top and end. Fruit again found to be supplied by Costa, Ferraro Farms (Freshmax) and Kureen Farming. Fruit packed 30th April; 27th April and 1st May so fruit age ranging 12 days to 16 days.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $7.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $7.50ea.

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Ct 25 Hass Avocados priced at 2 for $4.00. Fruit supplied mainly by Freshmax (Ferraro Farming) packed 30th April so fruit age is 13 days; also a few Costa pieces and one other grower.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $7.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $7.50ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS MT OMMANEY

  • Hass Ct 20-28 priced at $2.50 each supplied by Dorrian and Poggioli (Golden Triangle) and Simpsons - little nodule damage noted. Fruit packed dates vary with oldest fruit packed 23rd April meaning fruit is 20 days old to 1st May meaning this fruit was 12 days old.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $6.50ea. 1kg packs at $5.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • HASS Ct 18-25 priced at $2.50 each. Dorrian Hass and one tray only of Poggioli Hass on front of A frame and then on the back Ct 18 Rockridge Hass and Howe Farming Ct 20. Fruit packed dates between front which was predominantly eat now 23rd April so fruit was 20 days old; and on the reverse 30th April to 5th May so fresher fruit 8 to 13 days of age.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $5.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • HASS Ct 18-20 priced at $2.50 each - front of bin display was Dorrian fruit primarily, one tray of Simpsons and an empty Poggioli tray.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs on special for $6.50ea.

 

Retail Market Week 19 - 2026

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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
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🍌Bananas at Coles
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🍌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

ALDI LUTWYCHE

  • NQ Hass ticketed at $1.49ea supplied by Simpson Farms - packed 22nd April so fruit age is 14 days old.

  • 5 piece packs at $4.49ea. 1kg prepacks at $5.49ea.

ALDI STAFFORD

  • Ct 23 Hass supplied by Avocado Collective ticketed at $1.49 each but ticket incorrectly identified this product as Shepard Avos.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.49ea. 5 piece packs at $4.49ea.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Ct 23 SHEPARDS supplied by Avocado Collective ticketed at $1.49 each.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.49ea. 5 piece packs at $4.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES LUTWYCHE

  • CT 20 Hass Avocados priced $2.50 each primarily supplied by Costa’s - fruit quite motley in appearance, a number of pieces found to be very soft. Fruit packed 21st April so fruit age is 15 days old from pack.

  • Prepacks: 1kg I’m Perfect packs at $7.00ea. 5 piece packs at $7.50ea. Organic at $3.50ea.

COLES KEDRON

  • Ct 20-23 Hass Avocados priced at $1.50ea. Mix of Freshmax supplied Ferraro Farming Hass packed 24th April and Kureen Farming Hass packed 22nd April - both lines with a presence of some nodule damage on a few pieces, fruit firmer to just yielding. Fruit age ranging 12-14 days from date of pack.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $7.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $7.50ea. Organic packs at $3.50ea.

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Ct 25 Hass Avocados priced at $2.50ea. Supplied by Costa’s packed 21st April so fruit age is 15 days. Mixed colour of fruit with some sun blemish noted.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $7.00ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $7.50ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS LUTWYCHE

  • SHEPARD Ct 18-20 priced at $1.50 each - supplied by Greenskins and Rockridge- Volcanic Avos. Fruit quality was very good. Pack dates ranging 22nd to 24th April so fruit packed age was 12-14 days.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $5.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS STAFFORD

  • SHEPARD Ct 18 priced at $1.30 or $1.50 each supplied by Greenskins. Two different price tickets - on front of the A frame the ticket was $1.50 ea which was the Rockridge Ct 18 Shepards packed 28th April grown by Volcanic Avos and in Greenskin trays were the Avocado 5pks; then on the back of the A Frame was primarily Greenskins Shepards packed 23rd April with price ticket of $1.30ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.90ea. $3.50 for an organic pack.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • SHEPARD Ct 18-20 priced at $1.50 each supplied by Greenskins.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.90ea. 5 piece packs on special for $5.90ea.

 

Retail Market Week 18 - 2026

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We are a third through 2026, already?!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 17 were 502,573 cartons, an increase of approximately 7,000 cartons from Week 16. Temperatures in the far north are a little milder last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 14.2 - 20.3C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 24.0 - 27.7C with varying degrees of humidity. North Qld banana growing regions experienced rainfalls as follows: Mareeba receiving 0.4mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 5.0mm; the coastal regions like Innisfail had falls totaling 172.0mm and South Johnston totaling 125.0mm across the week.

We are seeing the impact of the wet weather on coastal fruit throughout a number of Banana displays with blotchy mould present, somewhat dull fruit, light skin marking, thrip damage, sap staining etc - displays certainly varied depending on fruit being stocked.

Queensland major retailers had bananas priced as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.49/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/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 16, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 499,156 tray equivalents, approximately 103,000 more than the previous week.

Production across the country saw North Queensland maintain the lead with 61.58% (lighter Shepard and increasing hass) of production; followed by WA/NT (Hass) accounting for 19.88% of the national production; then Central Queensland accounting for 17.89%; and Central NSW for 0.57% of the total production for the week.

 It is forecast that a total of some 474,754 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 17) nationally, with a mix of shepard and hass being harvested in regions currently supplying! Total avocado production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 373K-407K tray equivalents per week with a growing percentage of Hass making up total production.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw Shepard pricing as follows - Aldi had Shepard’s at 89c each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Shepard avos at $1.50 each; and Woolworths were retailing Shepards at 90c each.



















 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

STOCK IN STORES

QUICKLINKS

🍌Bananas at Aldi
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🍌Bananas at Coles
🥑Avocados at Coles
🍌Bananas at Woolworths
🥑Avocados at Woolworths
 

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI KENMORE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.49/kg. Blotchy mould and sap staining present.

  • Havana bananas - priced at $4.99/kg.

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.49/kg.

  • Havanas bananas at $4.99/kg.

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.49/kg. A few dull clusters present, blotchy mould, insect scarring, bruising etc found.

  • Havanas bananas at $4.99/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES KENMORE

  • Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea. Fruit had good colour, 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.

COLES CARINDALE

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg and Kids Bananas packs $4.00ea.

  • Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg - but no stock on display. Organic at $5.90/kg.

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg and Kids Bananas packs $4.00ea.

  • Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS KENMORE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea. Minimal marking this week.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg - a little sooty mould observed. Organic at $5.00/kg.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Cavendish priced at $3.50/kg. Kids packs at $2.50ea. Sooty/blotch mould found on a few clusters, scarring/rub marking.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • 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. Organic at $5.90/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI KENMORE

  • SHEPARDS ticketed at $1.49ea supplied by Greenskins.

  • 5 piece packs at $4.49ea. 1kg prepacks at $3.49ea.

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Ct 23 SHEPARDS supplied by Avocado Collective ticketed at $1.49 each with packed date of 16th April so fruit is 13 days old.

  • 1kg prepacks at $3.49ea. 5 piece packs at $4.49ea.

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • Ct 25 SHEPARDS supplied by Greenskins ticketed at $1.49 each. Fruit packed 16th April so fruit age is 13 days old.

  • 1kg prepacks at $3.49ea. 5 piece packs at $4.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES KENMORE

  • CT 25 Shepard Avocados priced $2.00 each. Supplied by Quintieri Avos and Serra Farming - both packed 13th April so fruit age is 16 days.

  • Prepacks: 1kg I’m Perfect packs at $5.50ea. 5 piece packs at $5.90ea. Organic at $3.50ea.

COLES CARINDALE

  • Ct 20 Shepard Avocados priced at $2.00ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.50ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $5.90ea.

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Ct 20-25 Shepard Avocados priced at $2.00ea. Grown by Rock Ridge Farming; Serra Farming and Aussie Orchards fruit packed dates of 13th-15th April so fruit age ranged 14-16 days - displays all looked sound.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.50ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $5.90ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS KENMORE

  • SHEPARD Ct 18-20 priced at $1.50 each - supplied by Greenskins packed 21 and 22nd April so fruit age is 7-8 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.90ea. 5 piece packs at $5.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • SHEPARD Ct 18 priced at $1.50 each supplied by Greenskins packed 22nd April so 7 days old from date of pack.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • SHEPARD Ct 18-20 priced at $1.50 each supplied by Greenskins. EN stock packed 16th April so fruit age is 13 days and EL later stock packed 21st April so 8 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.90ea. 5 piece packs on special for $4.90ea.

 

Retail Market Week 16 - 2026

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We are almost a third through 2026?!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 15 were approximately 473,000 cartons another slight increase on last week of an additional 3000 cartons in the mix. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 14.2 - 24.8C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 27.4- 31.9C with varying degrees of humidity. North Qld banana growing regions experienced rainfalls as follows: Mareeba receiving 8.4mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 9.7mm; the coastal regions like Innisfail had falls totaling 32.2mm and South Johnston totaling 55.2mm across the week - a lighter fall in coastal regions than the previous week!

We are seeing the impact of the wet, humid weather throughout a number of Banana displays with blotchy mould present, somewhat dull fruit, light skin marking, thrip damage, sap staining etc - some better displays than others out there.

Queensland major retailers had bananas priced as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $2.89-$3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $2.90 - $3.90/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $2.90 -$4.00/kg based on store location visited.


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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 15, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 395,280 tray equivalents, approximately 260,000 less than the previous week.

Production across the country saw North Queensland maintain the lead with 63.63% (Shepard and hass) of production; followed by WA/NT (Hass) accounting for 18.26% of the national production; then Central Queensland accounting for 17.57%; and Central NSW for 0.54% of the total production for the week.

 It is forecast that a total of some 475,105 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 16) nationally, with the majority of these being Shepard! Total avocado production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 534K-373K tray equivalents per week with 40-55% of this being Shepards and 45-60% being WA Hass. Quite a number of NQ Shepard growers have come to the end of their harvest this week or will be finishing within the next fortnight.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw Shepard pricing as follows - Aldi had Shepard’s at 89c - $1.19 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Shepard avos at 90c each or 2 for $2.50; and Woolworths were retailing Shepards at $1.00- $1.30 each.

















 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

STOCK IN 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 COOPAROO

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg. Some with a green tinge and small skin marks noted.

  • Havana bananas - NO STOCK.

ALDI BROWNS PLAINS

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $2.89/kg. A few dull clusters present and majority of stock on shelf was backward.

  • Havanas bananas at $4.99/kg.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $2.89/kg. Fruit bloom mixed, skin scarring and mixed colour found.

  • Havana bananas at $4.99/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES COOPAROO

  • Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea. Fruit had good colour, 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.

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

  • Cavendish at $2.90/kg. Kids packs at $2.90ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish on display $2.90/kg and Kids Bananas $2.90. Bananas generally well presented, occasion neck injuries, split peel and bat marking on random clusters.

  • Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS COOPAROO

  • Cavendish priced at $3.90/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea. Minimal marking this week though there is a presence of some sooty/blotchy mould on a few clusters.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

  • Cavendish priced at $2.90/kg. Kids packs at $2.90ea. Bananas found with neck injuries, sooty blotch mould etc.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish priced at $2.90/kg. Kids packs at $2.90ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI COOPAROO

  • Ct 25 NQ SHEPARDS ticketed at $0.89ea supplied by Greenskins.

  • 5 piece packs at $4.49ea. 1kg prepacks at $3.49ea.

ALDI BROWNS PLAINS

  • Ct 23/25 SHEPARDS supplied by Avocado Collective ticketed at $1.19ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $3.49ea. 5 piece packs at $4.49ea.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Ct 23 NQ SHEPARDS ticketed at $1.19ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $3.49ea. 5 piece packs at $4.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES COOPAROO

  • CT 20-23 Shepard Avocados priced 90c each.

  • Prepacks: 1kg I’m Perfect packs at $4.50ea. 5 piece packs at $4.90ea.

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

  • Ct 20-23 Shepard Avocados priced 2 FOR $2.50.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $4.50ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $4.90ea. Organic Avos $3.50ea.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Rock Ridge Shepard Avocados Ct23 priced 2 FOR $2.50.

  • 1kg packs at $4.50ea. 5 piece packs at $4.90ea. Organic at $3.50ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS COOPAROO

  • SHEPARD Ct 23 priced at $1.30 each - supplied by Greenskins.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $4.50ea. 5 piece packs on sale for $5.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

  • SHEPARD Ct 25 priced at $1.00 each supplied by Greenskins.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.50ea on special. 1kg packs at $4.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Ct 23 SHEPARD priced at $1.00 each supplied by Greenskins.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.50ea. 1kg packs at $4.00ea.

 

Retail Market Week 15 - 2026

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🍌BANANA OVERVIEW
🥑AVOCADO OVERVIEW
👌STOCK IN STORES

We are almost a quarter through 2026?!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 14 were a touch over 470,000 cartons which was approximately 20,000 ctns up on the week prior. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 19.1 - 24.5C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 25.5- 30.6C 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 11mm; the coastal regions like Innisfail had much heavier alls totaling 129.6mm and South Johnston totaling 168mm across the week! It is these types of conditions that are contributing to the increase in blotchy/sooty mould being seen on some fruit and the level of minor skin marking.

Banana displays with found to have a presence blotchy mould present, somewhat dull fruit on some displays or mixed bloom, light skin marking, thrip damage, sap staining etc - some better displays than others out there.

Queensland major retailers had bananas on special this week with pricing as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a special ticket price of $3.90/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.50 /kg based on store location visited.


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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 14, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 485,437 tray equivalents, approximately 150,000 tray equivalents fewer than the previous week.

Production across the country saw North Queensland maintain the lead with 63.05% (Shepard) of production; followed by WA/NT (Hass) accounting for 21.73% of the national production; then Central Queensland accounting for 14.7%; and Central NSW for 0.52% of the total production for the week.

 It is forecast that a total of some 500,278 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 15) nationally, with the majority of these expected to be shepard accounting for approximately 63.4% of this forecast with the balance to primarily be a growing hass percentage of approx. 36% of the forecasted volume! Total avocado production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 570K-425K tray equivalents per week with sliding percentage of this being shepard 60% down to 36% over the next three week period of these forecast volumes, meanwhile Hass will be gradually experiencing an increase in volume on the market in this same timeframe.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw Shepard pricing as follows - Aldi had Shepard’s at $1.19 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Shepard avos at 90c each; and Woolworths were retailing Shepards at 90c each.
















 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

STOCK IN STORES

QUICKLINKS

🍌Bananas at Aldi
🥑Avocados at Aldi
🍌Bananas at Coles
🥑Avocados at Coles
🍌Bananas at Woolworths
🥑Avocados at Woolworths
 

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI COOPAROO

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg. Some with a green tinge and small skin marks noted.

  • Havana bananas - NO STOCK.

ALDI FOREST LAKE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg. A few dull clusters present and majority of stock on shelf was backward.

  • Havanas bananas at $4.49/kg.

ALDI MT OMMANEY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg. Fruit bloom mixed, skin scarring and mixed colour found.

  • Havana bananas at $4.49/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES COOPAROO

  • Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea. Fruit had good colour, 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.

COLES FOREST LAKE

  • Cavendish at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $4.00ea. Most of the bananas exhibited dull bloom which suggests at this time of year being held too cool at some point in the supply chain.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg.

  • Free fruit for kids whilst instore were less than appealing with the amount of skin marking.

COLES MT OMMANEY

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg and Kids Bananas $4.00. Bananas generally well presented, occasion neck injuries, split peel and bat marking on random clusters.

  • Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS COOPAROO

  • Cavendish priced at $3.99/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea. Minimal marking this week though there is a presence of some sooty/blotchy mould on a few clusters.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS FOREST LAKE

  • Cavendish priced at $3.90/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea. Bananas found with neck injuries, sooty blotch mould etc.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS MT OMMANEY

  • Cavendish priced at $3.70-3.90/kg - ticket pricing varied throughout locations. Kids packs at $3.70ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI COOPAROO

  • Ct 25 NQ SHEPARDS ticketed at $0.89ea supplied by Greenskins. Despite shelf ticket stating price of $0.89, Aldi Catalogue featured Shepards at $0.99 ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $4.49ea. 1kg prepacks at $3.49ea.

ALDI FOREST LAKE

  • Ct 23/25 SHEPARDS supplied by Avocado Collective ( Grower: AuDacia farm) ticketed at $0.89ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $3.99ea. 5 piece packs at $4.49ea.

ALDI MT OMMANEY

  • Ct 23 NQ SHEPARDS supplied by Greenskins, grown by HOWE FARMING packed in Greenskins tray ticketed at $0.89ea but catalogue had them at $0.99c originally.

  • 1kg prepacks at $3.99ea. 5 piece packs at $4.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES COOPAROO

  • CT 20-23 Freshmax Shepard Avocados, grower Reidy, priced 90c each.

  • Prepacks: 1kg I’m Perfect packs at $4.50ea. 5 piece packs at $4.90ea.

COLES FOREST LAKE

  • Ct 20-23 Shepard Avocados priced 90c each. Freshmax Bananas- supply of Ferraro Farming Shepards packed 28th March and Rock Ridge shepards packed 30th March so fruit ages were 7-9 days old. Avos displayed on end as well as off location bin located opposite entry to produce department from customer entry. Nice quality fruit across both lines.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $4.50ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $4.90ea. Organic Avos $3.50ea.

COLES MT OMMANEY

  • Rock Ridge Shepard Avocados Ct23 priced 90c each - main end location as well as an off location bin.

  • 1kg packs at $4.50ea. 5 piece packs at $4.90ea. Organic at $3.50ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS COOPAROO

  • SHEPARD Ct 23 priced at $1.30c each - supplied by Greenskins.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $4.50ea. 5 piece packs on sale for $5.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS FOREST LAKE

  • SHEPARD Ct 23 priced at $1.30c each supplied by Greenskins - ripened fruit ready to eat now packed 27th March and fruit for later packed 31st March.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $5.90ea on special. 1kg packs - no stock on display.

WOOLWORTHS MT OMMANEY

  • Ct 23 SHEPARD priced at $1.30c each supplied by Greenskins with packed date of 27th March meaning fruit is 10 days old. Two sided A frame display.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.90ea. 1kg packs at $4.50ea. Organic Avos present but no price ticket.

INDEPENDENT AVO DISPLAYS: FOREST LAKE (Left) and MT OMMANEY (Right)

 

Retail Market Week 14 - 2026

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🍌BANANA OVERVIEW
🥑AVOCADO OVERVIEW
👌STOCK IN STORES

We are almost a quarter through 2026?!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 13 were down by approximately 6.7% to 450,900 ctns. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 17.3 - 24.1C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 25.8- 32.4C with varying degrees of humidity. North Qld banana growing regions experienced rainfalls as follows: Mareeba receiving 0.4mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 0.6mm; the coastal regions like Innisfail had falls totaling 69.2mm and South Johnston totaling 87.0mm across the week! Definitely a little drier than recent months.

We are seeing the impact of the wet, humid weather throughout a number of Banana displays with blotchy mould present, somewhat dull fruit, light skin marking, thrip damage, sap staining etc - some better displays than others out there.

Queensland major retailers had bananas priced as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99-$4.49/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $3.90/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $2.49 (perhaps clearing coloured fruit on hand) -$4.00/kg based on store location visited.


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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 13, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 655,954 tray equivalents, approximately 75,000 more than the previous week.

Production across the country saw North Queensland take the lead with 54.36% (Shepard) of production; followed by WA/NT (Hass) accounting for 27.00% of the national production; then Central Queensland accounting for 18.22%; and Central NSW for 0.42% of the total production for the week.

 It is forecast that a total of some 535,180 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 14) nationally, with the majority of these being Shepard! Total avocado production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 476K-518K tray equivalents per week with 60-65% of this being Shepards and 30-35% being WA Hass through to mid-April .

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw Shepard pricing as follows - Aldi had Shepard’s at $1.19 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Shepard avos at 90c each; and Woolworths were retailing Shepards at 90c each.
















 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

STOCK IN STORES

QUICKLINKS

🍌Bananas at Aldi
🥑Avocados at Aldi
🍌Bananas at Coles
🥑Avocados at Coles
🍌Bananas at Woolworths
🥑Avocados at Woolworths
 

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg. Some with a green tinge and small skin marks noted.

  • Havana bananas priced at $3.99/kg.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Havanas bananas at $4.49/kg.

ALDI CANNON HILL

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $3.99/kg. Mostly clean fruit.

  • Havana bananas at $4.49/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish at $2.49/kg. Kids packs at $4.00ea. Fruit was full colour, 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.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg.

COLES CANNON HILL

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg.

  • Red Tips $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish priced at $3.90/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea. Minimal marking this week!

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish priced at $3.90/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS CANNON HILL

  • Cavendish priced at $3.90/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Ct 25 NQ SHEPARDS ticketed at $1.19ea supplied by Avocado Collective. Despite shelf ticket stating price of $1.19, Aldi Catalogue featured Shepards at $0.89 ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $4.49ea. 1kg prepacks at $3.49ea.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Ct 25 SHEPARDS ticketed at $1.19ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $3.49ea. 5 piece packs at $4.49ea.

ALDI CANNON HILL

  • Ct 25 NQ SHEPARDS ticketed at $1.19ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $3.49ea. 5 piece packs at $4.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • CT 23-25 Rockridge Hass Avocados priced 90c each.

  • Prepacks: 1kg I’m Perfect packs at $4.50ea. 5 piece packs at $4.70ea.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Ct 20-23 Shepard Avocados priced 90c each. Rock Ridge fruit.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $4.50ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $4.90ea.

COLES CANNON HILL

  • Shepard Avocados Ct23 priced 90c each.

  • 1kg packs at $4.70ea. 5 piece packs at $4.50ea. Organic at $2.90ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • SHEPARD Ct 23 priced at 90c each - supplied by Rockridge Fresh.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $3.60ea. 5 piece packs on special for $4.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • SHEPARD Ct 23 priced at 90c each supplied by Greenskins.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.90ea on special. 1kg packs at $3.60ea.

WOOLWORTHS CANNON HILL

  • SHEPARD priced at 90c each supplied by Greenskins. Very neat display.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.90ea. 1kg packs at $4.00ea.

 

Retail Market Week 13 - 2026

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🍌BANANA OVERVIEW
🥑AVOCADO OVERVIEW
👌STOCK IN STORES

We are almost a quarter through 2026?!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 12 have not been released as yet but the previous week harvest is still expected to fall within a range of 490-510K cartons. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 19.1 - 25.0C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 26.6- 31.1C with varying degrees of humidity. North Qld banana growing regions experienced rainfalls as follows: Mareeba receiving 13mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 15.5mm; the coastal regions like Innisfail had falls totaling 105.2mm and South Johnston totaling 142.2mm across the week!

We are seeing the impact of the wet, humid weather throughout a number of Banana displays with blotchy mould present, somewhat dull fruit, light skin marking, thrip damage, sap staining etc - some better displays than others out there.

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 $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $3.99/kg - $4.50/kg based on store location visited.


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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 12, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 579,980 tray equivalents, approximately 59,000 more than the previous week.

Production across the country saw North Queensland take the lead with 55.32% (Shepard) of production; followed by WA/NT (Hass) accounting for 32.05% of the national production; then Central Queensland accounting for 12.37%; and Central NSW for 0.26% of the total production for the week.

 It is forecast that a total of some 602,579 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 13) nationally, with the majority of these being Shepard! Total avocado production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 511K-602K tray equivalents per week with 60-65% of this being Shepards and 30-35% being WA Hass through to mid-April .

Despite there still being another 4-5 weeks of shepard avocados yet to be harvested; we had a sneak peak at what is just around the corner… the NQ Hass crop and I can assure you that fruit is presenting well, is very clean and has good size… we will be conducting our first round of dry matter testing for this varietal in about three weeks time.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw Shepard pricing as follows - Aldi had Shepard’s at $1.19 each in all three stores visited despite their Catalogue featuring Shepard Avos at $0.89 ea;  Coles Qld stores visited had Shepard avos at $1.50 each; and Woolworths were retailing Shepards at $1.00ea. Independents in local centres had larger sized shepards at 2 for $4.















 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

STOCK IN STORES

QUICKLINKS

🍌Bananas at Aldi
🥑Avocados at Aldi
🍌Bananas at Coles
🥑Avocados at Coles
🍌Bananas at Woolworths
🥑Avocados at Woolworths
 

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Some with a green tinge, a few sap stains and small skin marks noted.

  • Havana bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

ALDI SPRINGWOOD

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Havanas bananas at $4.49/kg.

ALDI LOGANHOLME

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Again some dull fruit and sap staining present. A few clusters found to be spotting.

  • Havana bananas at $4.49/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish at $3.99/kg. Kids packs at $4.00ea. Fruit was full colour, some clusters found with neck injuries and a few with marking and rust thrip.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $6.90/kg.

COLES SPRINGWOOD

  • Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg a few clusters with sooty blotch mould.

COLES LOGANHOLME

  • Cavendish on display $4.00/kg.

  • Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea. Minimal marking this week!

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

WOOLWORTHS SPRINGWOOD

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS LOGANHOLME

  • Cavendish priced at $4.00/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Ct 25 NQ SHEPARDS ticketed at $1.19ea supplied by Avocado Collective. Despite shelf ticket stating price of $1.19, Aldi Catalogue featured Shepards at $0.89 ea.

  • 5 piece packs at $4.49ea. 1kg prepacks at $3.99ea.

ALDI SPRINGWOOD

  • Ct 25 SHEPARDS ticketed at $1.19ea supplied by Avocado Collective. Through the Aldi Catalogue featured

  • 1kg prepacks at $3.99ea. 5 piece packs at $4.49ea.

ALDI LOGANHOLME

  • Ct 25 NQ SHEPARDS ticketed at $1.19ea supplied by Avocado Collective. However their Catalogue featured loose Shepard Avos for $0.89 ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $3.99ea. 5 piece packs at $4.99ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • CT 23-25 Hass Avocados priced $1.50ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg I’m Perfect packs at $4.50ea. 5 piece packs at $4.70ea.

COLES SPRINGWOOD

  • Ct 20-23 Shepard Avocados priced $1.50ea. Rock Ridge fruit - minimal stock of loose, awaiting arrival of load.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $4.50ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $4.70ea.

COLES LOGANHOLME

  • Shepard Avocados Ct23 priced $1.50ea.

  • 1kg packs at $4.70ea. 5 piece packs at $4.50ea. Organic at $2.90ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Greenskins SHEPARD Ct 23 priced at $1.00ea - supplied by Greenskins Eat now stock packed 10th March so fruit age is 15 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $4.00ea. 5 piece packs on special for $4.70ea.

WOOLWORTHS SPRINGWOOD

  • SHEPARD Ct 23 priced at $1.30ea supplied by Greenskins.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.70ea on special. 1kg packs at $4.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS LOGANHOLME

  • SHEPARD priced at $1.00ea supplied by Greenskins. Very neat display.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.70ea on special. 1kg packs at $4.00ea.

 

Retail Market Week 12 - 2026

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QUICKLINKS

🍌BANANA OVERVIEW
🥑AVOCADO OVERVIEW
👌STOCK IN STORES

February has vanished!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 11 were just over 492,000 which was approximately 3000 less cartons than the week prior. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 19.3 - 25.3C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 26.0- 30.2C with varying degrees of humidity. North Qld banana growing regions experienced further rainfalls associated with tropical season with Mareeba receiving 167mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 198.3mm; the coastal regions like Innisfail had falls totaling 242.4mm and South Johnston totaling 228mm across the week! Late this week the threat of Cyclone Narelle is becoming reality, despite being on a direct route for Coen some 490km north of Mareeba for e.g. , with the size of the weather event and the rain it will bring, we may see further falls in our region and of course the waterways will see increased flows.

We are seeing the impact of the wet, humid weather throughout a number of Banana displays with blotchy mould present, somewhat dull fruit, light skin marking, thrip damage, sap staining etc - some better displays than others out there.

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 $4.50-4.90/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 11, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 520,427 tray equivalents, approximately 56,000 less than the previous week.

Production across the country saw North Queensland take the lead with 58.59% (Shepard) of production; followed by WA/NT (Hass) accounting for 32.07% of the national production; then Central Queensland accounting for 8.80%; and Central NSW for 0.54% of the total production for the week.

 It is forecast that a total of some 604,098 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 12) nationally, with the majority of these being Shepard! Total production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 600K-622K tray equivalents per week. It is interesting to note that if we discount the small harvests of additional varietals, then the market is approximately 2/3 shepard and 1/3 hass currently. Should note, as previously discussed under the banana supply update, it has been a rather wet week in the far north and this is hampering harvests and also means that post harvest treatments have a vital role to play.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw hass pricing as follows - Aldi had Shepard’s at $1.19 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Shepard avos at $1.00 each; and Woolworths were retailing Shepards at $1.00-$1.50ea depending upon store location.














 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

BOTTOM LINE: Fairfield Independent Avo displays - WA Hass 2 for $6.00 and Shepards 2 for $5.00; note trays of cut avos also on sale so customers can see internal quality and ripe for use.

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🍌Bananas at Aldi
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🥑Avocados at Woolworths
 

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI ACACIA RIDGE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Mostly green, a few sap stains and small skin marks noted.

ALDI FAIRFIELD

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. A few sap stains, random dull clusters, rust and skin marks noted. Also a few clusters found spotting, potentially fruit carried from the previous day and the cartons were hot.

  • Havanas bananas at $4.49/kg with packed dates of 4th and 5th March so fruit age was 13-14 days old.

ALDI ANNERLEY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Again some dull fruit and sap staining present. A few clusters found to be spotting.

  • Havana bananas at $4.49/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES FAIRFIELD

  • Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea. Fruit was full colour, some clusters found with neck injuries and a few with marking and rust thrip.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg (nil stock on display). Organic at $6.50/kg.

COLES

  • Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg - very dull in appearance.

COLES SUNNYBANK

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS ACACIA RIDGE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea. A few neck injuries evident and light skin marking.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Sly Fox Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

WOOLWORTHS MOOROOKA

  • Cavendish priced at $4.90/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS ANNERLEY

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI ACACIA RIDGE

  • Ct 23 NQ SHEPARDS ticketed at $1.19ea supplied by Avocado Collective.

  • 5 piece packs at $4.99ea.

  • ALDI truck onsite at time of visiting… promoting avocados wherever it goes!

ALDI FAIRFIELD

  • Ct 23 SHEPARDS ticketed at $1.19ea supplied by Greenskins - packed 10th March so fruit age was 8 days old. Rub marking present on a few pieces. 11 trays on display - 5 trays wide which is a larger shelf space than normal.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.49ea. 5 piece packs at $4.99ea.

ALDI SALISBURY

  • Ct 23 NQ SHEPARDS ticketed at $1.19ea supplied by Greenskins - packed 10th March so fruit age was 8 days old.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.49ea. 5 piece packs at $4.99ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES FAIRFIELD

  • CT 23-25 Hass Avocados priced $1.00ea. Packed 4-6th February so fruit age was 12-14 days from date of pack.
    Very neat display. End of unit display as well as an off location set up.

  • Prepacks: 1kg I’m Perfect packs at $4.50ea. 5 piece packs at $4.70ea. Organic at $5.90/kg.

COLES SUNNYBANK

  • Ct 23 Shepard Avocados priced $1.00! Rock Ridge fruit - minimal stock of loose, awaiting arrival of load.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $4.50ea; and Avo 5pk stock at $4.70ea.

COLES

  • Rock Ridge Fresh Shepard Avocados Ct23 priced $1.00ea.

  • 1kg packs at $4.70ea. 5 piece packs at $4.50ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS ACACIA RIDGE

  • Greenskins SHEPARD Ct 23 priced at $1.50ea - supplied by Greenskins Eat now stock packed 3rd March so fruit age is 15 days old. Trays upside down at the front somewhat block customer access to selecting avos from the rear trays.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $4.00ea. 5 piece packs on special for $4.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS MOOROOKA

  • SHEPARD Ct 23 priced at $1.00ea supplied by Greenskins. Fresh stock packed 3rd March so fruit age is 15 days from pack. Odd piece with body rot found.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.90ea on special. 1kg packs at $4.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS ANNERLEY

  • SHEPARD priced at $1.00ea supplied by Greenskins. Very neat display.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.90ea on special. 1kg packs at $4.00ea.

 

Retail Market Week 11 - 2026

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🍌BANANA OVERVIEW
🥑AVOCADO OVERVIEW
👌STOCK IN STORES

February has vanished!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

There was very little change in the National Banana transport figures for Week 10 were approximately 495,000 cartons which represents a reduction of some 3,800 cartons on the previous week. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 19.6 - 25.3C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 26.0- 33.7C with varying degrees of humidity. North Qld banana growing regions experienced further rainfalls associated with the aftermath of the tropical lows off the coast last week with Mareeba receiving 53mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 82mm; the coastal regions like Innisfail had falls totaling 85mm and South Johnston totaling 78mm across the week! The impact of the tropical lows moved further south and we saw flooding in the Bundaberg district with both coastal and inland routes temporarily flooded, but trucks were soon on the move again. Rainfall should be lessening, but further showers are expected in the week to come.

We are seeing the impact of the wet, humid weather throughout a number of Banana displays with blotchy mould present, somewhat dull fruit, light skin marking, thrip damage, sap staining etc - some better displays than others out there.

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 $3.99 - $4.50/kg depending upon store location and stock condition.


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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 10, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 576,559 tray equivalents, approximately 78,000 less than the previous week. If we break this quantity into the Hass vs Shepard figures, we see approximately 191K Hass and 379K Shepard tray equivalents produced. Export is definitely getting a work out with a number of parties sending smaller sized Shepards abroad, in an effort to keep the local market somewhat respectable.

Production across the country saw North Queensland take the lead with 60.08% (Shepard) of production; followed by WA/NT (Hass) accounting for 32.78% of the national production; then Central Queensland accounting for 6.72%; Central NSW for 0.29% and Tristate for 0.14% of the total production for the week. Despite an increasing supply volume of Shepards at 60% of the total supply - hass still account for 33% of the volume and this is still impacting the sales of Shepards. The continued rain in North Queensland combined with the high humidity is having an impact on fruit with a number of stores visited this week with the presence of a few pieces with rots. Postharvest treatments are a very necessary step in the preparation for market, but unfortunately will prevent all types of breakdown.

 It is forecast that a total of some 529,408 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 11) nationally, with the majority of these being Shepard! Total production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 541K-584K tray equivalents per week.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw hass pricing as follows - Aldi had Shepard’s at $1.49 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Shepard avos at $1.00 each; and Woolworths were retailing Shepards at $1.00-$1.20ea depending upon store location.













 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

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🍌Bananas at Aldi
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🍌Bananas at Coles
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🥑Avocados at Woolworths
 

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Mostly clean, a few sap stains and small skin marks noted.

  • Havana bananas at $4.49/kg.

ALDI BROWNS PLAINS

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. A few sap stains, rust and skin marks noted.

  • Havanas bananas at $4.49/kg.

ALDI CARINDALE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Main display backward in condition, carryover stock with good colour. Again some dull fruit and sap staining present.

  • Havana bananas at $4.49/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish at $3.99/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea. Fruit was full colour, some clusters found with split peel, neck injuries and a few with significant marking.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg (nil stock on display). Organic at $6.50/kg.

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

  • Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg - very dull in appearance.

COLES CARINDALE

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea. Fruit was in need of a refill - mixed bloom.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg - odd cluster poor condition. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea. Eat now and eat later displays fully stocked. A few neck injuries evident and light skin marking.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Sly Fox Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Sooty mould on some clusters of cavendish. Kids packs at $3.70ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea. Very neat presentation.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Ct 23 NQ SHEPARDS ticketed at $1.49ea supplied by Avocado Collective - Grower AuDacia packed 13th February so fruit age was 26 days old? if label is correct?. Fruit was firm.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.49ea. 5 piece packs at $4.99ea but no stock on display. Some rots found in both prepack formats.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • CT 20 WA Hass Avocados priced $1.50ea. Packed 20th February so fruit age was 19 days from date of pack.

  • Prepacks: 1kg I’m Perfect packs at $5.00ea.

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

  • Ct 23 Shepard Avocados priced $1.00! Mix of Simpson Farms ; Rockridge; Freshmax Bananas (Grower Reidy Avos a few with body rots) and Rockley Packing supplied by Murray Bros. Most of the fruit appeared to be packed on 26th February, therefore fruit is 13 days from date of pack.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.00ea - but no stock in the bin; and Avo 5pk stock at $5.50ea.

COLES CARINDALE

  • Rock Ridge Fresh Shepard Avocados Ct23 priced $1.00ea.

  • 1kg packs at $5.00ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Greenskins SHEPARD Ct 23 priced at $1.20ea - supplied by Greenskins Eat now stock packed 18th February so fruit age is 21 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea. 5 piece packs on special for $4.90ea. Organic Avo Mini 550g $12.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

  • SHEPARD Ct 23 priced at $1.00ea supplied by Greenskins. Fresh stock packed 26th Feb so fruit age is 13 days from pack. Odd piece with body rot found.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.90ea on special. 1kg packs at $4.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS CARINDALE

  • SHEPARD Ct 23 priced at $1.00ea supplied by Greenskins. Very neat display.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.90ea on special.

 

Retail Market Week 10 - 2026

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February has vanished!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 9 were approximately 491,000 cartons which represents a reduction of some 34,500 cartons on the previous week. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 19.9 - 24.3C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 27.3- 31.8C with high humidity. North Qld banana growing regions experienced further rainfalls associated with the tropical lows sitting off the coast with Mareeba receiving 149.6mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 144.1mm; the coastal regions like Innisfail had falls totaling 186.0mm and South Johnston totaling 96.0mm across the week! More rain and potential high winds are expected today and over the weekend, potential for flooding has been raised which may mean road closures. We will keep you informed of further developments.

Banana displays varied across stores visited, some dull fruit present, light skin marking and bruising present, thrip damage, sap staining marking - there were definitely some better displays.

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 $3.99-$4.50/kg by tickets on display and store location.


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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 9, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 654,744 tray equivalents, approximately 46,000 more than the previous week.

Production across the country saw WA/NT (Hass) just maintaining the lead in terms of production - accounting for 50.61% of the national production, followed by North Queensland accounting for 48.59% (Shepards) ; Central Queensland accounting for 0.44%; Central NSW for 0.21% and Tristate for 0.16% (Reeds+ other) of the total production for the week.

 It is forecast that a total of some 572,881 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 10) nationally, with the majority of these for the first time this season being Shepard! Total production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 532K-553K tray equivalents per week. Whilst WA hass will still be present in all markets, it is thought that the concentration will be seen in Victoria, SA and WA.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw hass pricing as follows - Aldi had Shepard’s at $1.49 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at $1.50 each; and Woolworths were retailing Shepards at $1.20ea.


Please be aware that the tropical low off the coast of north Queensland is bringing heavy rain this week, it is expected to continue across the weekend. There could be potential road closures due to flooding. The increased rainfall across this week has also hampered harvests. We will of course keep you informed of further developments and impacts upon supply.












 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

Right to left: Woolworths Hass; 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 INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Mostly clean, a few sap stains and small skin marks noted.

  • Havana bananas at $4.49/kg - needed restocking.

ALDI KENMORE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Mostly backward, odd cluster with severe burn.

  • Havanas bananas at $4.49/kg.

  • Green fruit across both varieties with marking on cavendish.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Main display backward in condition, carryover stock with good colour. Again some dull fruit and sap staining present.

  • Havana bananas at $4.49/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea. Some fruit with significant marking. Odd clusters found with severe burn and sap staining.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg (nil stock on display). Organic at $6.50/kg.

COLES KENMORE

  • Cavendish at $4.90/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish on display $3.99/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea. Fruit was full colour, small scars, neck injuries, odd split peel and bruising observed.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea. Eat now and eat later displays fully stocked. Some sap staining and dull clusters present.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Sly Fox Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

WOOLWORTHS KENMORE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea. A little neck injury and rust thrip damage observed.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $5.90/kg.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea. Again a little neck injury present.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

  • Greenskins Ct 23 SHEPARDS ticketed at $1.49ea. A few pieces with limey skin colour which usually indicates immature fruit. Fruit packed 12th Feb so fruit age is 20 days old. Also note Aldi catalogue this week features “Autumn Delights” which they clearly include the Shepard Avocado and feature recipes etc.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.49ea. 5 piece packs at $4.99ea but no stock on display.

ALDI KENMORE

  • Greenskins Ct 23 Shepard avos ticketed at $1.49ea. Also note Aldi catalogue this week features “Autumn Delights” which they clearly include the Shepard Avocado and feature recipes etc.

  • 1kg packs at $4.49ea. No Avocado 5pk stocked.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Au Dacia NQLD Ct 23 Shepard Avos supplied by Avocado Collective ticketed at $1.49ea packed 13th Feb - so fruit age is 19 days old. Also note Aldi catalogue this week features “Autumn Delights” which they clearly include the Shepard Avocado and feature recipes etc.

  • 5 piece prepacks at $4.99ea contained SHEPARD AVOS, 1kg SHEPARD packs $4.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

  • Shepard Avocados priced $1.50ea. Three separate display areas for the loose Shepards at this store, two of which were relatively close to the produce department entry point. Rock Ridge Shepards and last of the Avocado Collective Hass on display - Hass also selling at $1.50ea.

  • Prepacks: 1kg I’m Perfect packs at $5.00ea and 5 piece packs at $5.50ea.

COLES KENMORE

  • Ct 20 Shepard Avocados priced $1.50 supplied by Rockridge Fresh packed 21st Feb so fruit was 12 days old.

  • Mostly minor markings, however odd piece with more pest damage.

  • Ct 20 Avocado Collective Hass also selling at $1.50/piece packed 16th February so fruit was 17 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.00ea. No Avo 5pk stock on display.

  • Organic avos at $4.50ea seemed to be developing a skin mould.

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Costa supplied WA Hass Avocados Ct20 priced $1.50ea packed 20th Feb so fruit is 12 days old.

  • 1kg packs at $5.00ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

  • Greenskins SHEPARD Ct 20 priced at $1.20ea - supplied by Greenskins - some rots and breakdown present, but improved on last couple of weeks - Shepards featured on both sides of the A frame unit positioned close to produce department entry point. Avos packed 18th and 19th Feb so fruit age was 13-14 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea. 5 piece packs on special for $4.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS KENMORE

  • SHEPARD Ct 20 priced at $1.20ea supplied by Greenskins packed 10th-19th Feb so fruit is 13-23 days old.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.90ea on special. 1kg packs at $6.00ea. Some breakdown and anthracnose present in the prepacks. Organic at $4.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • SHEPARD Ct 23 priced at $1.20ea supplied by Greenskins packed 18th Feb so fruit is 14 days old.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $4.90ea on special. 1kg packs at $6.00ea.

 

Retail Market Week 9 - 2026

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🍌BANANA OVERVIEW
🥑AVOCADO OVERVIEW
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February has vanished!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 8 were 525,585 for the week which was an increase of almost 44,000 cartons on Week 7 national harvest. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 20.2 - 26.1C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 27.0- 35.6C with high humidity. North Qld banana growing regions experienced further rainfalls associated with the traditional wet season with Mareeba receiving 58.2mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 87.2mm; the coastal regions like Innisfail had falls totaling 52.6mm and South Johnston totaling 35.0mm across the week!

Banana displays varied across stores visited, light skin marking and bruising present, thrip damage, rust marking - there were definitely some better displays.

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 $4.90/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.50/kg by tickets on display.


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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 8, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 608,109 tray equivalents, approximately 33,000 less than the previous week.

Production across the country saw WA/NT (Hass) maintaining the lead in terms of production - accounting for 67.88% of the national production, followed by North Queensland accounting for 31.75% (Shepards) ; Central NSW accounting for 0.19%; and Tristate for 0.17% (Reeds+ other) of the total production for the week.

 It is forecast that a total of some 625,354 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 9) nationally, with the majority of these of course still being Hass, but have no doubt the Shepards are continuing to build with respects to volume! Total production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 459K-527K tray equivalents per week.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw hass pricing as follows - Aldi featured new season Shepard’s in their weekly catalogue at $1.19 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at 2 for $3.50; and Woolworths were retailing Shepards at $1.90ea but by Thursday had price matched Aldi in a number of stores with fruit at $1.20ea.














 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

Greenskin Avocado Advert seen this week on a digital screen positioned between Aldi and Woolworths at Sunnybank Hills.

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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 FAIRFIELD

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Mostly clean, but some dull fruit, perhaps held or temperature affected. Sap stains and small skin marks noted including neck damage.

  • Havana bananas at $4.49/kg - majority slightly backward.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Havanas bananas at $4.49/kg. Considerable skin marking on half of these presumably carried stock from day prior.

ALDI DREWVALE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Havana bananas at $4.49/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES FAIRFIELD

  • Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea some with crown end mould developing. Mostly clean fruit!

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.90/kg.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

COLES SUNNYBANK PLAZA

  • Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea. Small scars, odd split peel, bruising and sap stains observed.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS MOOROOKA

  • Cavendish priced at $4.90/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea. Eat now and eat later displays.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI FAIRFIELD

  • Greenskins Ct 23 Hass ticketed at $1.19ea as Aldi Super Savers on promo in weekly catalogue.

  • 1kg prepacks at $4.49ea. 5 piece packs at $4.49ea.

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Avocado Collective Ct 23 Shepard avos ticketed at $1.19ea, fruit packed 4th Feb so 23 days old. Evidence of rots present.

  • 1kg packs at $4.49ea. 5 piece packs at $4.49ea.

ALDI DREWVALE

  • Avocado Collective Ct 23/25 Shepard Avos ticketed at $1.19ea packed 4th Feb - so fruit age is 21 days old.

  • 5 piece prepacks at $4.49ea contained SHEPARD AVOS, 1kg SHEPARD packs $4.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES FAIRFIELD

  • Ct 18 Hass Avocados priced 2 for $3.50 supplied by Avocado Collective fruit packed 8th Feb so fruit age was 18 days according to new label applied over original farm label which shows fruit was packed 5th Feb making fruit 21 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg I’m Perfect packs at $7.00ea.

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Ct 18 WA Hass Avocados priced 2 for $3.50 supplied by Avocado Collective packed 9th Feb so fruit was 14 days old according to new label applied over farm label which indicates fruit was packed on 5th Feb so true age is 18 days old.

  • Mostly minor markings, however some individual fruit with more considerable pest damage, latania scale, stings.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $7.00ea and 1kg packs also at $7.00ea.

COLES SUNNYBANK PLAZA

  • Costa supplied WA Hass Avocados Ct20 priced 2 for $3.50 packed 5th Feb so fruit is 20 days old.

  • 1kg packs at $7.00ea. Organic avos at $4.50ea had a residue or mould forming??

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS MOOROOKA

  • Hass Ct 18-23 priced at $1.50ea - supplied by Purpleskin/Greenskins - some rots and breakdown present.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.00ea.

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Hass Ct 23-25 priced at $1.90ea supplied by Greenskins packed 4th-10th Feb so fruit is 13-23 days old. By Thursday price had been reduced to $1.20/piece. Again rots and breakdown present particularly amongst the Eat Now stock packed 4th and 5th Feb; fresher stock packed 10th and 11th Feb cleaner and very firm.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $6.90ea. 1kg packs at $4.80ea. Organic packs at $12.50ea.

 

Retail Market Week 8 - 2026

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🍌BANANA OVERVIEW
🥑AVOCADO OVERVIEW
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February is here!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 7 were back to 481,000 ctns which was 7.1% less than what was harvested and transported in Week 6. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 20.8 - 26.1C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 28.5- 35.6C with high humidity. North Qld banana growing regions experienced further rainfalls associated with the traditional wet season, somewhat heavier than the previous week with Mareeba receiving 120mm for the week to date; Walkamin with 132.8mm; the coastal regions like Innisfail had falls totaling 83.4mm and South Johnston totaling 97.6mm across the week!

Banana displays varied across stores visited, light skin marking and bruising present, thrip damage, rust marking - there were definitely some better displays.

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 depending upon store location; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.90/kg by tickets on display.


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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 7, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 641,343 tray equivalents, approximately 90,000 less than the previous week.

Production across the country saw WA/NT (Hass) maintaining the lead in terms of production - accounting for 72.29% of the national production, followed by North Queensland accounting for 26.69% (Shepards) ; Central NSW accounting for 0.81%; New Zealand accounting for 0.26% (Hass); and Tristate for 0.21% (Reeds+ other) of the total production for the week.

 It is forecast that a total of some 599,547 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 8) nationally, with the majority of these of course still being Hass, but have no doubt the Shepards are continuing to build with respects to volume! Total production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 531K-671K tray equivalents per week.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw hass pricing as follows - Aldi’s Hass at $1.99 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at 2 for $3.50; and Woolworths were retailing Hass at $1.90ea.













 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

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

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🥑Avocados at Woolworths
 

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI MAROOCHYDORE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Mostly clean, majority green. Sap stains and small skin marks noted.

  • Havana bananas at $4.49/kg - skin marking present.

ALDI KAWANA WATERS

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.

  • Havanas bananas at $4.49/kg.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Strong colour in this store by way of comparison.

  • Havana bananas at $4.49/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES MAROOCHYDORE

  • Cavendish at $4.90/kg. Kids packs at $4.90ea. A few banana peels found to be splitting, bruising also found and minor skin marking.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.90/kg.

COLES KAWANA WATERS

  • Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • Cavendish on display $3.98/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea. Strong colour.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. All needing a refill.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS MAROOCHYDORE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea. Eat now and eat later displays.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS KAWANA WATERS

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea. Full cartons as spillover display. Some cartons with packed date of 5th Feb so fruit age was 13 days from date of pack.

  • 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 $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI MAROOCHYDORE

  • Ct 25 Hass ticketed at $1.99ea but empty tray. Trays of Shepard avos from Greenskins packed 4th Feb so fruit age is 14 days old count 23’s ticketed at $1.79ea.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.99ea. 5 piece packs at $5.99ea contained SHEPARD AVOS.

ALDI KAWANA WATERS

  • Ct 23/25 WA Hass ticketed at $1.99ea, fruit packed 5th Feb so 13 days old. Shepard Avos also available, packed 4th Feb so fruit age is 14 days old, Ct23 ticketed at $1.79ea supplied by Greenskins.

  • 1kg packs at $5.99ea. 5 piece packs at $5.99ea.

ALDI GARDEN CITY

  • Ct 23/25 Shepard Avos ticketed at $1.79ea - needed restocking.

  • 5 piece prepacks at $5.99ea contained SHEPARD AVOS, 1kg SHEPARD packs $5.99ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES MAROOCHYDORE

  • Ct 20 Hass Avocados priced 2 for $3.50 supplied by Avocado Collective fruit packed 2nd Feb so fruit age was 16 days.

  • Prepacks: 1kg I’m Perfect packs at $7.00ea. Multiple packs had individual fruits from various growers with different fruit stickers on the fruit, some grown by Delroys' + others. 5 Pack priced at $7.50/bag but no stock on display.

  • Organic avocados at $4.50ea.

COLES KAWANA WATERS

  • Ct 20 WA Hass Avocados priced 2 for $3.50 supplied by Avocado Collective packed 2nd Feb so fruit was 16 days old.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $7.50ea but no stock on display. 1kg packs at $7.00ea contained a mix of WA Hass - individual fruit pieces within the bags had fruit stickers on them and indicated supplied by different growers including Delroy’s + others.

COLES GARDEN CITY

  • WA Hass Avocados Ct20 priced 2 for $3.50 supplied by Avocado Collective.

  • 1kg packs at $7.00ea. Again individual net packs contained fruit from different growers as some pieces of fruit had fruit stickers.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS MAROOCHYDORE

  • Hass Ct 18-23 priced at $1.90ea - supplied by Purpleskin/Greenskins. Fruit packed 30th Jan and 3rd Feb meaning fruit is 15-19 days old. Some pieces found with rots.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.90ea. 5 piece packs also at $5.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS KAWANA WATERS

  • Hass Ct 23-25 priced at $1.90ea supplied by Greenskins packed 4th Feb so fruit is 14 days old. Evidence of odd piece with shrivelling of skin and lime green colour which tends to indicate immaturity.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $5.90ea. 1kg packs at $6.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS GARDEN CITY

  • Ct 23-25 Hass priced at $1.90ea supplied by Greenskins packed 3rd Feb so fruit age is 15 days.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $5.90ea. 5 piece packs at $5.90ea.

 

Retail Market Week 7 - 2026

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🍌BANANA OVERVIEW
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February is here!

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for Week 6 were back to above 500,000 ctns in fact up to 518,000 which was 7.6% more than what was harvested and transported in Week 5. Temperatures in the far north are similar to be last week with early A.M. temperatures falling within a range of 20.8 - 24.8C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 28.0- 32.9C with high humidity. North Qld banana growing regions experienced further rainfalls associated with the traditional wet season: whilst Mareeba received only 9.6mm for the week to date; and Walkamin with 4.8mm; the coastal regions like Innisfail with falls totaling 198mm and South Johnston totaling 221.6mm received a drenching across the week!

Banana displays varied across stores visited, light skin marking and bruising present, thrip damage, rust marking - there were definitely some better displays.

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 depending upon store location; and Coles were also offering fruit at $4.50/kg by tickets on display.


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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 6, 2025 - Avocado production for this week reached 732,667 tray equivalents, approximately 84,000 more than the previous week. It should be noted that 21.4% of this total is in the form of bulks for prepacks; fruit for processing and food service ie almost 157,000 tray equivalents leaving approximately 575,000 for domestic consumption and export.

Production across the country saw WA/NT (Hass) maintaining the lead in terms of production - accounting for 80.02% of the national production, followed by North Queensland accounting for 18.71% (Shepards) ; Central NSW accounting for 0.81%; New Zealand accounting for 0.26% (Hass); and Tristate for 0.20% (Reeds+ other) of the total production for the week.

 It is forecast that a total of some 633,911 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 7) nationally, with the majority of these of course still being Hass, but have no doubt the Shepards season has started and will continue to build! Total production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 510K-654K tray equivalents per week.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week, we saw hass pricing as follows - Aldi’s Hass at $1.99 each;  Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos at 2 for $4.00; and Woolworths were retailing Hass at $1.90ea.












 

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

Right to left: Woolworths Hass; 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 SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Some clusters with bruising and skin marking.

  • Havana bananas at $4.49/kg - skin marking present.

ALDI BROWNS PLAINS

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Damage across all cavendish - sunburn, thrip damage, sap staining.

  • Havanas bananas at $4.49/kg.

ALDI DREWVALE

  • Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Heavy thrip damage on some clusters, sunburn and marking.

  • Havana bananas at $4.49/kg.

 

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg.

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

  • Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.

  • Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg. Red Tips and ladyfingers desperately needed refilling.

COLES PINELANDS

  • Cavendish on display $4.90/kg. Kids packs at $4.90ea.

  • Lady Fingers $8.90/kg. Organic Clusters were spotting.

 

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg- more Eat Later than Eat Now on display. Kids packs at $3.70ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

WOOLWORTHS ACACIA RIDGE

  • Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.70ea.

  • Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $9.00/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Ct 25 Hass ticketed at $1.99ea. Fruit packed 22nd Jan so fruit age is 20 days old.

  • 1kg prepacks at $5.99ea. 5 piece packs at $5.99ea contained SHEPARD AVOS.

ALDI BROWNS PLAINS

  • Ct 23/25 Hass ticketed at $1.99ea. Avocado Collective Hass packed 22nd Jan so fruit age is 20 days old.

  • 1kg packs at $5.99ea. 5 piece packs at $6.49ea.

ALDI DREWVALE

  • Ct 23/25 Hass ticketed at $1.99ea. Avocado Collective hass packed 19th Jan so fruit age is 23 days old.

  • 5 piece prepacks at $5.99ea contained SHEPARD AVOS, they also had on display the last of the HASS 5pks at $6.49ea. 1kg HASS packs $6.49ea.

 

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Ct 25 Hass Avocados priced 2 for $4.00 supplied by Avocado Collective.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $7.50ea - NOTE these were NZ HASS. 1kg I’m Perfect packs at $6.90ea.

COLES BROWNS PLAINS

  • Ct 23/25 Hass Avocados priced 2 for $4.00 with packed dates ranging 23-28th Jan for the Costa supplied Hass meaning fruit age ranged 14 to 19 days.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $7.50ea contained NZ HASS. 1kg packs at $6.90ea.

COLES PINELANDS

  • Hass Avocados Ct20 priced 2 for $4.00 packed 26th Jan so fruit age is 16 days old. Fruit supplied by Costa’s and Avocado Collective.

  • 1kg packs at $6.90ea. 5 piece packs $7.50ea.

  • Note 5 piece packs are NZ fruit.

 

AVOCADOS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS SUNNYBANK HILLS

  • Hass Ct 18-23 priced at $1.90ea - half of display supplied by Avocado Collective, the other half by Purpleskin/Greenskins - quality of these were not as good, more skin marking. Fruit packed 22nd Jan and 19th Jan respectively meaning fruit is 20-23 days old.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.90ea. 5 piece packs also at $6.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS BROWNS PLAINS

  • Hass Ct 23-25 priced at $1.90 Again half of display was supplied by Avocado Collective, the other half by Purpleskins (Grower Avonova) with latter being of poorer quality.

  • Prepacks: 5 piece packs at $6.90ea. 1kg packs at $6.90ea.

WOOLWORTHS ACACIA RIDGE

  • Ct 23-25 Hass priced at $1.90ea. This store had loose stock from Delroy’s and Purpleksin/Greenskins mainly.

  • Prepacks: 1kg packs at $6.90ea. 5 piece packs at $6.90ea.