Market Update
Morning All
Just a quick market update
Vegetables
Beans – After a terrible weekend of bad weather in Carnarvon, beans took a big hit, we have Queensland stringless available at $21/kg, there will be no KB for a couple of weeks.
Spring Onion – supply still very short and size not ideal, price firm.
Tomatoes – Supply has really shortened with cold weather up north, we do have some nice Queensland coming over, prices will be $6 +/kg.
Iceberg Lettuce – Supply still short but prices have eased slightly, still no 10 counts available though, so size still on smaller side sorry.
Capsicum – Green capsicum will be Geraldton, Red will be a mixture between Geraldton and Carnarvon, Yellow will be Carnarvon, obviously not being glasshouse now, shelf-life won’t be as good, so don’t overstock.
Burpless – Our grower is back and these are very nice.
Egg Plant – Supply is very short with good eggplant costing over $4, Carnarvon growers lost crops over the weekend.
Garlic – unfortunately will be Mexican for the next couple of weeks until local new season starts.
Zucchinis – have really shortened up this week and prices now over $1.80 each.
Loose Mushrooms – are very short at present, Australia wide shortage of white button mushies. Price’s will be up on all loose white Mushies.
Onions Brown – we now have 15kg Boxes of graded N1 brown onions, these obviously cost more but quality is superior.
Green Normal Cucumbers – there will be a week or 2 gap with these as grower wait for next batch.
Fruit
Grapes – USA fruit is available but supply very inconsistent.
Kiwi fruit – New season NZ arrived today, fruit firm.
Mandarins – We are now using the Afourer variety, fruit is ok but not as tasty as previous varieties.
Melons – Rockmelon and Honey Dew Supply has really shortened up this week.
Strawberries – We now have Heavenly Strawberries, and they are delicious, these will cost approx. $4 each but are worth every cent.
Pineapples – extremely short supply, some Queensland growers between patches, very little fruit coming over.
Mangoes – some relief with prices, still only Northern Territory fruit available and quality not great. Kununurra will start October.
Watermelon – Finally some relief with price.
Oranges Blood – the beautiful Bindoon Blood oranges have now finished for the season, we will only have E/states available.
Have a great weekend 🙂
Wes
New Season Fruit
**Quick update of New Season fruit available and some shortages**
New Season Fruit
Hi Early Apples
Gala Apples
Granny Smith Apples
Kanzi Apples
Bravo Apples
QLD Imperial Mandarins
Local Pomegranates
Local Feijoas
Local Persimmons
Passion fruit Southwest
Pears Packham
Pears Bosch
Pears Nashi
Aussie Kiwi fruit
Fruit that is very short
Strawberries – Southwest season is nearly done so numbers very low, new season Wanneroo fruit approx. 3 weeks away, prices are up.
Blueberries – NZ fruit cost us $7 + with season nearly done, our Local season only weeks away.
Watermelon – Local season is done, using a mixture of Carnarvon and Northern Territory, not happy with Quality.
Oranges – Using the last of USA/Egyptian fruit, new season Moora/Local season only weeks away 🙂 We might have some E/States Navels next week.
Plums – we are on the last variety Flavor fall, fruit will start to get soft now, prices are up.
Grapes – maximum 4 weeks left on reds, White will hopefully go to end of May.
Avocados – prices are up because local HASS season is finishing, QLD Hass has started dribbling through.
Peaches/Nectarines – finished.
Have a great easter everyone, stay safe
Wes
NEW Ordering Cut off times
Dear Valued Customers
Order cut off times will be changing this week, the Market is extremely difficult at the moment with cutbacks nearly every day, so the new ordering times are as follows.
Monday Market & Pick Ups – Cut off time is 10.30am Saturday morning, we would appreciate orders Friday night, but first thing Saturday morning will be ok, but NO later than 10.30am.
Tuesday Market & Pick Ups – Cut off time is 10.30am Monday.
Wednesday Market & Pick Ups – Cut off time is 10.30am Tuesday.
Thursday Market & Pick Ups – Cut off time is 10.30am Wednesday.
Unfortunately, the Markets are nothing like they were 23 years ago when I first started, we have lost hundreds of good growers over the years, we don’t mind if you need some add ons, just text Andy or Myself, or email [email protected].
Thank you for understanding, I know everyone is extremely busy, but for us to be able to get full supply and the best produce available, we need to get orders in earlier.
Thank you
Regards,
Wes
MARTINS PRODUCE PDF ORDER FORM
Winners are Grinners AGAIN !!!!
Winners are Grinners AGAIN !!!!
On Friday night at The Crown Ballroom, Cunderin IGA took out BEST SMALL STORE FRUIT AND VEG at the 2021 WA Fruit and Veg awards, well done Jayson Goldson and his team.
This is a big achievement for Martins Produce, our shops have won this award 4 years in a row, considering there is over 400 shop nominees every year this is a massive achievement.
Well done to my awesome team here at Martins Produce, led by Brayden Munro and Lindsay Yates, all the very early mornings and hard work makes everything worth while when your Customers win these awards, so well done Boys. It has been a very difficult year with supply, with COVID affecting growers finding workers, add in an extra wet winter and several severe hail storms, we have really had to work hard and be ahead of the market, to make sure we can get supply for our awesome Customers.
WELL DONE TEAM!!!
Below is just some of the awesome work Jayson does with his shop at IGA CUNDERDIN 🙂
Winners are Grinners!!!
Morning All
On Friday night our Customer BG’s Farmstand Busselton took out WA BEST FRESH PRODUCE RETAILER OF THE YEAR “SMALL STORE ”
So congratulations to Michael and Tonia, great achievement.
We also had 3 of the top 6 Finalist for BEST REGIONAL STORE.
Have a great week.
Wes
Fruit and Veg Displays
Morning All
Please see below some display ideas, there are many ways you can present your produce, have a look and see if there’s any ideas you can try in your displays.
The more time you can put into your displays, you will see the results in your sales, if you have produce breaking down, please get it off the shelf and sell at a discounted price so you don’t stop sales.
Have a great week
Wes
WINNERS ARE GRINNERS!!!!!!
https://martinsproduce.com.au/news-category/winners-are-grinners/
Well done to my amazing team at Martins Produce!!
Supplier to the winner of WA’s Best Small Store Fruit and Veg Award for the second year running.
Out of 280 nominees we had 2 shops make the final 5
CUNDERDIN IGA – WINNER !!!!!
BG’S FARMSTAND BUSSELTON
Congratulations to both shops on an amazing job with your fruit and veg, a lot of hard work so well done!!!
We had Wagin Foodworks win the same award last year so its a big thrill and very rewarding for all the early mornings and hard work.
Now lets make it a 3 in a row next year 🙂
Cunderdin IGA 2019 Winners !!!
Wagin Foodworks 2018 Winners !!!
CUSTOMER DISPLAY
Please see below what a great job Jayson from IGA Cunderdin is doing with his display, obviously it takes a lot of time and work but the end result looks great, well done Jayson !!!
