Market Update
Morning All
Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years.
Watermelon – we now have Swan Valley watermelon, quality and taste is sensational, no more inconsistent cutting Carnarvon.
Capsicum – we should start to see some relief with prices, this warm weather will bring crops on.
Cauliflower – only Southwest available, I know quality isn’t great but there are no other options this time of year, the better growers have stopped growing.
Lettuce – haven’t been happy with these for a while, our usual grower summich is still 3 weeks away from having decent lettuce, bear with us.
Onions – brown new season are just starting, red still a few weeks away, Red have been terrible but there is no other option.
Pumpkins – prices have been up for a while now, we are waiting for southwest to start, majority of the markets is Queensland pumpkins.
Tomatoes – local season in full swing and prices will ease even further next week.
Granny Smiths – quality has been poor as we wait for new season to start late February. Please remember this fruit is nearly 12 months old.
Kiwi fruit – the is only USA Green kiwi fruit available, no gold and definitely no Gold PP.
Pinkladys – the next few weeks will be very painful, and prices will be up even further. New Season a couple of months away.
Rock melon – local season has started, we are still using a mixture of Carnarvon and local depending on what’s better.
Pineapples – have been terrible for a while, these are extremely short due to end of North Queensland season and they’ve has a lot of rain lately, fruit is a lottery, some too green and some cutting brown.
lemons – unfortunately time to swap to USA fruit, local at the end and just not holding up, but USA looks ok, but fruit can turn quickly because of fumigation, please know we try and check every box, but a rotten piece does get through every now and then.
Oranges – the market is a mixture of local Midnight Valencia’s and USA Navels, we will stick to local for now.
Strawberries – there are a few options, but we have been sticking with premium line of Stella’s from Manjimup, there is cheaper fruit around but not good enough to send Country.
Mangoes – bit of an all sorts this time of year, some Calypso still available, but also Carnarvon KP and R2E2.
Eggs – we have been having issues with Golden Eggs and their short used by dates on their eggs, we are trying to resolve this but it’s a new practice they have introduced, but the short used by dates makes it very hard to send Country, 21 days from farm is the new dates, we have backups suppliers so for the next couple of weeks we might give Golden Eggs a miss to get our point across.
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 admin@martinsproduce.com.au.
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
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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 !!!
