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.

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