07/12/2025
What's happening in the market?
In fruit, wow…it’s going to be hard to choose between all that great value fruit. Cherries, apricots, donut peaches, nectarines, blueberries, rockmelons, bananas, passionfruit, lychees, papaya: getting your 2 serves of fruit in daily should be a piece of …cake? Add the seedless grapes – the reds are still dear, but the whites are coming down – and berries, and you’re ready to feast whilst Christmas is still 2 weeks away.
By contrast, winter fruit is really tightening up: apples and pears are increasingly hard to source, and wholesale prices in some cases (hello Pink Lady’s!!) are triple the normal (peak season) price. At this stage, it is not at all certain that we will have apples over the height of summer.
Seedless watermelon has had its flush over the past few weeks. We think most members got one because we sold over 18 tonnes in W2548 when we had them for $1 a kilo in the Divvy Deal. Alas, this week they’re around $2.40/kg. Pineapples are also scarce to unavailable.
Vegetables are a mixed bag this week: local corn from Angelo Vella in Freemans Reach (Charlie Vella’s younger brother) and Manuel Xerri in Agnes Banks are both picking. Expect the odd critter and a bold patch at the tip of the cob…but the rest should be big, juicy and clean. Other local produce – from zucchini to tomatoes, and cabbages to lettuce – remain cheap, but prices are rising for cucumbers, some leafy greens and herbs, ginger, avocadoes and cauliflowers. Red capsicum will come down but not for another week. Or two. But green caps ARE cheaper.