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Navel Oranges
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Consumer Tips:
Nutrition
Oranges are an excellent source of vitamin C,
beta-carotene, folate, fibre, and also contain
other carotenoids that act as anti-oxidants.
Buying & storing
Consumers should look for bright-coloured
oranges with a smooth skin that feel heavy for
their size. Store in the fridge for two weeks.
Preparation
Cut unpeeled oranges into wedges and eat the
flesh. Alternatively, peel and slice or cut into
segments.
Navel oranges get their name from the
depression at their base. A juicy seedless variety,
they are easy to peel and available almost all
year round.
Displaying and Storing
Navels should be stacked neatly in rows with
uniformity in your facing – neat rows look great!
During autumn and winter you can get away with
storing navels in dry bins, however as the season
lengthens, it is a good idea to consider
refrigeration. Place bagged (pre-packs are
available) fruit next to the loose option and keep
some of your citrus lines together – it creates a
wonderful bright fruit section in your fruit displays.
Cooking tip
Combine orange segments, sliced red onion,
avocado and watercress in a bowl.
Chop and toss with toasted almonds and
rosewater essence in a bowl. Serve with Greekstyle natural yoghurt.
In Season
Next week, all Fruitlink customers will be getting
a copy of In Season - a consumer guide to what
is in season. It is basically a market report for
your customers – keeping them informed!
We suggest you place these prominently in an
A4 ticket frame in you produce department. You
will receive these each month – roughly middle of
the month as a timing guideline.
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Fruit
coloured fruit at store level. Expect high prices for
a couple of weeks yet.
Avocadoes
Hass avocadoes are still abundant in supply;
plenty of small fruit is flooding the market. This is
a great opportunity for stores to introduce 2 sizes
into their department.
Truss tomatoes will remain expensive, sales are
still strong and quality of blush is superb, this is a
better option for stores with field tomatoes strong
in price.
Trays we have size 18’s (lrg) 28’s (med), Bulks
(sml) and a great pp line to save you all the
effort. Trays /10 550gm.
Pre-pack truss has started supply is sporadic.
Cherry tomatoes, mini grapes and tom thumbs
are still firm in price, quality is good.
Strawberries, Blueberries and Raspberries
The local strawberry season from the Sunshine
Coast has just started volumes are low so price
will remain high, we should start to see better
volume and pricing in a fortnight and season will
ramp up in a month. Update is that we are in for
a great quality season with weather conditions
being perfect.
Bella rossa, kumatoes are also available.
Roma tomatoes, using Bundaberg fruit quality is
fair and price is high.
Blueberries -we will continue with Australian
fruit, price is steady; fruit is selling due to prices
being high throughout berry category.
Raspberries are expensive, but the quality is
good.
Tomatoes
Tomatoes will remain at critical levels again next
week. All the fruit coming into the Market is
green. This happens when there is not enough
tomatoes to go around. We have been keeping
ahead and ripening fruit ourselves to maintain
Melon
We have seen the first deliveries on North
Queensland White and Gold Honeydew from
Rocky Ponds. Quality is fantastic but price will
remain firm for the next few weeks.
Rockmelons: Size 12’s will be Rocky Ponds,
Long Life fruit. Quality is superb and eating very
sweet. Size 15’s will be a great price so ask your
buyers for a special.
Northern Territory Watermelon has started and
the quality is looking great. Prices have eased so
take advantage. Have cut fruit available for your
customers to show of the bright red colour.
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can change due to market fluctuations.
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Kiwifruit
Australian kiwifruit from Victoria is eating
beautifully this fruit has to be left on shelf to ripen
up. The first consignment of kiwi bins (709 pcs) is
in stock now and we will move to NZ cartons at
the back end of the week.
Bananas
Cavendish bananas and lady fingers have eased.
Sales will increase at this time of the year due to
white grapes finishing. Quality is excellent.
Grapes
Grapes are still the same with red and black
seedless great eating.
Mandarins
Imperial Mandarins continue to firm. We are
waiting for Hicksons to start which will be in
around 2 weeks.
Imperials are still our best seller by a long way.
The price increase will not deter the customers they love them too much.
Apples
Batlow red Fuji and Batlow Braeburns have
started. All apples are still the same. Prices are
at record lows due to the large crop. Prepacks
are available and terrific value.
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Cherries
USA cherries will start next week. Fist lot will be
expensive. We’ll wait and access quality and
value.
Figs/Custard Apples
Glasshouse figs from Bundaberg are beautiful;
custard apples are in full swing check order
forms for prices.
Citrus
Australian lemons from Queensland will be
finished at the end of the week, we will then
move to southern fruit.
New season navels are selling well, flavour and
colour is improving daily. Bins, cartons and prepacks available.
Limes - good value trays and 9kg value bulks
available.
Grapefruit marsh and ruby are both sensational
at the moment; they should be featured as part of
new season citrus displays.
Paw Paw
Paw paw across all varieties and sizes is the best
value it has been in two years, for stores that
have not re-introduced this line to your
department please do so.
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We will run a medium and small yellow carton
and a size 6-7 skybury. All fruit is coming from
coastal growing areas from NQ.
Pears
Packham pears continue we are running a
premium 13kg carton a value 18kg carton there
is also some good clean bins. Buerre Bosc and
Josephine pears are eating well. Corella pears
are out of season.
Exotics
Some good exotics have started up. We have
guava, dragon fruit, feijoas and rosellas.
Vegetables
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Carrots
QLD carrots are due to start in 3 weeks, until
then we will be using either Tasmanian or WA
carrots. Full range available.
Purple carrots continue to sell well; they are a
great colour break and a point of interest in the
department.
Capsicums
Reds have eased a bit over the last week but
Greens have remained the same. Gold Caps
from NZ are available.
Cucumbers
Cucumbers are coming back in price.
Lettuce
Local lettuce is a full tilt and quality is beautiful.
Price will remain the same. CHEAP!
P/P Capsicums
Baby bell red caps and vine mini sweet caps
have sold well this week.
Cauliflower and Broccoli
Broccoli -Price has eased a little and the quality
is looking great. Cauliflowers - more of the local
QLD season has hit the markets bringing the
price back a bit. Victorian fruit is still the premium
option. A few size 12’s are starting to trickle in so
ask your buyer when ordering.
Sweet Potato
Excellent quality and price is down, full range
available in large, med and small in gold and red
varieties. Hawaiain in med size white potato with
purple flesh in the middle.
Broccolini
Broccolini is steady; sales are good with cooler
weather.
P/p sweet potatoes are not available quality is
unsuitable.
Celery
The cold weather is starting to put pressure on
supply but the price should remain the same.
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can change due to market fluctuations.
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Potatoes
The Washed Potato market will remain the same.
We are coming to the end of the Thorpdale
season on Brushed Potatoes. Rennie Potatoes
from Hillston are still a month away and Atherton
Potatoes are about the same time frame away.
Rennie Brushed Potatoes are late this year due
crop losses from heavy rain and flooding a month
ago.
Asparagus
We have switched to Thai asparagus which is
great quality - so make sure you get your
labelling correct.
Beans
Green Beans will remain firm in price. There will
be planting gaps for this week which will hold the
price up.
Zucchini
Zucchinis will trend up in price for next week.
Colder weather and end of season is making fruit
short. We will progress into Bundaberg and
Childers fruit in the upcoming weeks
Soup Packs
Soup packs have started. These are great for the
shopper who is looking at making soup and
needs those basic starters.
Asian Vegetables
The Asian vegetables are still looking great and
tasting even better.
Fruitlink Pty Ltd ABN 49 010 144 760. While every care is taken in the preparation of this report, prices and supply
can change due to market fluctuations.