Author Archives: The Product Wholesaler

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Of Interest: Grape season is almost over with prices on the rise.  Strawberries are very light in supply and at an all time high price.  The local season is a few weeks away.  Navel oranges are getting better each week in quality and supply.  Blueberries are very short in supply and avocadoes also light in […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Of Interest: The Lockyer Valley and our Bundaberg districts are starting to produce our winter vegetables now.  With the supply increasing prices will ease and the quality will improve over the next few weeks.  Be aware the Rocket leaf is in very short supply and prices have increased.  New season citrus is increasing at the […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Of Interest: Floods and Cyclone damage are still affecting some lines of produce.  There is a shortage of Tomatoes Australia Wide, hence high prices.  There is not much relief in site for a few more weeks unfortunately. Mandarins are in full swing now, they are starting to sweeten up.  We have stock of new season […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Of Interest: Cyclone Debbie has caused a lot of damage up North in our Winter growing areas.  However, the impact won’t be completely felt for a couple of weeks on most vegetable lines.  We will have to wait and see the full impact.  We can expect rises in prices on most vegetable crops though.  The […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Of Interest: Mandarins have hit our markets, but early season fruit quality is always poor, will get better next week as will new season Navel oranges. Custard apples, fuju fruit and jazz apples are now available. The vegetable market is up and down with the weather.  Rain is falling in all growing areas around Australia.  […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Of Interest: Mandarins and Navel Oranges are about 2 weeks away.  New Season Grannies are starting to come into the market but are very tart, they will be much better in another 2 weeks.  Most of the stone fruit has finished now and the quality is not great at the moment.  Melons and grapes are […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Of Interest: New Season oranges and mandarins are about 4 – 6 weeks away. The Stone fruit season is coming to an unfortunate end.  There has been a lot of rain in North Queensland which has affected the supply of Bananas, avocados and some tropical fruit has also been affected.  Vegetable Supply is still very […]

Autumn brings the new season Shepard Avocado from North Qld, this is the time that the Shepard Avocado takes over from the Hass variety. Shepard avocados are generally referred to as greenskin avocados as their skin stays green as they ripen.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Of Interest: The quality of the new season supply for Lemons, Apples and pears is very good.  The hot weather continues to be a major player in the quality of all vegetables.  Avocados are new season from North Queensland.  Mango season is coming to an end, most other fruits are very good quality, Berries have […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Of Interest:   The new season for Apples, pears and lemons are in stock finally.  The Grannies and Pink Ladys will be new season very soon.  The hot weather has played a big part in quality and veggies are very much heat affected.  Mango season is coming to an end, most other fruits are very […]