tight national supply<\/a>, though significant differences exist depending on where shoppers choose to fill their trolleys.<\/p>\nColes is selling Hass avocados at $2.50 each, while Woolworths sits slightly lower at $2.20, and Aldi offers them for $1.79. <\/p>\n
Wholesaler outlets such as Box Divvy have them priced at $1.50 each. Meanwhile, Aldi is offering North Queensland Gmax avocados at $2.49 each as the Shepard season wraps up, though industry experts note that overall prices should begin easing within the next month or two as mid-season supply steadies.<\/p>\n
Export boom and seasonal weather disruptions pressure local supply<\/p>\n
Strong overseas demand is also leaving fewer avocados for Australian consumers, with export volumes currently reaching record highs.<\/p>\n
RaboResearch senior food analyst Michael Harvey highlighted that although long-term domestic production was growing due to expanding acreage, annual yields fluctuate naturally.<\/p>\n
Harvey told nine.com.au the Australian avocado industry was producing more and more each year, but avocado production was \u201cnot a linear trajectory because you have alternate bearing crops\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cGenerally speaking, we\u2019ve got more acreage planting and as they mature, we\u2019ve got more fruit, which means greater volume, which generally means we\u2019ve got more volume than we need for the domestic market, so you\u2019ve got export market growth,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
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\u2018We\u2019ve got more acreage planting and as they mature, we\u2019ve got more fruit, which means greater volume.\u2019\u00a0iStockphoto<\/p>\n
RaboResearch also cited the current El Ni\u00f1o weather pattern as a cause for concern for local crops.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is always risks because El Ni\u00f1o is an ongoing risk at the moment and that\u2019s going to have an impact on certain food commodities, and it could impact production where you get a major weather disruption that is local production. It\u2019s not what we\u2019re seeing at the moment, but that\u2019s the risk.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the key story is we\u2019ve had record high avocado prices over the last six years ago. That\u2019s not the case at the moment because there are plenty of avocados around.\u201d <\/p>\n
Harvey said long-term national avocado supply remained resilient, as Western Australia and New Zealand helped plug seasonal production gaps throughout the year, although our reliance on New Zealand crops had lessened thanks to increased production in Western Australia.<\/p>\n
The best produce deals to swap into your shopping basket<\/p>\n
While avocados and cucumbers face temporary price pressure and capsicums tighten slightly, grocery shoppers can balance their weekly budget with plenty of affordable seasonal vegetables. <\/p>\n
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Grocery shoppers can balance their weekly budget with plenty of underpriced seasonal vegetables.\u00a0Jo Abi<\/p>\n
Broccoli prices have dramatically dropped from $7 per kilo down to around $4, while Field and Roma tomatoes remain great value at $5 per kilo.<\/p>\n
A wide range of everyday staples including pumpkins, potatoes, onions, eggplant, zucchini, spinach, carrots, and beetroot are currently selling at or below their seasonal averages, offering shoppers affordable fresh food options while fruit supplies recover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Avocados have more than doubled in price after floods wipe out crops in one growing region in Australia,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-552581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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