Market Update for Tuesday 17 January 2023
In Vegetable and Salad lines:
- Asparagus and Yellow Capsicums are unavailable.
- Most other Vegetable and Salad lines are good and prices are reasonable.
The best seasonal vegetable and salad items are:
- Sweet Potato
- Brushed (dirty) Potatoes
- Corn
- Beans
- Zucchini
- Lebanese Cucumbers
- Celery
- Truss Tomatoes
- Baby Cos and Green Oak Lettuce
In Fruit,
- Pineapples, Seedless Watermelon and Red Papaya are nice. Rockmelon are scarce and Honey Dew are unavailable.
- Valencia Oranges and Limes are in season. Lemons are scarce. Ruby Grapefruit have finished.
- Pink Lady, Jazz and Granny Smith Apples are still good. New season Gala Apples will start soon. Store apples covered in the fridge to keep them crisp.
- Packham Pears are still available. Williams Pears will start soon.
- Bananas are good.
- USA Kiwifruit are in season.
- KP Mangoes are still available.
- There are nice Nectarines and Peaches available.
- Plums are nice but we have stopped Apricots and Cherries.
- Australian Red and Green Seedless Grapes have started.
- Strawberries and Blueberries are nice.
- Passionfruit are unavailable.
Other Items,
- Try our Medjool Dates, Honey and Free Range Eggs.