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State of the Industry by Circana – Slow value growth across all channels. 

Circana (previously IRI/Aztec provider of Coles supermarket scan data) presented a State of the Industry report. In the current economic environment of rising...

Consumer confidence bucks the trend and rose ahead of Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales 

Last week Roy Morgan’s consumer confidence survey found confidence rose 0.4% ahead of the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales weekend (24th of Nov to...

Blueberry and strawberry volume and demand decreases as we see a spike in raspberries and blackberries towards Christmas.

Blueberry and Strawberry volume and demand have been flat across the week and are expected to continue. Raspberries and Blackberries continue to increase...

Weather slows production of rabbiteye blueberries, whilst premium blueberries ramp up on the West Coast.

The weather in Woolgoolga is slowing down the production of the early rabbiteye season, which starts on the East Coast, whilst WA Premium...

Blueberry shortage in US due to El Nino 

The United States is experiencing a significant blueberry shortage due to a poor harvest in Peru, the world's largest blueberry exporter....

Woolworths Supermarket Q1 results 

Woolworths grew sales by 6.4% in Q1 this is due to item growth despite a moderation in inflation of 2% compared to year...

Prices remain stable as signs of improvement are seen across blueberries and strawberries.

Prices will remain stable over the coming week with signs that we could see some improvement in blueberries and strawberries before the summer...

Blueberry prices moving on up and changes in the Raspberry and Blackberry retail space.

Blueberry prices finally move up on the East Coast, Raspberries/Blackberry packaging changes in NSW for some retailers and Strawberry volume from Southern production...

Blueberry volumes fall ,Strawberry higher volumes and Raspberry volumes continues to climb. 

Blueberry volumes fall away quickly past peak, Strawberry volumes continue with significantly higher volumes than last year, and Raspberry volume continues to climb....