Tough times for Restaurants and Food service
Restaurants are heading into Winter (typically the slow season) with the added challenge of reduced
Berries Volume rises with good weather
Blueberries volumes continue to rise with the good weather, Strawberries are fractionally up compared to
Coles and Woolworths given more time to deal with REDcycle soft plastic waste
Following the collapse of REDcycle in 2022, (the scheme where customers collect soft plastics and
Inflation increases in April to 3.6%
Inflation has slightly increased for the 12 months to April to 3.6% (up from 3.5%
NSW Takes 1st place for the most fruit and vegetables consumed per household but are the only state to decline vs the prior year.
NSW Takes 1st place for the most fruit and vegetables consumed per household but are
Blueberry volume lowers along with strawberries but raspberries on the rise.
Blueberries had the lowest volume in the last 104 weeks (even lower than the previous
Costco sales up 20% due to cost-of-living pressures
Costco, known for its warehouse-style stores and wide range of products, has seen a significant increase in sales, reaching $4.4 billion in 2023....
Back to school should bring demand levels back to normal
Back to School across the country will bring demand levels back to normal after the difficult trading period after Xmas and Jan. What...
Berries stay steady as schools commence for 2024.
Berries continue to be steady with back-to-school starting next week, which should see demand increase as weather continues to be extreme across the...
Demand lowers but hope for next week.
Demand is soft, and fruit is abundant across all categories, however, this should improve at the end of this week....
Retailers overseas abandon self-checkout
A popular retailer, Canadian Tire (similar to Kmart in Australia), has decided to remove self-service checkouts from selected stores following customer feedback. This...
Agriculture set to be a focus at COP28 conference.
The upcoming global climate summit, COP28, will for the first time focus significantly on food systems, highlighting the complex relationship between agriculture and...
Rabbiteye blueberry season ramps up as strawberry production kicks off.
Rabbiteye Season is ramping up three weeks earlier than 2022. Southern Production of Strawberries is expected to kick this week, and RUBUS moves...
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...
