BUYERS on call today…
FRUIT – Shane VEG – Tony
VEG NEWS.
SJ Weekly Veg Specials: Geraldton Red Caps $6kg & Carnarvon Sweet Corn @ 80c each.
SUPREME SALADS WILL FINISH PRODUCTION FOR LAST DELIVERY ON AUGUST 2nd.Moving forward there will be only Greenfield’s , Homestyle and Fresh Frontier.
Butter Nuts will be around $40.00 a tub on Monday, South west finished and only North West Produce Available.
Leaf Lines: Bunch Broccoli will be back in price , Savoy and Red Cabbage are around $6.00 each . Green Cabbage will be going down in price to $4.00 each..
Local Ginger has started up as New Season Ginger has finished.
Sweet Potatoes will be going up next week so prices will be around $4.00 to $5.00 a kilo.
Asparagus has shortened up as growing regions have changed. As of next week Asparagus will be around $5.00 a bunch and possibly more.
Beans are extremely short at the moment and will be up in price.
Egg supplies are getting even shorter and prices have increased.
Potatoes are an issue at the moment, Royal Blues are short Locally and also on the east coast. We will do our best to supply. This will be on going for about a month. Might be best to order extra Red Potatoes. Royal Blue $ kilo will not be available all week.
4 kilo, 3 kilo and 2 kilo WHITE POTATOES WILL BE PROBLEM AND MOST OTHER LINES WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE. I WILL SUBSITUTE 4 KILOS,3 KILO and 2KILO WITH REDS OR ROYAL BLUES. ANY QUIRES PLEASE CONTACT TONY.
CHEERS, FROM THE VEG TEAM.
FRUIT NEWS
SJ Fruit Specials: Blueberries $5.50 punnet, Navel Oranges x72.
Adrian is away on long service leave until mid August so please contact Shane or Scott if you have any queries or special requirements.
Bananas ~ Due to cold weather conditions fruit and supply is short and will continue to get worse for the next couple of weeks, we will do our best but orders may be cut back. Prices will be going up again.
Seedless Watermelon has also been effected by cold weather stock is limited and quality is an issue, Broome will be starting towards the end of next week quality should be better.
Honeydew & Rockmelon are short and quality is an issue at the moment, we will do our best to get the correct counts but they may vary.
Tomatoes ~ we may need to use some South Aussie/Qld fruit as the Carnarvon fruit is watermarked and poor quality.
Avocado will be up in price.
Strawberries will be roughly the same price as the late week special.
USA Stonefruit ~ Arriving Monday.
There won’t be any PP Date/Coconut or PP Date/Almond for several months – 4kg boxes of Loose are available.