BUYERS on call today FRUIT – Adrian VEGETABLES – Jarraeu
THIS WEEKS IGA SPECIALS ARE 1kg CARROTS. 4kg POTATOES and HOMESTYLE WET SALAD TUBS 325gm-480gm
Vegetable news
VEG WEEKLY SPECIAL IS BURPLESS CUCUMBERS @ $1.20each
weekend deal on Red Capsicum and Yellow Capsicums @ $4.00 kilo
There will be a limited supply of grower 10 count LETTUCE this week as one of my growers is not picking . Chilli Plants have finished, they will resume in August . Sugar Snaps remain extremely light in supply and expensive. Zucchini’s will be back in price slightly. Ginger remains the same price.
CHEERS FROM THE VEG TEAM
Fruit News
IGA WEEKLY SPECIALS:- Mangoes, 200g Cherry Tomatoes, Plums & Bartlett Pears
IGA Late Week Specials:- White Seedless Grapes & (Shelf) Tomatoes
SJ Fresh Special:- Red Seedless Grapes $4.50kg
A new variety of Apples is due over the weekend – fresh from the Adelaide Hills, Red Love Apples (pictured below) – the fruit only comes in 67 & 70mm sizes as the red centre colour fades when the fruit gets bigger – stand by your beds for the price $11kg (so similar to the Bravo price when they first started a few years ago) – they will be available tomorrow.
There is an in-store special running until 20th March regarding ‘Sweeter’ Carnarvon Lunchbox Bananas – there is no fixed cost or retail price, the Sweeter Banana Co. are just trying to promote their product – participation is purely down to each individual store – we can get some promotional material to assist the sales push. USA Blood & Cara Cara Oranges are available but only in limited numbers. Limes will be up in price, volumes are light at the moment & because of all the rain in Queensland it will hinder arrivals for the next couple of weeks. Honeydew Melons will be down in price. PP Gold Kiwifruit (Italy) is available now.