James Parry

Single-person households were up 17.2% between 2016-2021, with more Australians living alone according to the latest release of the Australian census. This figure significantly outpaced the national household increase of 11.9% and family households at 10.7%, with Australian single-person households now reaching 25% or 2.37 million households nationally. The trend of smaller families has also …

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Totalling $15.7B for fruit alone, Southern Hemisphere exports of fresh fruit and vegetables continue to realise strong growth to support global demand for perennial fruit supply. These exports are dominated by a small number of organised producing nations, with these nations often taking advantage of new market opportunities through massive scaling of national production in …

Playing to Win, Southern Hemisphere Exports Are a Team Game Read More »

The online food market is back to 9% share for March 22, indicating a plateau after peaking at 10.3% in the September 21 quarter. With a new COVID normal paradigm and a return to work for most, Australian consumers have returned to eating out of home and making more retail shopping trips, reducing the demand …

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In a volatile March 22 quarter, total retail fruit & veg promotions were down 18.4% across  on the previous year as supply chain challenges affected retailers. Vegetable categories were more greatly affected, with 2505 adverts, a sizable 24.5% reduction across Australian retail. Reduced promotional activity was also recorded for fruit, with 2268 total promotions, 12.3% …

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With increases to supply chain costs driven by COVID and the outset of conflict in Ukraine, it is unsurprising that inflation has reached retail pricing of Australian horticulture. For the March quarter, retail prices vs 2021 were up on average 2.48%, for for fruit and 11.21% up for vegetables on the previous year. Crop losses …

Flood, Fuel & Fertilizer Cost Pressure Drives Retail Pricing Inflation Read More »

With the easing of lockdown measures across the nation, online retail saw it’s first signs of slowing since the start of the pandemic. Driven by a return to eating out of the home and confidence returning for an increased number of shopping trips, online shopping saw some easing in the December quarter. Despite this, online …

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Retail promotions are down 11% on average for Australian fresh produce trade in an Omicron-affected first two weeks of 2022. Major retail has seen the largest reduction, with an overall reduction of 18.1% in the number of promotions on supermarket shelves, while greengrocers are up 9.8%. This appears to be in line with widespread staff …

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In general, fresh fruit and veg supply is headed for more disruption this spring, with continued wet conditions for growing regions across the East coast. With rainfall >50mL recorded in most growing regions over the last couple of weeks, inundated producers have been struggling to deal with water levels on farm. Sharpening labour shortages have …

Eastern states growers feel the squeeze following heavy rain and labour issues Read More »