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2012-01-23T12:21:00.000+11:00

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Market Update

2012-01-23T12:17:00.001+11:00

All of our normal vegetable, salad and herb lines are good and reasonably priced with the following exceptions:

Asparagus is imported and becoming expensive.
Brussels Sprouts are unavailable.
Broccoli is a bit scarce and becoming expensive.
Iceberg and Cos Lettuce prices are up.

In Fruit,

Stored Pink Lady, Gala, Sundowner, Red Delicious and Granny Smith apples are all still available and good. New season Gala will start from next week. Store apples covered in the fridge to keep them crisp.
New season Clapp Pears are available and good value. Packham Pears have finished for now.
Australian Valencia Oranges are in season and good. Ruby Grapefruit are still available and good.
Australian Lemons are scarce so we will be using USA fruit again this week. Limes are in season and good value.
Bananas are very good and relatively cheap.
Italian Kiwi Fruit are now in season. NZ Kiwi Fruit have finished for this season.
Strawberries, Blueberries and Raspberries are still available. Blueberries are the best quality and good value.
Grapes (Red and Green Seedless), Peaches, Nectarines and Plums are all in season and good. Mangoes, Apricots and Cherries have finished for this season.
Lychees are in season with some nice fruit available.
Figs are in season and good.
Passionfruit are still available but have started to get expensive again.
Pineapples, Rockmelon and Honey Dew are good and reasonably priced.
Seedless Watermelon is available and nice at the moment.
Red Papaya is available again. Yellow Papaw is unavailable at the moment.

Other Items,

Try our Free Range Eggs and Honey.

Australia Day Holiday

2012-01-21T20:34:00.000+11:00

Due to the

Australia

Day holiday and Market closure on Thursday 26 January 2012, we will be moving our schedule forward a day for this coming week only. This means that we will taking orders and delivering a day earlier than normal for all customers during the Australia Day week, commencing from Sunday 22 January 2012.

Reopening Monday 16 January 2012

2012-01-15T21:36:00.000+11:00

The Jolly Greengrocer will reopen after our Christmas holiday on Monday 16 January 2012.