Fresh Produce Weekly Report - Gilmours
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Fresh Produce Weekly Report
Fresh Connection 14 June 2022 2 Market Overview This week’s weather will bring some supply challenges We have now gone from being a bit too dry to swimming in a few weeks and growers are really struggling to get into crops to plant, harvest and spray so we are expecting significant product shortages over the next few weeks. Very similar situation for all Australian sourced produce with growers over there still battling the aftereffects of significant flooding.
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Fresh Vegetables
PRODUCT AVAILABILITY QUALITY COMMENT
Growers are not able to get into paddocks to harvest so expect
Potato
shortages, could become significant if we don’t get some fine weather
Pumpkin Good supply and availability
Supply dropping back quickly now still no issues with supply, but prices
Tomato
are ramping up quickly
Kumara Stable now with no supply issues
Broccoli Supply starting to get impacted, expect volumes to drop off this week
Cauliflower Supply expected to be impacted this week
Cucumber Supply issues seem to have stabilised
Good Marginal Challenging
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Fresh Fruits
PRODUCT AVAILABILITY QUALITY COMMENT
Banana No issues at present
Wet weather has impacted harvesting along with the change in growing
Mandarin
regions so likely to be supply challenges this week and the next
Green and black available but prices have risen
Grapes
Red still cost-effective option
Kiwifruit Good supply of both green and gold, season at its peak
Honeydew &
Finished for the season
Rock Melon
Pineapple No issues with supply
Come off its peak now and we are seeing less crop in the market, with a
Apple
change in prices now firming
Pear NZ Pears going well, both green and brown now available
Lemon Good steady supply now
Good Marginal Challenging
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Seasonal Update
• Orange supply still very tight for a few weeks, moving to imports now but supply chain and shipping issues mean we
will have ongoing gaps in supply.
• Lemons and Kiwifruit coming into full swing, limes also now good supply and quality.
• Strawberries are finished for the season due to quality dropping away quickly.
• Yams are now available.
• Bean still are not available due to flooding in Australia.
• Courgettes supply very short as well and may go into allocation or no supply later in the week.
• Capsicum and tomato prices are lifting rapidly.
• All lettuce crops and baby leaf salads will be significantly impacted this week, we are already seeing allocations on
supply so expect some out of stocks across the salad ranges
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UNI Matariki Delivery Schedule
Delivery Day Fresh Produce Cut Off Prepared Produce Cut Off
Friday 24th June No deliveries No deliveries
Saturday 25th June Order by 10pm Thursday 24th June Order by 8am Thursday 23rd June
Monday 27th June Order by 10pm Friday 24th June Order by 8am Thursday 23rd June
Normal delivery schedules will resume Monday 27th June
UNI = Gilmours Mount Roskill, Gilmours Manukau, Gilmours North Shore, Gilmours Hamilton, Gilmours Tauranga
LNI Matariki Delivery Schedule
Delivery Day Fresh Produce Cut Off Prepared Produce Cut Off
Friday 24th June No deliveries No deliveries
Saturday 25th June Order by 10pm Friday 24th June Order by 7am Wednesday 22nd June
Monday 27th June Order by 10pm Friday 24th June Order by 7am Wednesday 22nd June
Normal delivery schedules will resume Monday 27th June
UNI = Gilmours Central, Gilmours Wellington
Fresh Connection 14 June 2022 7 Did you know? Ginger originated in the tropical rainforests from the Indian subcontinent to Southern Asia. It is now cultivated in the U.S. (including Hawaii), India, China, the West Indies, and other tropical regions. Ginger is one of the world’s more well-known and useful plants, being used for centuries as a spice for flavouring food and as a medicinal plant. Chinese and Ayurvedic practitioners have relied on ginger for at least 3,000 years for its anti-inflammatory properties and have used it as a “carrier” herb, one that enables other herbs to be more effective in the body. As one of the first spices exported from the Orient, ginger arrived in Europe during the spice trade, and was used by ancient Greeks and Romans. By the 11th century CE, it was a common trade article from the East to Europe. The Spaniards brought it to the West Indies and Mexico soon after the conquest, and by 1547 ginger was being exported from Santiago to Spain. Jamaicans and early American settlers made beer from it; and today, natural ginger ales made with fresh ginger are available as a digestive tonic. Ginger is a perennial reed-like plant with annual leafy stems, about a metre tall. It produces clusters of white and pink flower buds that bloom into yellow flowers. Because of its aesthetic appeal and the adaptation of the plant to warm climates, it is often used as landscaping around subtropical homes. Ginger contains a diverse array of many important vitamins and minerals. It also contains gingerol, a compound with potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that has been linked to many unique health benefits. The health benefits of ginger include reduce hypertension, inflammation, DNA breakage, nausea, migraines, and amyloid beta build-up, which is involved in Alzheimer’s disease. Ginger may also reduce DNA damage from radiation and provide some protection from industrial pollutants.
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