Posted by kathryn in Shopping Basket and Fruit

Are bananas the new flowers, asks the Sydney Morning Herald Good Living section this week? Since tropical cyclone Larry flattened about 90% of Australia’s commercial banana crop, the price has been going up and up. In supermarkets they’re about $13.99 per kilo, which makes one individual banana about $3.15 – wow! Up until now bananas have been Australia’s favourite fruit and also in the top ten overall grocery items.

The Good Living article also includes a banana price watch, showing the cost at different shops around Sydney. The cheapest they find is Marrickville Fruitland at $7.99, although Lettuce Deliver, have them for $7.80 per kilo. Prices are expected to start coming down from September.

According to the Australian Banana Growers Council Australia produced over 260,000 tonnes of bananas in 2005.

14 June, 2006