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Dave's Market Picks Fruit and Veg Box

Dave's Market Picks Fruit and Veg Box

Special
$60.00 ea

Dave's Market Picks Fruit and Veg Box will be ever changing due to current market availability. You'll get the best balance of value and quality in this perfectly selected offering of the market's very best.


WHAT'S IN THE BOX THIS WEEK?

Grapes White min 1kg
3 Mandarin Afourer Each
5 Lemon Imperfect Each
2 Orange Blood Each
3 Orange Cara Cara Imperfect Each
2 Avocado Hass Large Each
Blueberries 125g
Strawberries 250g
3 Corn Loose Each
Potato Cocktail Bag 1kg
2 Eggplant Imperfect Each
Cauliflower Whole
Carrots Medium 1kg
Carrot Dutch Bunch
5 Mandarin Murcott Large Each

Pick of the Week - Murcott Mandarins

“The Honey Murcott mandarins are eating absolutely superbly. This to me is the best mandarin of the year. They are definitely the sweetest of all mandarins and more consistent than the very popular Imperials where no matter how carefully we select them, the nature of their rootstock means the odd dry one gets through. Not so, the Murcotts which are juicy, sweet and good sized fruit.

 

Unfortunately, they’re not as easy to peel as Imperials and they do have a lot of seeds. People of my generation think seeds in grapes and other fruit is the norm but the under 45-year-olds don’t. So, spit the seeds out, go to the trouble of peeling them and be rewarded.

 

These next three weeks, they are still fresh off the tree and at their absolute best. The price won’t get cheap again in the foreseeable future as a huge percentage of this crop now and in the future is committed to the Asian markets which seem to know no limits.”


- David Harris


HOW TO PICK

For a juicier mandarin, pick fruit which feels heavy for its size, has glossy skin and is softer to touch. Avoid fruit that is rock hard and does not yield a little to pressure.


HOW TO STORE

Store in a cool place for up to a week. If you would like to keep them longer, store in the fridge.


Dave's Market Update

In Veg

“Great bargains again in veg this week. One of my winter favourites is Dutch carrots, which are fantastic quality and very well priced this week.

Regular carrots are well priced; the 1 kg pre-packs are a very reliable staple and are a little cheaper this week.

Cauliflowers also are great value and on special in all HFM stores this week - again a top quality winter veg. These, together with the Dutch carrots are a great start to a winter meal.

A bit of a change this week: we are seeing imperfect eggplant really great value. Cocktail potatoes are really good value as well, in 1 kg packs in NSW and loose by the kilo in QLD.

Corn is eating superbly and continues to be a real bargain.”

In Fruit

“As with last week, it is the berries that are dominating this category. Not so with blackberries which have really shortened up however strawberries are now as cheap as they will get this winter and blueberries (especially the premiums) are eating absolutely fantastically.

 

The other bargain we are seeing this week is with large Hass avocados. Fantastic flavour and a bargain price by this weekend.

 

Citrus continues to be well supplied. Try juicing our Cara Cara navels and /or blood oranges with regular navels -  just a healthy way to start the day. For me, it will be the perfect pick of these to save money, that’s real value.

 

Lemons and Mandarins are both excellent, I recommend moving to the Murcotts variety in the mandos -  they may be harder to peel, but for the next few weeks they will be the sweetest an juiciest mandarins on offer. Finally, even though they are dear, the imported white grapes from California are a fabulous to eat."

 

-David Harris

*The Box pictured is for illustration purposes and may contain different/varying products due to seasonal variations & current market availability.

Contents updated 12pm on 05/08/2026