Key Findings:

• Total Vegetables recorded dollar sales growth of +7.3%, however registered a marginal decline in volume (kilograms) sales this year of -0.4%.
• Versus year ago, the Vegetables market recorded an increase of +7.7% in average price per kilogram, ahead of total Fruit, at +3.0%.
• Annual purchase frequency levels shifted positively across total Vegetables this year – this was also the case across the Fruit market.
• All retail channels are driving the dollar sales growth for total Veg versus the year prior, with Major Supermarkets and Greengrocers driving the decline in volume sales.
• Both prepacked and loose formats have registered dollar sales growth this year, however, volume sales have declined across the loose Vegetables market.