Avocados are less available at the moment. “We’ve seen rains in Mexico caused by Hurricane John which caused delays and a reduced harvest for three days” reports the Calavo Growers Inc.’s Peter Shore, adding that this week’s harvest also included the one-day celebration in Mexico. “So we’re somewhat constrained due to those circumstances.”

But, at the week’s closing, Shore anticipates that there is a substantial amount of avocados arriving from Mexico which means we will start to catch up next week. “We are completely transitioning to Mexico as the main producer of avocados” Shore states. “The California season is ending and, with the Peruvian arrivals are, for the majority of the time, have been shipped out. of them have been delivered to our customers. It’s sort of the transitional time.”

Steady avocado movement

For the need of avocados, it’s up. It’s usually the best month to promote avocados and there are promotions in place with a focus on football games in college.

As we look ahead to the next months, we can see that the start of high-demand supplies is expected to come through from Mexico and should result in more competitive price. “We’ll be able to see the curve of size becoming more regular. The last time we looked the shape of the curve over the entire season was sloppily toward smaller sizes, which meant there were more 70s and the 84s. When we enter this season, and throughout the year there will be more options for sizes 48 and bigger,” says Shore.

For further information:

Peter Shore

Calavo Growers Inc.

Tel: +1 (805) 525-1245

[email protected]

http://www.calavo.com/