Welcome to our first Apple & Pear Consumer Insights Update.

This monthly update is sourced by APAL from Nielsen and is based on Nielsen’s Shopper Panels. The Shopper Panel monitors shopper behaviour across a panel of 10,000 Australian households, which is projected to represent the Australian population and retailing landscape.

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In the 4 weeks to 01 November 2020, the take home fruit category has grown 8.0% in dollar sales & declined -2.4% in volume sales, versus same time year ago.
Apples grew 9.8% in dollar sales and were declining -8.7% in volume sales, contributed to by a 20.2% price increase compared to the prior year. Volume sales decline was driven by a decline in average buying occasions. Other apples, consisting of new varieties, such as Envy, Eve, Jazz, Kanzi, etc., were the only apple variety to see volume sales growth in the last 4 weeks compared to prior year. Royal Gala saw the strongest dollar sales gain in the last 4 weeks while Fuji declined the most in dollar sales.

Pears grew 12.7% in dollar sales and 13.3% in volume sales, with the average price per kg staying relatively flat at -0.4%. A strong increase in pears-buying households contributed to the positive sales growth. Other pears, consisting of varieties, such as Beurré Bosc & Corella etc., have performed well in the latest 4 weeks and were the main volume growth drivers for pears. Other pears performance was driven by an increase in purchase frequency and buying households. Packham pears were the only segment to decline in volume sales in the latest 4 weeks.

*APAL calculation based in part on data reported by Nielsen through its Homescan Service for the fruit category to 01 NOV 2020 vs year ago, for the total Australia market, according to the Nielsen standard product hierarchy. Copyright © 2020, The Nielsen Company.

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