With just five more Fridays until Christmas, the Brisbane Markets is buzzing as local, independent A better choice! fruit and vegetable stores prepare for the hustle and bustle of the festive season. Each week, seasonal produce makes its way through the Brisbane Markets to independent retailers who provide customers with a large range of fresh, flavourful, and healthy fruit and vegetables grown on farms across Australia.
Our pick of the week is Continental Cucumbers, from South East Queensland, Bundaberg, and South Australia. There is an abundance of Continental Cucumbers at the Brisbane Markets right now, and they are of great value this week! Whether it is a quick snack, salad topper, or sandwich filler, Cucumbers are a convenient and healthy choice, providing a refreshing crunch and mild flavour to a range of dishes. Keep your cucumbers fresh for a couple of weeks by washing and drying them thoroughly, then wrapping them individually in paper towel and placing them in a plastic bag or airtight container in the crisper drawer of your fridge.
Another budget pleaser this week are Gourmet Tomatoes from Bowen and South Australia. With Continental Cucumbers and Tomatoes being wallet-friendly this week, it sounds like it is time to make a salad. Why not try a Caprese Salad? Nothing beats the taste of freshly sliced Tomatoes and Basil complemented by mozzarella.
Melons, Melons, and more Melons! This week an abundance of Watermelons from North Queensland, and Rockmelons and Honeydew Melons from Bundaberg and the Northern Territory are filling the Brisbane Markets. Melons are a great fruit choice due to their low-calorie count, high water content, and rich supply of vitamins A, C, and B6. Combine some Continental Cucumbers and Watermelons and make this refreshing and budget-friendly Watermelon, Cucumber and Feta Salad.
Plums from the Granite Belt have officially arrived and are super juicy and delicious to eat. When storing Plums, keep them at room temperature until ripe; then they can be stored in the fridge for up to five days. To know when your Plums are ripe, give them a gentle squeeze, and they will feel soft. For a great summer dessert idea, try baking this Plum and White Chocolate Dessert Cake. More summer stone fruit will be hitting the shelves very soon, so keep an eye out for them at your local, independent fruit and vegetable shop.
The vibrant colours and fresh flavours of summer are here, so the shelves of your local, independent A better choice! store is filling up with delicious produce grown on Australian farms, sourced through the Brisbane Markets and available for customers now. Head to your local, independent fruit and vegetable store displaying the A better choice! logo to find what is on offer this week.
About Brisbane Markets
As Queensland’s only central fruit and vegetable market, the Brisbane Markets is the state’s most important centre for the marketing and distribution of fresh fruit and vegetables. It records an annual trade of over 700 million kilograms of produce valued at more than $2 billion.
An important economic and employment hub, more than 4,500 people work or do business at the markets each day through over 170 businesses. This includes over 45 wholesalers who receive fresh produce from over 7,000 growers and trade five days a week to more than 800 registered buyers.
About Brisbane Markets Limited
Brisbane Markets Limited (BML) is the owner of the Brisbane Markets site and is responsible for its ongoing management and development.
BML provides infrastructure and services to facilitate the marketing of fresh food, flowers and other ancillary products for fruit, vegetable and flower wholesalers, retailers, provedores, secondary wholesalers, food processors, transporters, exporters, industry organisations and market support businesses.
More information can be found on our website: www.brisbanemarkets.com.au.
About A better choice!
The A better choice! retailers are hardworking local family business owners, who are passionate about fruit and vegetables, they are our experts in their field and provide excellent customer service… with a smile.
Here’s the thing: no one can match A better choice! fruit and vegetable retailers for FRESH! Every morning, they hand pick a diverse selection of high-quality fresh fruit and vegetables from the Brisbane Markets, sourced from thousands of Australian farms.
Make your first choice A better choice! with local retailers throughout Southeast Queensland including Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Tweed Heads. Please click on the link to find your local fruit retailer www.abetterchoice.com.au/store-locator/ . By shopping at your local fruit and veg shop, you are making A better choice!
About Brismark
Brismark is a member organisation which represents and serves the needs of the wholesaling sector of the fresh fruit and vegetable industry – in particular, the primary wholesalers that operate out of the Brisbane Markets at Rocklea. Brismark provides industry representation, and a range of financial and business services to support the wholesaling sector of the fresh fruit and vegetable industry and their associated businesses and actively contributes to strengthen the Central Market system. Brismark also oversees the A better choice! retailer program in Queensland.
