When you are on your way to do the grocery shopping this weekend, remember to stop by your local, independent fruit and vegetable store for a variety of fresh, quality, and seasonal produce. Stores that display the A better choice! logo source their produce from the Brisbane Markets, so choosing to shop an A better choice! store supports local business, local families, and Australian growers.
The pick of the week is Green Capsicums from North Queensland and Stanthorpe, as they are fantastic value and excellent quality this week. Green Capsicums tend to be more bitter than the Red and Yellow varieties, nevertheless, they are still a tasty addition to stir-fries, curries, and salads. Look for ones that are a vibrant, dark green colour, have a firm texture, and glossy, taut skin without wrinkles or soft spots. A fresh green stem is also a good indicator of quality produce. Store unwashed, whole Capsicums in the fridge’s crisper drawer, preferably inside a breathable bag, where they should keep fresh for a couple of weeks. Try these Chargrilled Capsicum skewers for a bright and colourful dinner. Red and Yellow Capsicum varieties are also in abundance this week, so keep an eye out for them as well.
Sweet Corn from the Lockyer Valley and Victoria is in great supply this week too. Whether you like your Corn steamed, chargrilled, or coated in butter, you cannot go wrong. Right now, Corn is of great value, so grab a few cobs and pop them on the meal plan.
Zucchini from Bundaberg, Victoria, and South Australia continues to be plentiful. Zucchini’s subtle flavour makes them a perfect vegetable to pack into a range of dishes like fritters, soups or Bolognese sauce, just to name a few. By adding Zucchini into your dishes, you are incorporating a vegetable that is highly nutritious and packed with vitamins, fibre, and potassium.
Growers in Victoria are providing the Brisbane Markets with plenty of crisp and juicy new-season Gala Apples. Perfect for pies, sauces, and salads, Gala Apples are a great way to start and finish your day.
A unique variety of produce in season now is Carambola, also known as Star Fruit. These yellow star-shaped fruits are grown in Central Queensland and if you have never tasted a Star Fruit, they are a mix between an Apple, Pear, Grape with a hint of Citrus. If you would like to give this seasonal treat a try this week, then look for one that has a green/yellow waxy skin and looks crispy.
From Apples to Zucchinis, your local fruit and vegetable store has access to a wide range of fresh, quality produce sourced from the Brisbane Markets, Queensland’s heart of fresh produce. With fruit and vegetables arriving from thousands of Australian farms, not only is there plenty of choice, but there is nothing quite like making A better choice! and choosing to shop at your local, independent fruit and vegetable shop.
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.
