Bondi Produce Market Report June 6th 2023

Overview:

Markets remain strong on tomatoes out of Mexico and Florida this week and we are seeing some additional crossings and lighter demand which is holding prices relatively stable, although the next few weeks may be tricky with delays in Baja, Quincy, or South Carolina. We expect to see active markets well into June on rounds and romas.

Supply is stable on pepper, cucumber, squash, and corn out of South Georgia and the hot pepper market continues to improve with poblanos were tighter this week and shishito and mini sweets remain short. Offshore melons are almost done for the season and the market volume will be challenging over the next 7-10 days as the desert starts to ramp up. The grape market is still tight, and we may turn that corner in the coming weeks with a few domestic grapes available as well as a few crossings from Mexico.

We are still several weeks away from relief. Supply continues to improve in the Salinas Valley and markets continue to settle at lower levels on lettuce, romaine, leaf items, broccoli, and cauliflower. We will still see some growers continue to have unstable supplies as we head into June, but we are not anticipating and major shortages over the next few weeks. Celery supplies continue to be short as Oxnard gets towards the end of the season.