Box Divvy Albion Park - Church

This week our Lebanese cucumbers are coming straight from our local growers, Kim and Laks.

You might notice that some are fat, some are skinny, some are a bit bendy, but every single one is beautifully fresh and tastes wonderfully sweet.

Sadly, supermarkets with strict “cosmetic” standards would reject cucumbers like these simply because of their shape. It’s hard to believe that up to 40% of Australian produce is rejected each year and often ends up in landfill.

At Box Divvy, we proudly support our farmers and celebrate produce in all its natural forms. Real fruit and vegetables aren’t uniform. They vary in size, shape and skin and that’s exactly what makes them real.

Perfectly imperfect. Fresh, local and absolutely delicious!

Welcome back to an exciting 2026.

So wanting to know what the markets doing?

The year has barely started, and the weather is – as usual – playing a major role in fresh produce supply this week.

In fruit, the central theme is: heavy rain in northern Queensland over the past month. This has almost put the kibosh on the mango season. January/February is usually the peak of the Honeygold season, but most of the crop was lost to rain and flood. There are KPs on the market, but nowhere as cheap as they were pre-Christmas – and likely to finish up by the end of the month. Unless some growing regions in southern QLD and northern NSW were able to save their crops – in which case we may see a bump in February. That’s also the time when minor varieties like Palmer and Keitt pop up for a few weeks.

Other tropical fruit supply has also suffered, especially pineapples (nada) and bananas (more expensive) – but papaya and passionfruit are reasonably priced.

Don’t get us started on apples (stratospheric) – but then, the new apple season is only weeks away, starting with Royal Gala in early February from Queensland’s Granite Belt. Luckily, they were spared the heavy rain that plagued the rest of the state.

Berry supply across all varieties should be ample next week – mostly from VIC (assuming the heatwave doesn’t create havoc), with additional blueberries from Coffs.

Closer to home, the Vella’s in Freemans Reach are picking seedless watermelon: expect to pay around $1.75 a kilo for a 5-6kg piece.

Grapes have come down in price by around 30% compared with pre-Christmas – they will fall further over the coming weeks.

Lastly, stone fruit supply across the board – including cherries – remains fairly strong, and prices are reasonable.

The central theme for vegetables is the exact opposite of Queensland’s pain: a 3–4-day heatwave across SA, VIC and NSW that has pushed some prices up already – especially for broccoli, cauliflowers, some leafy greens, wombok. Having said that, most other vegetables remain well-priced – and often cheaper than in December, especially green beans, snow peas, sugarsnap, corn, capsicum (reds are still $14.90 in Coles), cucumbers, zucchini, lettuces, pumpkin and eggplant. Prices of onions and potatoes are finally starting to drop, after a horror show for most of 2025.

Hello & Happy New Year everyone!!!
Here is our splits update for Thursday order. We need:

1 x broccoli 🥦, ginger, cherries handful 🍒
2 x shallots, leek, Dutch carrots 🥕
4 x oranges 🍊
9 x granny smith, passionfruit 🍏

With our first Box Divvy orders for 2026 arriving next week, now's the time to join our wonderful group of local families who enjoy the benefits of a fresh food community, and spending less time - and money - at the supermarkets!

Our members enjoy a WEEKLY order of fresh fruit and vegetables, direct from the grower.
We can also add fresh bread, free range eggs, a *huge* pantry range, as well as Chilled restaurant-quality meat, seafood, dairy, and deli.

Every order is different - you order what you want.

Our fruit and veg comes with little to no packaging, and very little handling.
Great for the growers, the environment, and your wallet.

There are no joining fees, and if it doesn't work for you, there is no penalty to leave. No contracts, no minimum order.
We do ask that you order regularly - at least fortnightly, if not weekly - as our growers rely on our orders, and all members work together to purchase whole boxes of produce to share

Register for our Thursday hub here (5 spaces available): https://app.boxdivvy.com.au/register/hub/243

Last order before CHRISTMAS 🎄Here is our splits update. We need:

1 x broccoli, cauliflower, red onion, sweet potatoe, papaya, bok choi, leek

2 x 500g serve chats, mushrooms, asparagus, baby spinach

7 x carrots

Here is our splits Update everyone...we need:
🍏🌽🍓🥔

1 x shallots, strawberries

2 x corn, red desiree potatoes, rockmelons, handfuls lychees

5 x apricots, passionfruits

7 x granny smith, Nadine potatoes

⭐️ NEW THIS WEEK ⭐️
Naked Life Non-Alcoholic Mixers🍸

A new range from Australian maker Naked Life is ready to launch and compliments our non-alcoholic wine and beer offering.

Available in 4 flavours…
*Gin & Tonic
*Italian Spritz (think Negroni)
*Mojito
*Margarite

Available as a 4-pack of 250ml cans for $12.57 (they sell for $15 at Woolworths).

You’ll find these under Pantry ➡️ Drinks ➡️ Mixers - Alcohol Free.

If your Hub does chilled?

Goldcoast Tiger Prawns: $25/kg

Pyrmont Seafood will be supplying us with 3Kg boxes of semi-thawed large tiger prawns for $75 a box (or $25 a kilo). Caught off the Gold Coast, they’re snap-frozen. We receive them frozen on Friday, but by the time they’re delivered on Saturday, they will be semi-thawed. You can safely re-freeze them, or portion them – leaving the thawed ones out to enjoy over the next couple of days, and put the frozen ones in the freezer for Christmas.

Remember, prawns usually go up in price as we approach Christmas. However, Pyrmont has agreed to lock in this price for the next 2 weeks.