Recently, many friends around are "spitting" fruit prices are a bit high - "17.5 yuan 10 Tainong mangoes", "26 yuan a rock sugar unicorn melon", "44 yuan 8 Shaanxi apples", "9 fruit cucumbers 28 yuan"... This is still cheap, and some expensive fruits can't buy a few for 100 yuan. So compared to the same period last year, is the fruit really expensive? When will fruit prices come down? With these questions in mind, the reporter visited several fruit shops, wholesale markets, and growers in Xicheng.
Although the price of watermelon, apples, etc. is high, it still sells well
Recently, watermelons have begun to be listed in batches, and a fruit shop in front of Qinyuan Xincun Community has a special price of 2.98 yuan / jin, Dongtai rock sugar unicorn melon 3.98 yuan / jin, and Meidu melon 5.8 yuan / jin. "The unicorn melon was sold for 4.5 yuan / catty a few days ago, and today it has dropped some." The boss lady Tian Dajie said that the cheap route she took was cheap, "A few days ago, the concubine laughed and just went on the market for more than 30 yuan / jin, and now it has dropped to 25 yuan / jin, and it will fall after a while."
In a boutique fruit chain store on Jincheng Road, on one side of the store is a B-grade unicorn melon with a promotional price of 4.99 / kg, and on the other side is a gold diamond pineapple of 7.7 yuan / kg and a B-grade Thai coconut green of 11.9 yuan / piece. Entering the store, there are 6.99 yuan / kg of crystal Fuji, 8.9 yuan / kg of A-grade Unicorn melon, 9.9 yuan / kg of B-grade yellow meat watermelon, 8.9 yuan / kg of croissant honey, 9.9 yuan / kg of imported mini afterburner, 39 yuan / kg of imported dinosaur egg plum, etc., the clerk said that the store takes the boutique route, the price and sales of various fruits are relatively stable, and recently watermelon and pineapple have been sold more hot. In the interview, an old man bought a box of apple gift boxes priced at 68 yuan to give away, and he said that the price of fruits has indeed been high recently.
At a fruit shop on Daoxiang Road, in addition to the common watermelon varieties, the owner Wu Xindong also recommended ice cream watermelon. "It is an improved variety of early spring carnelian, also known as sugar pill watermelon, characterized by thin skin, can be eaten with skin, a 3-4 pounds, the purchase price is 5-9 yuan / catty." I sell a better bite, take the price of about 8 yuan / pound, sell 9.9 yuan a pound, buy more people. Wu Xindong told reporters that Hainan watermelon rose nearly 1 times compared with last year's AAA-grade melon, "Hainan watermelon, Yunnan watermelon in the last month the normal purchase price of 6.5 yuan / jin, this month because of the impact of the local watermelon listing, the price fell to about 4.8 yuan / catty." Like in the past, a watermelon can be bought for fifty or sixty yuan, and this year, half a watermelon of about 7 pounds is about seventy or eighty yuan. "He said that the purchase price of the local 8424 is 3.5-4.5 yuan / catty, and the price is 4.5-6.8 yuan / catty." My store sells 3.5-4 yuan / kg, the normal sales of about 150-250 kg, belongs to the non-profitable, higher than this price for the people to consider it. If you want to eat good and cheap melon, it is estimated that it will not be until the middle of June. ”
It is understood that the recent price increase is more obvious than the Shaanxi apples and bananas that the people just need, an increase of 40%-50%. "Bananas are divided into levels, the general normal purchase price is 4 yuan / jin, the good point is 4.5 yuan / jin; apples have risen more, the 70 specifications of the purchase price is about 3.5 yuan / jin, 75 specifications are about 4 yuan / jin, 80 specifications are about 4.5 yuan / jin, and slightly better are about 7 yuan / jin." Wu Xindong said that such a purchase price makes the physical store also very difficult, the price increase is afraid that no one will buy, and the rent cannot be earned back without the price increase, "Some can only be sold at cost price, or even sold at a loss."
Fruit prices have risen by about 10% for a variety of reasons
From the perspective of comprehensive market trends, at present, major supermarkets, fruit stores and community group purchases, domestic hot fruits are mainly concentrated in Hainan, Guangdong, Yunnan, Fujian and other places, such as Hainan honeydew melon, mango, pineapple, Guangdong Millennium and so on. "Affected by the epidemic, transportation costs and time have increased, resulting in a general increase in fruit prices of about 10%. At present, the daily wholesale trading volume of the local market is 1700-2000 tons. Zhang Xiaoyun, manager of the Chaoyang fruit wholesale market, introduced that in terms of watermelon market, the average wholesale price of common Unicorn melon is 3 yuan / jin, and the special Xiaofeng is 4 yuan / jin, and the sales volume in the same period of previous years is 600-700 tons, and this year it is only about 400 tons. Other hot-selling fruits such as Tai Mang according to the size of the size of different wholesale average price in 4.5-6 yuan / jin, daffodil mang 6.5-7 yuan / jin; concubine smile wholesale average price is 15 yuan / jin, due to the early production area by the impact of two cold waves led to a reduction in production, so this year's price is a bit high, it is expected that the price will fall before and after the Dragon Boat Festival.
From the perspective of the national environment, the wholesale price of fruit in the first quarter of this year is higher than the average price in the past 9 years, and shows a continuous upward trend. Industry insiders analyzed that this winter has been long, the delay in warming up, the rain in Hainan and other places has led to a reduction in fruit production; imported fruits have also been greatly reduced by the epidemic, resulting in a reduction in the overall supply of fruits, and the cost of shipping has also risen sharply... A combination of factors, such as reduced supply and increased transportation costs, has led to short-term price increases in fruit experienced so far.
Local watermelons and loquats have been listed one after another
8424 watermelon is the "classic" of Wuxi's local melon, and it is also the earliest watermelon variety listed in Wuxi, which was listed in May. "Melon King" Jiang Jiankang planted 300 acres of watermelon this year, the output of large varieties of 8424, Meidu is expected to be 8000 catties, and the output of small varieties of early spring carnelian, ice cream, crown and black crystal is expected to be 5,000 catties. Among them, crown and somstone are new varieties introduced this year. "Like sombra is black skin yellow, the skin is thin and juicy, the slag is less sweet, and the crown is also good. This year the quality of the plant is very good, and next year we plan to expand the scale of planting! Jiang Jiankang said that this year there is less rain, and the overall quality of watermelon is good and sweet.
The excellent quality of "melon king" makes watermelon not worry about selling, at present, small varieties of watermelon are taking the gift box booking sales model, and the daily predetermined amount of watermelon gift boxes is 200-300 boxes. Jiang Jiankang said that the price of watermelon this year has indeed risen a lot, especially when it was just listed, it rose by 30%-40% compared with previous years, "The taste price of the newly listed market is 8 yuan / jin, and now it is slowly falling to 6 yuan / jin, and it will fall some after June." From May 12, large varieties of watermelon will be supplied to Tianhui Supermarket, priced at about 6 yuan / catty.
Kowloon Bay picking base exists 20 acres of melon fields, in addition to planting the common 8424, Meidu watermelon and jade mushroom melon, Boyang honeydew melon, but also experimental planting of 3 acres of hand peeling melon, of which 1 acre of hand peeling melon is "hanging" on the branch. "The new hand-peeled melon is a small watermelon with a thin skin, the taste is sweet and juicy, and the most important point is the taste of the watermelon I ate as a child. Hanging on the bracket can get more sufficient light, Wuxi currently only has a small number of experimental plantings at the Jiangyin base and the Kowloon Bay base. Technician Master Su introduced that this year the base introduced high-quality melon varieties in cooperation with the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and all of them are green fruits with 0 pesticide residues, "In order to ensure the best quality of each melon, only one melon is knotted on a vine, no pesticides, manual weeding, only organic fertilizer is applied, and it is naturally ripe and then picked." The 8424, jade mushroom, and ground-grown hand-peeled melons grown at the base are all on the market, and the hanging hand-peeled melons are expected to ripen in June.
When the weather is hotter, some seasonal fruits such as blueberries, loquats, drunken plums, bayberry, peaches, etc. will be listed one after another to enrich the citizens' fruit plates, and the prices will be more affordable. Like the large floating loquat is now listed in small batches, Yang Haifeng, president of the Xuelang Street Fruit Farmers Association, introduced that at present, dozens of acres of white sand loquat have been planted in the large floating area, because of the proximity to Taihu Lake, the ripening is earlier, the price is about 25-30 yuan / kg; Xishan a blueberry base will also open the blueberry picking season on May 20.
(Jiangnan Evening News reporter Pan Fan/Wen, photo)