What are the most seasonal fruits in winter?Most people probably think of two of the most typical representatives – strawberries and cherries, which are also the most popular mid-to-high-end fruits of winter.
A good news is that the reporter visited and learned that imported cherries, mainly from Chile and other countries, have been on the market for more than a month, and now they have suffered a "cut in half", and all kinds of strawberries with red strawberries as the main ones have also seen a price reduction of more than 30%.
In addition, the price reduction is also the most popular citrus fruits in winter, among which the sugar orange with the largest volume of goods has also dropped from more than 10 yuan a pound to about 6 yuan, a decrease of more than 30%.
After entering the New Year, the seasonal fruits have been reduced sharply one after another, and this winter, have Wuhan people realized fruit freedom?
The price of cherries has been reduced by more than half in a month.
On the morning of January 4, when the reporter came to a large supermarket chain on Xingye Road in Hankou, the staff in the fruit section were stacking the finished cherries and replacing them with new price tags.
2 J's imported cherries 799 yuan a catty, if you come to buy it on the weekend, it can be cheaper by 10 yuan. Seeing the reporter in front of the cargo platform, the shopping guide immediately came up and said, "Now the cherries are much cheaper, a box is almost half a catty, more than 30 yuan, you can taste it." ”
According to the shopping guide, the Chilean cherries in the store were listed at the end of November last year, when 2 J-sized goods were 138 yuan per catty, and now a month has passed, ** has become the lowest 699 yuan, just "discounted".
Compared with the 2 J cherries** who were "cut in half", the price reduction of the 4 J big cherries is slightly lower, and the cost performance is higher. "At the beginning of last month, 4 J's were sold for 158 yuan, and now the lowest is 89$9. ”
Compared with the ** in the supermarket, the cherries sold in the street fruit store are more cost-effective. The reporter visited two fruit stores on Zhongyi Road in Hankou and found that the minimum price of cherries for 2 J was 58 yuan a catty, which was also half cheaper than the 120 yuan a catty when it was listed a month ago.
The launch of local strawberries hit the market price.
In the winter fruit market, the popularity of cherries is comparable to that of red strawberries. This winter has also seen significant price cuts.
In supermarket chains, top-of-the-line strawberries cost 329 yuan a catty, which is increased on the basis of the weekend activity price**. Now the lowest is 299 yuan a catty, sales growth is very fast. According to the shopping guide, Hongyan strawberries were sold for 59 when they were listed in early November last year9 yuan a catty, two months later, the decline is more than 30%. "This year's strawberries are beautiful, sweet, and fast, which is a good thing for consumers. ”
Dahua, who has been in the fruit wholesale business for more than ten years, told reporters that winter is not the season when strawberries are on the market in the largest volume, so the market price is often relatively high. "This year's listing price is very expensive, but the price reduction is very fast, and now Hongyan strawberries can be bought for more than 20 yuan per catty. ”
On the righteous road in Hankou, the red strawberries on a fruit cart are packed into small boxes. "A box costs 25 yuan, more than a catty. Mr. Li, the boss, said that the strawberries he sells are all fresh goods purchased from the strawberry greenhouses in Dongxihu every morning, and they are sold at 20 yuan per catty, "In previous years, the Hongyan strawberries at this time were not expensive, but they were almost 22 yuan to 25 yuan a catty, and they were cheaper this year." ”
The citrus army has become the main force of affordable fruits.
Citrus fruits are the most powerful in the winter fruit "price reduction group". The reporter visited and found that the market price of various citrus oranges, represented by the "top stream" sugar oranges, has declined to varying degrees, becoming the main force of winter affordable fruits.
Authentic Guangxi sugar orange, 5 pieces of 5 pounds, the entrance is 'slag', and now it is very cost-effective. Lin Hua, a fruit merchant, took out the purchase list of the past month to show the reporter, and the ** of several citrus mainly sold in the market, such as sugar oranges, navel oranges, baba oranges, jelly oranges, and mandarin oranges, dropped from seven or eight yuan per catty to four or five yuan per catty. "The largest sugar orange in the store has a retail price of up to 9 per catty$8 drops to $55 yuan, jelly orange from 7 per catty$8 dropped to $48 yuan, the drop is relatively large. ”
In the Hankou North Fruit Wholesale Market, Liu Cong, a buyer who has been operating fruit for many years, told reporters that autumn and winter are the most prosperous season for citrus fruits, not only the first decline is faster, but the taste of the fruit has also reached the best time, and the cost performance is the highest: "Before the province's oranges were listed in large quantities, as long as one or two yuan a catty, it opened the price reduction channel of citrus." ”
In addition to citrus fruits, the reporter also learned that different varieties of seasonal fruits such as pomelos and winter dates on the market have also been reduced in price to varying degrees, becoming more accessible to the people.
Price reductions for high-end fruits have become normalized.
The obvious price reduction of cherries and strawberries in January has been frequent in recent years, and the price reduction trend of high-end fruits is also becoming the norm. Liu Cong introduced that from about 2021, cherries in winter have been "cut in half" for four consecutive years, and they have become real "home-cooked fruits" around the Spring Festival.
The reporter checked public reports over the years and learned that in January 2021, the lowest market price of cherries was only 20 yuan a catty;From 2022 to 2023, the lowest price of cherries will remain between 20 yuan and 30 yuan, becoming a veritable "free consumption" fruit. This has also gradually changed consumers' impression of cherries as a "high-end fruit", and their willingness to consume has also been continuously enhanced.
According to Dahua, a fruit merchant, in the past two years, when cherries have dropped to twenty or thirty yuan a catty, the sales volume in the store can reach more than 20 boxes per day: "This kind of sales situation is due to the peak consumption season of the New Year's holiday, but it is more related to the price reduction of cherries themselves." ”
According to industry insiders, in recent years, the local planting of strawberries has become larger and larger, and the import volume of cherries has also risen steadily. Especially in the peak consumption season before the Spring Festival, the supply of high-end fruits has increased dramatically, which has also brought a significant decrease. According to the experience of previous years, the consumer demand in the fruit market after the Spring Festival will decrease, while the output and arrival of strawberries and cherries will continue to increase, and the public will eat these "high-end fruits" at that time more cost-effective.
Editor: Guo Bingxin.