We went bananas

If you spotted a few extra bananas in our branches last year, you weren’t imagining things.

We received an incredible 8,475kg thanks to our amazing national partners PremierFresh and our banana-growing friends in Queensland at ABC.

And they’ve stepped it up even more. PremierFresh and ABC donated three bins of bananas every week to us here in Western Australia up until Christmas last year. Considering how hard it is to source bananas locally, we’re so grateful they make the epic journey from Far North Queensland. That’s a seriously long trip!

To make sure they’re ready for our customers quickly, PremierFresh treats the bananas when they arrive to speed up ripening. Fun fact: when bananas leave the farm, they’re dark green and rock solid.

A huge shout-out to Blenners Transport for getting them here. It’s probably the biggest banana run in Australia!

Right now, these bananas are shared between our Perth, Peel and Bunbury branches. We’re planning to trial deliveries to Geraldton, Albany and Kalgoorlie soon, but the distance makes it a challenge. Watch this space.