4 A few years ago a cyclone wreaked Australia’s Banana plantations in Queensland. Predict how this change will

Answer 1

A few years ago?
It was last March/April - Cairns and Innisfail got hit by the cyclone Larry - the Tablelands and Innisfail banana crops were all flattened. Supermarkets to get them elsewhere - they went up to $12 + a kilo. I wouldn't buy them at that price.
cheaper to buy chocolate !

Answer 2

Predict how this change will......what?

The price rose in the supermarkets but did the growers actually see any of this profit? I hope so. I don't mind if the farmers make a buck or two over their normal revenue seeing though they have it so tough so often but it really burns me up when the big chain supermarkets start profiteering the second something like this happens!

In Coles & Woolies, the price of bananas was more than double less than 24 hours after the cyclone hit - you can't tell me that they had taken delivery of new stock so quickly! They jacked the price up on fruit they already had in stock & had paid rock bottom price for BEFORE the cyclone hit!

Answer 3

I live in Coffs Harbour where there is an abundance of bananas growing, but still the price went up to about $14 per kg. One of my neighbours who has a banana plantation gave me 2 big hands of bananas for my grandchildren who hadn't had bananas for so long because of the price. They just loved them. Then their neighbour's little girl saw the bananas and looked so longingly at them and asked if she could have one as she hadn't had a banana in months either. Everyone was so happy when the bananas went back to a normal $1 per kg.
The local paper ran a story about a local grower who was bragging about how much money he was making on his bananas at the high price, and then someone drove past his plantation and stole about 15 bunches of his bananas.

Answer 4

Yes banana prices rose. People stopped buying them. Actually, most of Australian banana production is in New South Wales.