Welcome to the Bondi Weekly Market Report — your rundown of what’s hot, what’s cooling off, and what’s coming next.

The weather in the GTA is starting to lean fall, but if you’re like us, you’re not quite ready to trade peaches and peppers for squashes and roasted roots just yet. Stock up on your summer faves for Labour Day weekend — the last long weekend of the season — and give summer a proper send-off!

Let’s get into this week’s updates…

🚨Holiday Closure: Reminder that next week is a short week. We will be closed on Monday, September 1st for Labour Day. Regular deliveries will resume on Tuesday, September 2nd.

📈 What’s Up? Prices are rising on Iceberg lettuce, select tomatoes, pineapple, limes, strawberries, and tomatillos.

📉 What’s Down? Prices are easing on Brussels sprouts, hothouse and cluster tomatoes, fingerlings, heirloom tomatoes, red creamer C potatoes, and blackberries.

🥔 Spud Update: Local new crop is in on Whites, Yukons, and Reds (including Chef packs), with Burbanks to follow in early September — pricing steady for now!

🍇 New Arrivals: Fresh arrivals include Ontario Roma sauce tomatoes, champagne grapes, spaghetti squash, beets, and baby bunch turnips.

☀️ On the Horizon: Watch for Sicilian eggplant, Puntarelle, Honeynut squash, and Koginut squash coming into season over the next month.

🌟 Labour Day Picks: Top picks for the last long weekend of summer!

🟥 Supply Watch: A few shorts from last week worth noting — details below.

🍯Pantry Pick of the Week: Sweet, versatile, and chef-approved — Rosewood local honey deserves a spot on your menu.

Market Recap: What's Up, What's Down

🥔 Potato Update 🥔

• Whites, Yukons, and Reds → all are now local new crop. Pricing is expected to remain steady for the next few weeks — we’ll share updates as the market shifts.

• Chef Yukons & Whites → also transitioned to local new crop.

• Burbanks → still U.S. product for now, with local new crop starting the first week of September.

🍇 New Arrivals🍇 

Local Roma Tomatoes | Codes 3429 & 3431 — Sauce tomatoes are here! Get those sauce pots ready.

Local Champagne Grapes | Code 8993 & 8994 — Champagne grapes are tiny in size but packed with flavour — perfect for boards, desserts, or salads. Short season, limited stock (only 10 cases currently in stock). Grab them while you can!

Local Beets (Red, Gold & Striped) | Codes 2171, 2165 & 2180 — We’ve transitioned to local beets!

Local Spaghetti Squash | Code 3335 — First of the local spaghetti squash has arrived. Roast it, pull it into strands or stuff it. It’s light, versatile, and an easy way to bridge late-summer menus into fall.

Local Baby Bunch Turnips | Code 4431 — Tender, sweet, and versatile — serve them raw with a bit of crunch, roasted until caramelized, or tops and all in a quick sauté.

☀️On The Horizon☀️ 

Looking ahead to next month: Sicilian eggplant and Puntarelle will be making their way in, along with the first early squash — honeynut and koginut. Heirloom apple varieties and pears are also on the horizon.

Peak fall ingredients worth keeping on your radar for menu planning.

🚩Supply Watch🚩: Last Week's Supply & Quality Recap

Gaylea Transport Issue:

• Recent technical and transport issues with Gay Lea impacted rolling POs last week, but supply is back to normal this week!

Supply Gap:

• Golden Pineapple | Code 3040 — Global shortage impacting availability.

• Purple Yams | Code 4459 — New crop expected to arrive in the coming weeks.

Last Week’s Shortages:

• Red Watercress | Code 4479 — Weather-related crop challenges led to prorated orders, though supply is expected to improve this week.

• Frozen Peaches | Code 5237 — Demand has been increasing, but adjustments have been made and supply should remain stable moving forward.

• Strawberry Frozen Puree | Code 8852 — back in stock!

🌟 Labour Day Picks: Last Long Weekend of Summer!🌟 

Labour Day is the last big summer push — grills stacked with corn, peppers, zucchini, and eggplant, and menus making the most of Ontario peaches, nectarines, and stone fruit before the spotlight shifts to squash, brassicas, and roots as we enter into fall.

Top Picks for the Long Weekend:

• Bunster’s Brioche Buns | Code 11229 — built for burgers, brunch stacks and anywhere you need a hearty bun.

• Grill-Ready Veg — Welsh Bros corn (8908), peppers, zucchini, eggplant — peak flavour and volume for long weekend menus.

• Stone Fruit — peaches (2951), nectarines (2798), plums (3051) — last call for Ontario’s best as the season winds down!

• Grapes — Coronation (3745) and champagne grapes (8994) are here for a short time not a long time!

• Cheeses & Cured Meats — easy entertaining boards, perfect for patios and shareable menus. Burrata (6840), Proscuitto di Parma (10983), Stracciatella (7819), Brie (6170), and more!

• Cold-Pressed Juices & Lemonades — bright, refreshing pairings for patios and non-alcoholic bev features.

• Delicata Squash | Code 3333 — an early taste of fall, versatile for roasting, stuffing, or plating as sides.

🍯 Pantry Pick of the Week 🍯 

Rosewood Estates Wildflower Honey 1KG | Code 5468

Rosewood is a family-run winery and apiary our of Beamsville, Ontario turning out small-batch honey that’s raw, unfiltered, and dripping with character.

This isn’t just pantry filler — it’s a chef’s Swiss Army knife. Brush it over grilled veg or meats, whip it into vinaigrettes, fold it through marinades, or let it shine on a cheese + charcuterie board. Pure Ontario sweetness, peak flavour, and a little taste of golden hour in a jar. Or in this case, a convenient, chef-friendly, 1kg squeeze bottle.

Enjoy your holiday weekend!