Australia’s best value fruit and veg in February: game-changing grapes, flush figs and peak plums

Now is the time in Australia to be snapping up figs, which are new selling for $20 to $40 a tray. Photograph: Maria_Castellanos/Getty Images

Despite some wild weather ringing in 2024, there is a good supply of fruit and veg for the final month of summer.

“Figs are in at the moment – a lot of local figs and glasshouse figs,” says Tony Polistina, co-owner of Forestway Fresh in Sydney’s Terrey Hills.