Berry good news as punnet prices plummet: Australia’s best-value fruit and veg for October

Blueberries are one of the most affordable fruits in Australia in October and can be found for as little as $2 a punnet. Photograph: Ross Woodhall/Getty Images/Image Source

For parents of young children (toddlers and preschoolers are prolific consumers of blueberries) there is good fruit news for October.

“The last couple of months blueberries have been very dear but they’re in abundance at the moment,” says Robert LoSurdo, the owner of LoSurdo’s grocery in Sydney’s Northbridge.