June Retailer of the Month, JJ's Fruit Market

Greenslopes’ own fruit and veg man Andrew Nicolaou, works hard to provide quality produce to his community and now he has taken June honors as Retailer of the Month.

The Greenslopes Mall greengrocer has received the Brisbane Markets Fresh Tastes Retailer of the Month award for June 2009.

Andrew is a keen backer of local schools, he supports tuck shops by selecting, delivering and offering a 50% discount on produce to Holland Park, Marshall Road and Greenslopes State Schools.

“I am not only looking for a commercial arrangement with the schools, I hope to encourage all of our tuck shops to use more fruit and veg in their daily operations. This is crucial in children getting their two fruit and five vegetables every day,” Andrew Nicolaou said.

Andrew grew up in his family fruit shop and has owned JJ’s Fruit Market for nearly five years but he worries that parents are getting a little too relaxed about how much fruit and veg their families are consuming.

“It is essential for the health of everyone to eat generous portions of fresh, quality produce. I work long and hard to provide the best produce at the best prices, the economy should never be an excuse not to eat healthy fruit and veg,” Andrew Nicolaou said.

Brisbane Markets’ Fresh Tastes program is a Brisbane Markets initiative to encourage excellence in fresh produce retailing. Participating retailers are provided with point of sale materials, in-store competitions, e-newsletters, development sessions, promotional opportunities and mystery shopping. A mystery shopper visits their store twice throughout the year for the Retailer of the Month and Retailer of the Year awards.

More than 100 independent fruit and vegetable retailers throughout South-East Queensland participate in the Brisbane Markets Fresh Tastes program.

Brisbane Markets Marketing and Communications Manager, Ann-Marie Johansen said the Fresh Tastes program meant customers were the winners, with greengrocers like JJ’s Fruit Market offered support to develop their staff’s customer service skills and their ability to supply the highest quality fruit and vegetables.

“By being part of the Fresh Tastes program our retailers demonstrate their commitment to excellence in produce, service and continual improvement which means a great shopping experience for their customers,” Ms Johansen said.

JJ’s Fruit Market is located at the Greenslopes Mall, Logan Road Greenslopes and is open six days a week Monday – Saturday. Mon/Tues/Wed/Fri 8am – 6pm, Thursday 8am-8pm and Saturday 8am-5pm.

For further information contact Marketing & Communications Manager, Ann-Marie Johansen at Brisbane Markets Limited on 07 3915 4200 or 0409 017069 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

 Andrew and Maria Nicolaou - JJ's Fruit Market, Greenslopes