date:Dec 28, 2012
lworths offered large Australian king prawns for $16.99kg, a discount of $4.50 off the normal price and mediums for $14.99kg, a $4 reduction.
Coles reported selling 400 tonnes of prawns in Christmas week.
A mammoth 70 per cent of the year's supply of prawns was bought on Christmas Eve, Coles spokesman Jon Church said.
Fresh fruit, particularly berries, cherries and grapes, were also big sellers at supermarkets.
Woolworths said Christmas Eve was also its biggest trading day for fresh food thi