Guzmán Gastronomía supplies the foodservice channel, operating out of Mercabarna and Madrid.

ACC1Ó, the Government of Catalonia’s agency designed to support business competitiveness, is fostering 36 clusters in Catalonia in sectors including food, technology, the textile industry and the mobile sector.

At Mercabarna’s request, phone operator Orange, which provides the phone service to Food Unit user group, installed a number of mobile-phone signal repeaters and amplifiers inside Mercabarna-flor in early January.

Mercabarna-flor, the Central Flower Market Wholesale Business Association (AEM), the Catalonia Florists’ Association and 37 florist shops from Barcelona have joined the Barcelona Opportunity Week (BCNOW!) project, set to run from 28 January to 6 February.

The Christmas campaign, concentrated on the last 10 days of the year, is one of the Market’s busiest periods and one that sees a substantial rise in sales.

Mercabarna and the Barcelona and Province Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers Business Association (AGEM) took part in the TV3 Marathon broadcast on 19 December.

The ‘5 a Day’ campaign received some very special visitors on 10 December: around 15 two- and three-year-olds from the Mercabarna crèche, Simphonie.

Mercabarna and the Barcelona and Province Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers Business Association (AGEM) will be present at the next Fruit Logistica fair to be held in Berlin from 9 to 11 February.

Registration is now open for February’s ongoing training courses.

With the present economic situation in mind, the Mercabarna Training Area continues to offer economic- and finance-related courses to help Market firms improve their financial management skills.