The new Government of Catalonia approved the appointments of the heads of the directorate-generals within the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Environment on 18 January.
A total of 32 people donated blood at the mobile unit the Blood and Tissue Bank set up in marquees inside the Mercabarna Fruit and Vegetable Central Market on 12 January.
The company Construcciones y Obras Frigoríficas (COF) will open an office in Mercabarna, in the Banks and Savings Banks area.
The non-profit association Voluntarios en Asesoría Empresarial (Business Advisory Volunteers, or VAE) is promoting work experience positions for Latin American university graduates in Catalan companies to complete their education and to provide them with a chance to learn about business models in other countries.
The Mercabarna lottery office was one of the talking points of Spain’s Christmas lottery draw held on 22 December.
With companies feeling the pinch of the economic downturn, one of the main concerns of Mercabarna businesses is what to do about the growing number of customers that don’t settle their invoices.
In 2010 a total of 56 wholesalers from the Mercabarna Central Fruit and Vegetable Market donated 530,481 kg of produce to the Food Bank, the charity foundation that has a warehouse at the Market.
Around 60 people who work in the foodservice sector, half from Mercabarna firms and the rest from outside the Market, met in Mercabarna on 19 January to attend the second conference on the Stimulus Plan for the Foodservice Cluster of Catalonia, where the key points for the future of the sector were analysed.
Innovative floral compositions, creations made with original materials and thousands of groundbreaking ideas for this Christmas and the coming season.
Over 1,000 children enjoyed a fun-filled learning experience at the fruit and vegetable tasting workshops that Mercabarna and the Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers Association (AGEM) held at the first “Market of Markets” food fair, which took place from 22 to 24 October.
