Flower-sector professionals have a rendezvous at Mercabarna-flor on 5 October. This date has been earmarked not only for the official opening of the new Mercabarna-flor that has been in operation since 1 September, but also for the 25th annual Mercademostraciones show.
In the first eight months of the year, the sardine proved to be one of the Central Fish Market’s highest-rising products in terms of price. The average sale price of this species (until the month of August) surpassed that recorded for the same period last year by 35%.
José Martín, chair of the National Fruit and Vegetable Retailers’ Federation, died on 27 August at the age of 62.
The Fruit and Vegetable Retailers’ Guild of Barcelona has remodelled its headquarters, located in the office area of the Central Fruit and Vegetable Market. Through this remodelling project it has improved the layout of offices, expanded its archive and updated furnishings and computer equipment.
On 15 September, Montserrat Gil de Bernabé, managing director of Mercabarna, Pablo Vilanova, Studies and Development manager, Toni Nieto, manager of the Customer Service Office (OAC), and the heads of the Training Centre, met with the representatives of the Pakistani Workers’ Association of Catalonia.
The Ignasi Iglésias-Can Fabra Library is hosting the exhibition Fotointerpreta, an initiative by Barcelona’s Documentary Photography Centre and by the library network, based on a photographic interpretation of a literary work dedicated to the city. Mercabarna has a main paper.
Fish and seafood professionals from across Spain have a two-day rendezvous in Barcelona on 29 and 30 October. The occasion is ANMAPE’s “1st Congress of Wholesale Fishmongers in Mercas”.
Good news for pedestrians who want to enter or depart from Mercabarna via Zona Franca’s Calle F! Since July, two revolving doors have been in operation in Calle Longitudinal 11, providing direct access to Calle F.
On 6 August, Jordi William Carnes, Mercabarna’s chair and Barcelona’s deputy mayor in charge of Finance and Economic Promotion, held a press conference in Mercabarna where among other matters he announced that the fruit offer at the Central Fruit and Vegetable Market increases by up to 20% in the summer months.
On 21 July, Mercabarna received a visit from a delegation representing SO.GE.MI, the company that manages the Milan Wholesale Market. The group was headed by the chair of the organisation, Stefano Zani, and included its technical director, Antonio Grassi and the manager of the Fruit and Vegetable Market, Pierangelo Mapelli.
