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Gli operatori del mercato

Fruit and vegetable market wholesalers
Meat market wholesalers
Fish market wholesalers
Conditioning and distribution centres
Others
Services
Buying groups
Wholesale flowers market

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50127 Firenze
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The Fruit and vegetable wholesale market:

This sector covers an area of 80.000 square meters and has an annual product turnover of 160.000 tons.
It consists of two functionally distinct markets:

the Night Market: for regional and extra-regional redistribution. It deals with wholesalers from Tuscany and neighbouring regions and with modern large scale distribution.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday: from 1:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday: from 3:00 a.m.

Vendors: 21 wholesalers
Buyers: 250
Operating frequency: weekdays

the Day Market: - a terminal market dedicated to supplying retailers food for consumption in the Florentine area.
Opening hours: 5,30 a.m.
Vendors: 26
Buyers: 1000
Operating frequency: weekdays

The price list is compiled daily and includes up to 500 references.
Meat wholesale market:

This is a terminal distribution market that covers an area of 4.500 sq. meters, equipped with functional machinery for unloading, loading and internal movement. The annual turnover is 4.500 tons.

Opening hours: 6,00 a.m.
Vendors: 5 wholesalers
Buyers: 150
Operating frequency: weekdays.

The price list is compiled weekly, it includes up to 60 references.
Fish wholesale market:

The new market has been operative since the end of February 2005. The three wholesalers have at their disposal a total surface of mq. 1.650.

Opening hours: 5,30 a.m.
Vendors: 3 wholesalers
Buyers: 50
Operating frequency: weekdays

The price list is compiled weekly and includes up to 70 references.
Flowers and plants wholesale Market.

It was inaugurated on October 2003 and has a surface of mq. 1.200 . The new activity completes the large range of food products distributing functions within the Multifunction Food Centre. The wholesalers are 15.

Connected structures:

  • 17 centres for stocking, distribution, processing and conditioning (selection, weighing, labelling, pricing and packing) fruits and vegetables for modern large scale distribution (supermarkets, discount stores, buyer groups, caterers, etc…). They have at their disposal an areaof 25.500 sq. meters with a refrigeration capacity of 18.000 cubic meters.
  • 2 supermarket chain buyer groups.
  • a meat processing center for a supermarket chain (GRUPPO PAM SPA) covering 3.500 sq. meters.
  • a pastry production centre covering 1.500 sq. meters.
  • a fridge-conservation centre for fruit and vegetables equipped with cold storage with 31.500 cubic meters capacity.
  • Accessory services:

  • bars
  • a self service restaurant
  • 3 banks
  • Complementary services:

  • merchandise transportation and distributional logistics
  • transportation
  • management and maintenance of machinery
  • access control
  • cleaning and removal of waste
  • daily trade information: price listings and quantities traded