News

Enjoy the Fish Experience with All Your Senses

The Interactive Fish Centre (CIP) is now up and running. 200 people attended the official opening of this pioneering museum space on 14 June, which follows the journey fish and seafood take from the moment they are caught to when they reach consumers’ tables, as well as the health benefits to be had from their consumption. This groundbreaking project, located in the Central Fish Market, is promoted by the Wholesale Dealers’ Association (GMP) with the collaboration of Mercabarna, and has involved the investment of 600,000 euros.

The Food Bank is Looking for People like You

Mercabarna, the Association of Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Dealers (AGEM) and the Food Bank launched a campaign a year ago for businesses in the Central Fruit and Vegetable Market to encourage them to donate excess fresh produce. The goal was to help the Bank deal with the huge rise in demand for food for the needy that arose when the economic downturn began.

New Provisional Car Park at Mercabarna

Mercabarna has opened a provisional car park next to entrance K to the precinct in order to facilitate parking in the area where construction work on the Multiservice II building and development of the space that formerly housed the Flower Market are going on.

Laying of the First Stone of the Future House of Agriculture

The first stone of the future House of Agriculture, a facility that will serve as a meeting point for agricultural cooperatives and associations and which also aspires to become a forum for the dissemination of the opinions of Catalan farmers, was laid on 28 May.

Catalonia’s Municipal Markets Reflect on Their Future

The Government of Catalonia, Barcelona Provincial Council and the Municipal Markets Institute organised the 1st Municipal Markets of Catalonia Congress on 17 May, which drew associations of vendors, technicians and food professionals, including Mercabarna management.

Implementing Food Safety in Businesses

Food sector businesses are bound by law to implement their own controls to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations with regard to product handling and in their facilities.

Presentation on Future Challenges for Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Dealers

Around 20 Mercabarna businesspeople attended the presentation of the study on future strategies for fruit and vegetable wholesale dealers that took place on 1 June and which forms part of the Strategic Plan of the Barcelona Food Businesses Cluster that Mercabarna is promoting.

Commitment to Children’s Health and the Rural Sector

Mercabarna and the Association of Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Dealers (AGEM) worked together in May and June on two events aimed at promoting healthy eating and lifestyle habits among children.

National Wholesale Sector Seeks Formulas to Increase Competitiveness

Around 200 people who work in the fishing sector, including wholesalers and representatives of institutions, central markets, retailers’ associations, members of the fishing sector and fish markets, took part in the 2nd Wholesale Markets Congress of the National Association of Market Fish Wholesalers (ANMAPE) held in Madrid on 26 and 27 May.

Summer Flowers Exhibition at Mercabarna-flor

Mercabarna-flor and the Association of Wholesale Businesspeople (AEM) hosted a new thematic demonstration on 7 June aimed at providing florists with new ideas and suggestions on designing floral arrangements to step up sales. This time the event was dedicated to summer flowers and plants.

Project to Detect the Technological Requirements and Improvements Needed in Mercabarna Companies

Mercabarna, IRTA (Institute of Agriculture and Food Research and Technology) – through its partner CENTA (Centre for New Food Technologies and Processes) – and KIMbcn, a company that carries out technological assessments, will implement a project to detect the technological requirements of precinct companies.

Mercabarna and Companies from the Precinct in ‘La salud al cistell’ on TV3

Since mid-May, Mercabarna has once again been sponsoring ‘La salud al cistell’ (Health in the Shopping Basket), an informative programme on the Catalan channel TV3.

2009 Financial Report Published

At the end of May, Mercabarna’s management published its Financial and Activity Report 2009.

Mercabarna Collaborates with the Impuls Project to Boost Employment

SOC, Catalonia's Employment Service, has granted a subsidy to Mercabarna's Training Area to carry out 46 occupational training courses, aimed primarily at the unemployed.

The Advantages of Working Closer to the Children at Mercabarna

The pace of life we lead today makes it very difficult to combine work and family life. For this reason, any companies that “invest” in measures to make this "task" easier for its employees are valued most positively.