Nouvelles

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.

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.

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.

2009 Financial Report Published

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

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.

Presentation on the Economic Prospects for 2010

On Tuesday, 4 May, around 100 Mercabarna businessmen and women attended this presentation, organised by Mercabarna Licensees' Association (ASSOCOME).

Presentation about success strategies in Food Service

The project to design a strategic plan for Barcelona’s food business cluster that Mercabarna is spearheading continues to take shape.

Work Begins on the New Warehouses at the Former Flower Market

Work began on the redevelopment of the land where the Flower Market used to be in Mercabarna in early March.

New Vehicle Exit Gate Opens

The new vehicle exit gate at Mercabarna that provides direct access onto calle F in the Zona Franca opened in early March.

New Employee Search Portal

Feina Activa (Active Work) is the name of the new portal launched by the Catalan Occupation Service (SOC), which specialises in searching for new job opportunities.

Presentation of the 2nd Phase of the Strategic Plan for the Food Cluster Initiative Fostered by Mercabarna

Mercabarna is spearheading the project to draft the Strategic Plan for the Food Business Cluster in Barcelona.