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Wholesalers celebrate the Fish Market’s 25th anniversary
On 4 October, Mercabarna’s Central Fish Market wholesalers held a dinner organised by the Barcelona and Province Fresh and Frozen Fish and Seafood Wholesale Consignees’ Guild (GMP) to celebrate the Central Fish Market’s 25th anniversary.
Mayor of Barcelona announces Mercabarna’s future projects
Over the next five years, Mercabarna will be “redesigned” to consolidate its position as the leading Mediterranean food cluster and one of the top fresh-produce suppliers to all of Europe. The plan was announced by Barcelona mayor Jordi Hereu on 14 October, during his visit and subsequent press conference at Mercabarna.
Incorporating workers into practice training
Do you need a worker who holds a food-handling certificate and is already trained? Mercabarna’s Training Area can help you find just such help. For 20 years now, the Area has trained future agrofood professionals through its occupational programmes aimed at the unemployed.
Consumers associations visit Mercabarna
On 18 September, Mercabarna hosted the visit of several Spain-wide consumer associations, including the National Civic Union Federation of Consumers and Housewives of Spain (UNAE), the Federation of Independent Users and Consumers (FUCI), the Consumers’ Union of Spain (UCE) and the General Consumers’ Association (ASGECO).
First Wholesale Fishmongers Congress, in Barcelona
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”.
Highest-rising product: the sardine
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%.
New pedestrian accesses
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.
Mercabarna presents training courses to immigrant groups
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.
Mercabarna: subject of a photography exhibition
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.
The Fish Market, 25 years in Mercabarna
In the early hours of 3-4 October 1983, the Central Fish Market began its activity in Mercabarna, following its move from Barcelona’s Calle Wellington. 25 years have passed since then and, to celebrate this milestone, Mercabarna and the Fresh and Frozen Fish and Shellfish Wholesale Consignees’ Guild of Barcelona and Province (GMP) will give a party on 19 October, to which Market business owners, buyers and employees are invited.
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