BERLIN WHOLESALE MARKET Ë BGM

Freshness and quality in the heart of Berlin

Opened in 1965, Berlin Wholesale Market is a major trading centre covering an area of some 330,000 m2. A wide variety of top quality fruit, vegetables, meat, fish and convenience products are traded at Berlin Wholesale Market. The new flower wholesale market will be opening here in March 2010.

Total turnover is around a billion euros a year, making the øBelly of BerlinÓ one of the most important wholesale markets in Germany .

The wholesale market supplies goods to a populous region of the country: in addition to the national capital, Berlin , the catchment area includes Brandenburg state and parts of Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Built: 1965
Area: 330,000 m²
Firms on site: 300
Customers: 2,000
Annual turnover (volume): 585.000 t
Annual turnover (value): 1 bilion euros
Catchment area: 6 million consumers
Range sold: Fruit, Vegetables, Fish, Other foods, Flowers, Plants

Berlin WHOLESALE MARKET - FRUCHTHOF

Fruit market Ë the natural choice

In the Fruchthof hall (total area 29,000 m²) which was thoroughly modernized in 2007, wholesalers occupy a sales area of 21,000 m² where they offer their customers a wide range of goods and a whole new shopping experience:
The new lighting concept creates a bright, friendly atmosphere.
Locating the central cooling plant for all the cool rooms outside the hall has considerably reduced noise levels inside.
Unbroken cool chains, covered loading/unloading ramps, transport paths and customer parking space combine to maintain consistent produce quality.
Short distances within the hall and from hall to parking lot facilitate efficient work patterns and save the buyers time.

Built: 1965
Thoroughly modernized: 2007
Area: 85,000 m²
Firms on site: 78
Customers: 2,500
Annual turnover (volume): 225,000 t
Annual turnover (value): 325 million euros
Catchment area: 6 million consumers
Range sold: Fruit, Vegetables, Mediterranean deli products, Dairy produce, Eggs, Beverages, Other foods