This Week in the Market – 12 December 2023

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The MMA and Melbourne Market community offer our deepest condolences to the Peluso family on the passing of Attilio Peluso, owner of Attilio’s Fruit Market and a much-loved member of our market community.

Funeral details
A funeral will be held for Attilio on Friday, 15 December, 11:00 am at St Leonards Catholic Church, 349 Springvale Road, Road, Glen Waverly.

From Monday, 18 December to Friday, 22 December, between 11am and 4pm, heavy-duty machinery will be operating on the Buyer’s Walk to undertake a deep clean of the area.

The schedule of the works will run as follows:

Tenancy 1-27 – Monday, 18 December
Tenancy 29-62 – Tuesday, 19 December
Tenancy 64-92 – Wednesday, 20 December
Tenancy 92-127 – Thursday, 21 December
Tenancy 129-156 – Friday, 22 December

When the area in front of your tenancy is due to be cleaned, please ensure you remove all items, including any equipment and/or products, from the area.

To help ensure a fair trading environment, please remember that fees will apply for the use of a stand on the F&V trading floor if it is not covered by your quarterly licence fees. You will be charged the casual daily rate for using a stand outside of your licence for any of the following reasons:

• Produce overflow
• Orders or pallets on a nearby stand
• Parking forklift on a nearby stand

Where possible, an MRO will notify you on the floor when a casual charge is being applied to your account; however, the MMA also conducts regular audits of stand usage via CCTV and may apply charges to your account for casual stand usage.The MMA will be conducting these audits to maintain a fair and equitable trading environment for the majority of stand holders who are operating within their licenced area.

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The Melbourne Market, including the Flower Market, will be closed on public holidays during the Christmas – New Year period.

To accommodate buying demand during the busy festive season, buyers will be able to access the site to collect orders that have been pre-arranged. It is important to remember the Buyers’ Walk, Trading Floor, and Flower Market will be closed, as these are not mandatory trading days. Some wholesalers, growers and warehouse tenants may allow access to their premises for buyers who have made individual arrangements to collect produce.