A convention at Interpoma on 16th November 2018 will discuss the future of Italian wholesale markets - are there going to be fewer of them, working as a system and focusing on local high-quality products?
"If we look at what's happening in Spain, France and Germany, we can see how there are only a few dozen markets and that they work together, which makes them stronger against retailers. According to an Andmi survey, in 2017 there were 134 markets in Italy, 69% of them still managed by the municipality while 19% of them was managed by mixed undertakings with publicly-owned majority shareholdings and 12% was managed privately by wholesaler companies," explains Andmi secretary Marco Sibani.
The considerable number of facilities is due to their importance. Municipalities have also recognized them. Originally, they were set up in the main squares to guarantee a regular supply of fresh food to the local citizens while at the same time making it easier to perform health inspections and price checks as stalls are grouped together.
In the latest Andmi newsletter, Sibani writes that "it's precisely because of these reasons that markets are still considered public services. Over the past few years, with the evolution of modern distribution, many wholesale markets have disappeared, others have shrunk and others have transformed."
The convention in Bolzano will discuss the future of Italian markets comparing them with the German ones and analyzign different points of view: that of producers, retailers, operators, managers and consumers.
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