History of the Wholesale Market of Brussels

The Early Morning Market, the wholesale market of Brussels, has existed for over a century. For decades it was held at the Grand-Place of Brussels and on nearby streets. Since 1973, the Early Morning Market, always dynamic and due to its steady growth, has been held at Quai des Usines, alongside the canal. Famous for its vast choice of both domestic and foreign products, the Early Morning Market of Brussels has become the premier supermarket for professional traders, offering mostly high-quality products whose freshness is not an empty word.

In the halls of the Early Morning Market, more than 100 merchants offer a wide range of products, including fruit and

vegetables, meat, poultry, game, fish and shellfish, cheese and other dairy products, general food products and consumer products, wine and other drinks, deep-frozen products, flowers and plants.

From early in the morning, the “belly of Brussels” is abuzz with activity. Small and large producers offer local products harvested a few hours earlier; wholesalers and importers offer products from all over the world. A very large assortment of products made available to both “small” and “big” retailers, grocers and supermarkets, specialist food stores, public buyers, caterers and chefs, including the most renowned, who frequently do their shopping at Belgium’s biggest fresh market.

Role of Mabru

Mabru is the non-profit organisation created in 1992 that is charged with promoting, developing and managing the activities of the Early Morning Market of Brussels which aim to facilitate commercial transactions relating to the wholesale trade in agro food products intended for professional traders.

A few figures on the Market

14 hectares of terrain
40.000 m2 of sales space spread throughout 5 covered halls
8.000 m2 of logistics areas (storage and refrigeration areas)
114 businesses (producers and wholesalers) set up at the market
Between 700 and 900 people operating on the site
Between 10,000 and 15,000 tonnes of products transit on the site each week
More than 22,000 visitors per month

Board of Directors

Sevket TEMIZ
Chairman

Floriane BONNIER
Vice President

Mohamed OURIAGHLI
Administrator

Zaccaria MOUDDEN RIDAI
Administrator

Willem THEUS
Administrator

Yasmine GUELFF
Administrator

Deniz TOKO
Administrator

Stefan BOSMANS
Administrator

Nasir MOHAMMAD
Administrator

Bernard DHONDT
Administrator

Mohammed MECHBAL
Administrator

Michel LEFEVER
Administrator

Lionel RIGOLET
Administrator

Administrative Team

Laurent Nys
General Manager

Patricia MUESA LUNGENI
Accounting and Human Resources

Michaël DE VETTER
Commercial and Administrative Management

Anicée HENIN
Communication

Sarah CORTY
Administration and Secretariat

Sarah NAKKACH HOMMAN
Administration and Secretariat

Thierry BAUDSON
Technical Service Department