{"id":3097,"date":"2014-01-21T10:20:55","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T09:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mabru.be\/?page_id=3097"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:32:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mabru.be\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"outer\"><div class=\"wpb_row\"><div class=\"container clearfix\"><div class=\"column vc_span12 wpb_column column_container\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"shortcode-tab shortcode-tab-wrap\"><ul class=\"tabs etabs clearfix\"><li class=\"tab\"><a href=\"#1531469852-1-52\">History of the Wholesale Market of Brussels<\/a><\/li><li class=\"tab\"><a href=\"#1531469852-2-55\">Our team<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"tabs-content\"><div id=\"1531469852-1-52\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper clearfix\">\n<h3>History of the Wholesale Market of Brussels<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_row outer clearfix\"><div class=\"column vc_span6 wpb_column column_container\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper clearfix\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the halls of the Early Morning Market, more than 100 merchants offer a wide range of products, including fruit and<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"column vc_span6 wpb_column column_container\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper clearfix\">vegetables, meat, poultry, game, fish and shellfish, cheese\u00a0and other dairy products, general food products and consumer products, wine and other drinks, deep-frozen products, flowers and plants.<\/p>\n<p>From early in the morning, the &#8220;belly of Brussels&#8221; 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 \u201csmall\u201d and \u201cbig\u201d retailers, grocers and supermarkets, specialist food stores, public buyers, caterers and chefs, including the most renowned, who frequently do their shopping at Belgium\u2019s biggest fresh market.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_row outer clearfix\"><div class=\"column vc_span12 wpb_column column_container\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"shortcode-br clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:50px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_row outer clearfix\"><div class=\"column vc_span6 wpb_column column_container\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wp-animate-gen\" data-gen=\"fadeInUp\" data-gen-offset=\"bottom-in-view\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper clearfix\">\n<h3>Role of Mabru<\/h3>\n<p>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.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"column vc_span6 wpb_column column_container\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wp-animate-gen\" data-gen=\"fadeInUp\" data-gen-offset=\"bottom-in-view\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper clearfix\">\n<h3>A few figures on the Market<\/h3>\n<p>14 hectares of terrain<br \/>\n40.000 m<sup>2<\/sup> of sales space spread throughout 5 covered halls<br \/>\n8.000 m<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0of logistics areas (storage and refrigeration areas)<br \/>\n114 businesses (producers and wholesalers) set up at the market<br \/>\nBetween 700 and 900 people operating on the site<br \/>\nBetween 10,000 and 15,000 tonnes of products transit on the site each week<br \/>\nMore than 22,000 visitors per month<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"1531469852-2-55\"><div class=\"wpb_row outer clearfix\"><div class=\"column vc_span6 wpb_column column_container\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper clearfix\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Board of Directors<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper clearfix\"><strong>Sevket TEMIZ<\/strong><br \/>\nChairman<\/p>\n<p><strong>Floriane BONNIER<\/strong><br \/>\nVice President<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mohamed OURIAGHLI<\/strong><br \/>\nAdministrator<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zaccaria MOUDDEN RIDAI<\/strong><br \/>\nAdministrator<\/p>\n<p><strong>Willem THEUS<\/strong><br \/>\nAdministrator<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yasmine GUELFF<\/strong><br \/>\nAdministrator<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deniz TOKO<\/strong><br \/>\nAdministrator<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stefan BOSMANS<\/strong><br \/>\nAdministrator<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nasir MOHAMMAD<\/strong><br \/>\nAdministrator<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bernard DHONDT<\/strong><br \/>\nAdministrator<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mohammed MECHBAL<\/strong><br \/>\nAdministrator<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michel LEFEVER<\/strong><br \/>\nAdministrator<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lionel RIGOLET<\/strong><br \/>\nAdministrator<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"column vc_span6 wpb_column column_container\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wp-animate-gen\" data-gen=\"fadeInUp\" data-gen-offset=\"bottom-in-view\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper clearfix\">\n<h3>Administrative Team<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper clearfix\"><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Laurent Nys<\/strong><br \/>\nGeneral Manager<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patricia MUESA LUNGENI<\/strong><br \/>\nAccounting and Human Resources<\/p>\n<p><strong>Micha\u00ebl DE VETTER<\/strong><br \/>\nCommercial and Administrative Management<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anic\u00e9e HENIN<\/strong><br \/>\nCommunication<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thierry BAUDSON<\/strong><br \/>\nTechnical Service Department<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3097","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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