Now it is certain: the Büschl Group, which has been proposing various designs for the construction and financing of the Munich wholesale market hall for years, can submit its improved plans until next summer. At the same time, the city reserves the right to present its own alternatives. Not everyone is happy with the outcome of the city council plenary session. "We traders don't need a luxury wholesale market, we need a functional one – we never asked for anything else. We have been put off for decades, millions have been wasted on planning offices. From today's perspective, it would have been better to have a fundamental renovation," says Fabian Fritzmaier of the fruit cooperative located at the wholesale market, to Hallo München.
Traders at the Munich Wholesale Market: top left Walter Schmid of Exotic Point, part of the Münchner Frucht Cooperative GmbH.
Marco Stohr, spokesperson for the traders at the Viktualienmarkt, explains: "Without a wholesale market, there would be no Viktualienmarkt because it guarantees price stability and product quality." Closing it would affect almost all the city's weekly markets: "A disaster! Not everyone can travel long distances, and the well-known wide range of products would break away or suffer a decline in quality."
For more information:
https://stadt.muenchen.de/infos/grossmarkthalle-muenchen.html
https://www.mfcoop.de/