Melbourne Markets
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Melbourne Market, more formally the Melbourne Wholesale Fruit & Vegetable Markets, is the main wholesale produce market for Melbourne, Australia, and the wider state of Victoria.
Melbourne Market is located in Epping on a 67-hectare market site[1] and is operated by the Melbourne Market Authority (MMA). The market provides for the wholesale distribution of fruit, vegetables and flowers to the greater Melbourne region daily. The market operates six days a week.[1]
The market was home to 3000 sellers and buyers in 2016,[2] up to an estimated 5000 in 2021.[3] The number of vendors was estimated at 400 in 2025.[4]
Location
Melbourne Market is located in the outer-city suburb of Epping, 30 kilometres north of Melbourne city centre.[1][2]
The markets were previously located on a 33-hectare site in Footscray Road, West Melbourne, adjacent to the Melbourne Fish Markets, the Port of Melbourne and the South Dynon railway yards but were moved to Epping in 2015.
The move from Footscray to Epping was a protracted one,[5] delivered at least 4 years behind schedule.[6] In 2014, it was reported that the Footscray site was 14,000 square metres and the Epping site a much smaller 7,500 square metres.[5]
Prior to Footscray, the markets were at the Queen Victoria Market and, before that, the Western Market in Collins Street which opened in 1841.
