Logo
Home chevron_right

Trade at the Market

chevron_right Buying and Selling

Buying and Selling

Do you work or volunteer in food or flowers? Join the thousands of wholesale buyers who come to the Melbourne Market and National Flower Centre in Epping in the early hours to source the produce that supplies Victoria’s restaurants, greengrocers, florists and independent supermarkets. Find out more about how to buy from the Melbourne Market below.
Side-img

Fruit and Vegetable Market

The wholesale fruit and vegetable market at Epping is open to approved buyers from food-related industries including independent supermarkets, greengrocers, providores, hospitality businesses, aged care facilities, food processors and manufacturers.

The Market is open to wholesale fruit and vegetable buyers from 3.30 am to 7 am weekdays (excluding public holidays).

To find out more about getting wholesale fresh produce, either directly of through a food distribution service. Begin your buyer journey below.

Buy from the Market

National Flower Centre

Victorian growers contribute approximately 40 per cent of Australia's cut flowers, and the National Flower Centre (NFC) boasts Australia's most extensive selection of quality fresh flowers and plants.

Join the 650+ floristry businesses that frequent the NFC on key trading days: Tuesday and Thursday from 3.30 am to 7 am and Saturdays from 4.30 am to 7.30 am. Begin your buyer journey today.

Buy from the NFC
market-safe-img02

The Melbourne Market is a wholesale-only market and is not open to the general public.

If you have a pre-arranged appointment with a business operating at the Melbourne Market, please fill in the form below, and check in at the Security Gatehouse upon arrival.

The Melbourne Market is a drug-and-alcohol-free site. All visitors to are required to report on arrival to the Security Office at Gate 1 for check-in and breath testing.


2025 © Melbourne Market Authority All rights Reserved