Centro Agro Alimentare Piceno – CAAP: physical wholesale market in San Benedetto del Tronto
Centro Agro Alimentare Piceno, or CAAP, operates in San Benedetto del Tronto at Via Valle Piana 80, close to the A14, Ascoli–Mare connection and SS16 road.
AGR-243 · Physical wholesale market · San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy · EUR
Centro Agro Alimentare Piceno, or CAAP, operates in San Benedetto del Tronto at Via Valle Piana 80, close to the A14, Ascoli–Mare connection and SS16 road. In operation since November 1997, it combines food wholesaling, distribution and services. The operator describes approximately 143,000 m² of developed land and around 85 businesses. Both figures cover the entire centre, rather than the fruit and vegetable market alone.
The Verde pavilion directory identifies produce wholesalers and a dairy supplier. The wider CAAP website also identifies fish and aquaculture activities. This can be useful to a customer combining different food purchases, but each product group needs to be matched to the appropriate supplier. Several sectors sharing a location does not imply one invoice, identical opening hours or the ability to collect all goods from a single warehouse.
Published schedules conflict: the contact page gives Monday–Saturday 05:00–12:00, while the sector page describes additional afternoon sessions and a different weekly pattern. It was not established which schedule is current. Confirm the intended visit with the chosen business or administration on +39 0735 753 774 or centro@agroalimentare.it. The directory does not present the two timetables as simultaneously valid. This distinction matters when booking a carrier or planning an early-morning collection.
A buyer should prepare an enquiry stating product, variety, size, quantity and required date. Hospitality buyers may want to agree flexible package quantities and collection of several commodities together. For refrigerated goods, establish where responsibility for temperature transfers and how long the vehicle may wait before loading. No public price list specific to CAAP was verified, so an actionable price requires a direct quotation from the selected counterparty, with the quantity and delivery basis clearly stated.
A supplier should contact a named sector operator before dispatching a vehicle. Agree acceptance of the consignment, packaging, how quality differences will be reported and what happens to any goods not purchased. Enquiring about a permanent trading unit is separate from arranging a single shipment. The count of 85 businesses establishes neither vacant units nor demand for a particular commodity. These preparation points are editorial guidance rather than a claim that all businesses at CAAP use identical purchasing procedures.
What is priced: Fruit, Vegetables and potatoes, Milk and dairy, Fish and seafood
Sources
- agroalimentare.it — Operator and complex scale
- agroalimentare.it — Produce-sector businesses
- agroalimentare.it — Contact and hours
All agricultural exchanges, markets and price sources
