Mercalicante: physical wholesale market in Alicante
Mercalicante is a food wholesale, processing and logistics centre in Alicante, in Spain's Valencian Community. Alicante, Spain.
AGR-102 · Physical wholesale market · Alicante, Spain · EUR
Mercalicante is a food wholesale, processing and logistics centre in Alicante, in Spain's Valencian Community. Its fruit and vegetable market sits within a wider cluster that also includes meat, fish and service businesses. Buyers need to distinguish these scopes: statistics for the whole centre do not describe fresh produce trading alone. The location at Carretera de Madrid, km 4, 03114 Alicante provides a contact point for businesses supplying retail and foodservice customers in this part of the Spanish coast.
The operator's 2025 results report approximately 59.7 million kg, or 59,700 tonnes, handled by the produce market. Throughput for the entire food cluster was approximately 109.1 million kg, or 109,100 tonnes. The first quantity is included in the second and must not be added to it. These are physical commodity volumes, not the management company's revenue. They indicate the scale of the distribution network but do not establish demand for an individual crop or the minimum size of a shipment accepted by a particular wholesaler.
The public “Precios mayoristas” section provides daily representative fruit and vegetable prices in euros per kilogram. Users can select category, product, variety and date range. The operator describes the observations as modal prices, meaning the most frequently encountered level, and explains that quality and packaging affect individual transactions. The page also states that quantities below 100 kg are omitted. This is a reporting qualification, not an automatic minimum purchase requirement applying to every buyer.
Buyers can use those observations when requesting a quotation, then agree grade, size, origin, package count and collection time directly with the merchant. Compare collection at the market with delivered cost to the shop, especially for an order containing several commodity groups. The operator publishes an access accreditation route that should be checked before a first visit. Its main number, +34 966 081 001, can help identify the appropriate contact, although only the selling business can confirm the actual order and its commercial terms.
Growers can investigate Mercalicante's “Km. 0” route for selling their own production, while importers and larger suppliers can start with the wholesaler directory. A useful offer states the supply season, consistency of the lots and ability to replenish stock regularly. For a continuing relationship, agree whether prices will be negotiated shipment by shipment or derived from a stated formula. Public quotations provide a reference, but their publication does not oblige a resident merchant to accept a delivery at that price or to offer credit to a new supplier.
What is priced: Fruit, Vegetables and potatoes, Livestock and meat, Fish and seafood
Where to find the prices
Sources
- 2025 results
- Wholesale prices
- Firms and access
All agricultural exchanges, markets and price sources
