Fruit and vegetable traders are trying to put teething issues and 10 years of bad blood behind them as they settle into the new Melbourne Wholesale Fruit Vegetable and Flower Market.
The market opened on August 31 after its long-awaited relocation from the Melbourne Docks to the northern suburb of Epping. However, the opening date had to be postponed by close to a month as some traders struggled to get their store fitouts completed.
Political wrangling
The move followed more than 10 years of political wrangling among market traders, including growers and wholesalers, the Melbourne Market Authority and the Victorian government. Along the way, the cost of the move for the state government ballooned from an initial assessment of about $300 million to closer to $670 million. There have also been several class-action lawsuits.
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