A metropolis with a millionth number of indigenous people and visitors is simply obliged to be a well-stocked city with food products . In Moscow, a network of mega- and supermarkets, shopping centers, warehouses, bases, minimarkets and markets is well developed. The latter, in turn, are trying to provide Muscovites with the freshest produce, forging links with regional farmsteads and private suppliers. A few words about such a thing as a food market.
What is the food market
At all times, there have been some kind of free economic relations. The reason for this was various production processes, which resulted in goods, services and products. The latter played and continue to play a crucial role in meeting human physiological needs and are necessary to ensure the normal functioning of people.
In the modern world, a dynamic apparatus is uncontrollably developing, where buyers and sellers interact. If a person can do without some industrial goods and some services, then he will quickly die without products. Therefore, in addition to large and small shops, where you can stock up with all kinds of products, food markets are created and fairs are opened everywhere.
In a generalized concept, the food market is a multi-level enterprise. Exist:
- local for whole milk products, bakery products and fresh milk;
- regional - for fruits, vegetables and meat products;
- national - for canned food and imported food.
Foodstuffs offered by the markets
Here, in a wide assortment, small and large producers are willing to offer customers competitive food products. By the nature of the products presented , the goods are divided into several types:
- Raw materials: flour, cereals, sugar.
- Products with a high degree of processing: canned goods, confectionery, ready-to-eat products (chips, crackers, granola), wine, vodka, beer, frozen meat products.
- Products with underestimated processing: semi-finished meat products, milk, fresh meat, fresh vegetables and fruits.
Almost all cities and towns have food markets. Here you can see a huge assortment of products, both fresh and subjected to various types of processing. Eyes run up from the abundance of the freshest berries, vegetables, orchards, pickles, pickled products, herbs, smoked products produced by local farms and produced by larger enterprises. Unfortunately, a large share of food raw materials is represented by imported manufacturers.
Why are there so few fresh products in Moscow?
Every year, the number of cities that lack fresh and high-quality products supplied by regional manufacturers is growing. The multimillion-dollar Moscow was no exception. According to experts, the reason for the shortage of fresh food products in the capital lies in the economic inaccessibility to the markets of farmland products (expensive gasoline and tickets, high levied fees and prices for trading places) and a small number of areas for market trade. According to statistics, Moscow's food markets have 2.5 times less retail space per person than in the German capital.
It is no secret that Muscovites spend a significant part of their time in traffic jams and on the road, getting various vehicles to work and back home. They go shopping at the nearest supermarket or shop around the corner. And sometimes they have stale products, and prices “bite”. After all, I also want to residents of the capital to eat fresh seasonal berries and local fruits, recently removed from the branches! But, unfortunately, the grocery market is far away!
For the multimillion population, the food markets of Moscow are not represented in sufficient quantities. Most of them are far from the main transport routes of the city (metro stations, public transport stopping complexes, parking lots). But still, they are widely in demand and loved by Muscovites and visitors.
Famous food markets in Moscow and Moscow region
To serve such a huge city as our capital and its suburbs, several large food markets have been created. They work at a time readily available to residents. Among them are:
- Yaroslavl market state unitary enterprise.
- Tsaritsyno market complex.
- Market "Solar Gate" in Tsaritsyno.
- Farmer's market on Kashirskoye highway.
- Northern Market State Unitary Enterprise at the Babushkinskaya metro station.
- Market on the Hills in Krylatskoye.
- Riga food market.
- Preobrazhensky Market State Unitary Enterprise (grocery market).
- Petrovsky-Razumovsky.
- "Relight".
- "Original joint venture".
- Velozavodsky market.
- "New Vernissage".
- "Afghan" in Kuzminki.
- Arcade at the "Paveletskaya" metro station.
- "Autobahn IK" on Domodedovo.
- Market on Volokalamka.
- MP "Case" on the street Profsoyuznaya.
- Maryinsky market.
- Lefortovo market state unitary enterprise.
- The company "Taistra" at the metro station "Volzhskaya".
- Dorogomilovsky shopping complex on Mozhaisky Val street.
- Markets "Brateevsky ponds" and "Bars-2" in Maryino.
Food markets are not available in all cities of the Moscow region. It depends on the remoteness of towns and villages from the capital, on the small population or the lack of sufficient space and demand. But in such settlements, small spontaneous markets may arise. Here, mainly sellers from the local population sell surpluses of modest harvest collected from country and garden lands. Let not a lot, but mine, natural!
Only some cities of the Moscow Region, such as Lyubertsy, Odintsovo, Zheleznodorozhny, Dolgoprudny, Krasnoznamensk, and the villages of the Moscow Region Kraskovo, Gorki-10, boast the presence of food markets.
Food Fairs in Moscow
Above is an almost complete list of Moscow and Moscow Region markets. But not only here Muscovites and guests make their purchases and purchase at retail numerous products that are presented in a huge assortment. Here and there in the capital, their numerous pavilions are spread out and smartly sell various food fairs: Kolomenskaya, Konkovo, wholesale Kotlyakovo, On Berezova, On Smolny, On Lublin, Orekhovo and Lilac.
Moscow with a multimillion population remains the center where many trade routes intersect. A large influx of food products, naturally, is falling on the capital. From here comes the daily redirection of goods throughout a vast country. And it turns out that Moscow is not only the main consumer of products, but also acts as the main redistribution point.
Popular wholesale grocery markets in Moscow
Hordes of merchants from numerous regions are eagerly sent for large batches of purchases to the wholesale food markets of Moscow and various Moscow fairs. Metropolitan residents are no exception; they are also packaged for future use at wholesale depots, warehouses, fairs and markets. In recent years, Moscow wholesale markets such as Danilovsky, Dorogomilovsky, Preobrazhensky, Riga, Leningrad, Lefortovsky, Cheremushkinsky and Velozavodskaya have been in particular demand.
All of the above Moscow food markets have a rich assortment of food products. They help to fill your refrigerators with inexpensive, but at the same time high-quality goods. When purchasing large quantities, sellers willingly help with the delivery of purchases to their destinations.
All metropolitan wholesale markets for food products, to one degree or another, have become a favorite place for suppliers of chic restaurants in the city. It purchases the freshest high-quality products for unique dishes that delight all Moscow gourmets. A little more words should be said about the three Moscow food markets.
Lefortovo shopping arcade
It is the oldest grocery market in the capital. Back in 1712, on the shelves of the Lefortovo shopping arcade (the old name of the Lefortovo market), one could see the natural products of ancient farms. Everything that was mined by their labor on household plots and caught from clean natural reservoirs was offered to metropolitan buyers.
Modern market areas remain small, but the shopping arcade is always full. Here are only quality products at reasonable prices. The Lefortovo market is located not far (about 300 meters) from the Aviamotornaya metro station and from three public transport stops (about 50 meters). Open from 8am to 8pm.
Velozavodsky market
This market sells a wide variety of agricultural products from Russian and foreign suppliers. But on a special account are domestic farmers. And it is commendable! If we talk about the geography of goods presented at Velozavodsky, then it covers the whole of boundless Russia and does not end in exotic countries.
The goods offered for sale are of excellent quality only. This is monitored closely by a market laboratory that examines each product before putting it on the counter.
Bitsevsky market
Locals go to this market for a walk. It is located in a very picturesque place, not far from it is a small forest. Bitsevsky somehow does not at all look like a market with his neat pavilions. Here you will not see scattered garbage bags or piles of rotten vegetables and fruits. Everything is very clean and decent!
All products sold are freshest, not windy, the fruits of gardens are very alluring and fragrant. The sellers are unobtrusive, ready to advise on any issue. The Bitsevsky market is attractive in every respect!
All Moscow food markets have large reserves. They have secure storage facilities and convenient workplaces. Most of them are in places accessible to guests and Muscovites. The difference is only in price priorities and cleanliness of territories. But all the few grocery markets in Moscow are in demand and well visited.