Brisbane Markets Limited

Brisbane Markets are located at Rocklea, just 11 kilometres from Brisbane's CBD, and incorporates the Brisbane Produce Market, Brisbane Flower Market, Brisbane MarketPlace retail markets precinct, Brisbane Markets South Gate industrial estate and the Brisbane Markets Commercial Centre.

As Queensland's only central fruit and vegetable market, the Brisbane Produce Market is the State's most important centre for the marketing and distribution of fresh fruit and vegetables. It records annual trade in excess of 600,000 tonnes of produce valued at more than $1.011 billion.

Brisbane Markets Limited (BML) is the owner of the Brisbane Markets, and is responsible for the ongoing development and management of the site.

It operates on a commercial basis as an unlisted public company, with in excess of 150 predominantly industry-based shareholders, including growers, wholesalers, secondary wholesalers, retailers and the industry organisation Brismark.

BML strives to provide international-standard facilities and services for fruit, vegetable and flower wholesalers, retailers, provedores, secondary wholesalers, food processors, transporters, exporters, industry organisations and Market support businesses.

In August 2002, the State Government and Brisbane Market Corporation Limited entered into a contract to sell the Brisbane Markets for $74 million to Landacq Limited, today known as Brisbane Markets Limited (BML).

The sale was unique. BML comprises 150 industry shareholders including the wholesaler service organisation Brismark which is the major shareholder. Brismark and BML have a joint CEO and a cooperative relationship including shared resources.

This ownership and management structure has worked extremely well, with Brismark providing input to BML on matters of strategic and operational importance to the wholesaling sector.

In this section there is futher information about BML's mission and objectives, Board of Directors, shareholders, history, future plans, office and trading times, a directory of tenants, location map, Brisbane Markets regulations, employment in the markets, BML's privacy policy and the Fresh Source magazine.