Market Crush: Eternally fresh — Inside Rome's Mercato Trionfale

Market Crush: Eternally fresh — Inside Rome's Mercato Trionfale

A proud produce purveyor at the Nuova Sabe stall at Mercato Trionfale stops to pose for a photo.
A proud produce purveyor at the Nuova Sabe stall at Mercato Trionfale stops to pose for a photo.
(Photo: Jennifer Strailey)
by Jennifer Strailey, Oct 09, 2023

Editor's note: In this latest installment of The Packer's Market Crush — a series featuring retail produce purveyors who are crushing it with dynamic displays that drive shoppers to buy — we take a look inside Rome's Mercato Trionfale. To view other Market Crush stops click on the map below.


ROME — Few produce shopping experiences beat the bustle of a Saturday morning at the Eternal City's Mercato Trionfale, where shoppers jockey for position to pick their fresh porcini mushrooms, radicchio, greens, grapes, ruby red tomatoes and more.

Mercato Trionfale

Mercato Trionfale

Here. produce purveyors swiftly restock and rearrange their offerings to maintain bountiful displays until they sell out of the day's offerings, all while enthusiastically engaging with shoppers in this high-energy fresh market near the Vatican.

Mercato Trionfale

Mercato Trionfale

Mercato Trionfale

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