All you need to know: Umm Salal Central Market in Qatar
The Umm Salal Central Market provides all commodities you need, including meat, fish, and vegetables, to satisfy all types of customers, such as traders, producers, and consumers.
With an area of over 70,000 square meters, the market is located at the intersection of three major highways – Al Majd and Al Shamal. These highways connect the market directly to major ports in Al Wakra, Al Ruwais, Al Khor, and Doha, which supply nearly 80% of the market's fish.
According to Hassad Food, Qatar's premier investor in the food sector, the Umm Salal Central Market serves as a platform for integrating all basic commodities and contributing to food security. The market
Here's a look at what the Umm Salal Central Market has to offer:
The Fish Market in Umm Salal Central Market is among the largest in Qatar and is the market’s main attraction.
In this section, you can find a variety of fishes of various sizes from all over the world, including Sheri, Sakn, Seman, Shark, King Fish, Rabeem, Farsh, Bsar, to name a few.
In addition to different kinds of fish, the Fish Market also offers fresh seafood, such as crab, shrimp, lobster, clams, and more!
Located within the Fish Market, this section allows you to have your fish cut and cleaned after you have purchased them.
Located just across from the Fish Market, Al Mazrooah Yard offers local and international produce that ranges from a variety of fresh greens and vegetables at reasonable prices.
Customers come here to buy fresh vegetables and greens such as tomatoes, brinjal, zucchini, coriander, spinach, green beans, farm eggs, honey, and more!
Across from Al Mazrooah Yard, you can find a variety of shops offering different items and services.
One of the shops offers fresh fruits and vegetables. There is also a mini wholesale shop where you can buy items in bulk and grab some essentials after shopping for fish.
Al Marwa Dates Market, which is one of the many shops in Umm Salal Central Market, offers different types of dates, nuts, dates syrup, and more!
Dedicated sections for poultry, meat, and ice production. Animals such as chickens, ducks, and pigeons are available for sale in the Bird and Poultry Market. Additionally, there is a meat section nearby, as well as an ice factory that produces all the ice that is used in the fish market to preserve the fish.
The Umm Salal Central Market also has a livestock market, and the animals are sent to the nearby slaughterhouse for meat.
Besides livestock barns, vegetable and fruit stands, multi-service shops, cold stores, a supermarket, a mosque, and several administrative offices, the central market includes a private slaughterhouse managed by Widam Food.
The Umm Salal Central Market appears to have it all, pay a visit to the market and make use of all that the market has to offer.
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