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wholesale vegetable market
A market supplying vegetables in large quantities to restaurants and stores for resale to their customers.
A wholesale vegetable market is a place where large quantities of vegetables are sold to restaurants and stores for resale to their customers.
The vegetables are supplied to professional purchasers serving their own customers. Cultivation can occur elsewhere; the market's function is commercial supply.
A wholesale fruit market handles fruit. An ordinary vegetable shop supplies individual retail customers rather than bulk commercial purchasers.