The Rungis wholesale market officially opened on 3 march 1969
In 1973, the meat market came to Rungis. Actually, since the end of the 1950s, meat products were sold at the abattoirs at La Villette. With the development of refrigerated shipping and the modernization of provincial abattoirs, these facilities rapidly became inadequate. It was decided to group all fresh produce in Rungis, so the wholesale meat trade came to the site.
The market is constantly evolving. It adapts to changes in consumption, customer needs and new health and safety standards for food.
Since 1973, many buildings have been renovated, converted or modernized. For example, just since the start of the 21st century, the meat pavilion was completely renovated, a new fish pavilion was opened, a trade floor was created for Ile-de-France fruit and vegetable producers, and a new logistics zone for warehouses was set up, called Euro Delta.