ISSUE 57 — MAY 2021
Celebrating 50 years
Tony Nigro Celebrating a massive milestone of working at Fresh State for 38 years and in the industry for 50 years, Tony Nigro can still remember his first day at the Melbourne Market.
There is few in the market who don't know Tony. Nearly every morning, he is out on the Market floor liaising between grower organisations, transport companies, and the wholesalers to obtain Market Pricing Data.
HISTORY Tony’s father, Michele, came to Australia in 1951 to secure work and a home for his family. His mother, Ida, came with Tony, his brother Bill and sister Frances from Italy in 1957, arriving on Christmas Day. Tony attended Clifton Hill Primary for a short while until the family moved to Mentone, where he attended Mentone Primary School and then Beaumaris High School. Tony met his now-wife, Margaret, at a dance in St Kilda in 1968. We are told that he was such a great dancer and Marg couldn’t let him go so three years later in 1971 they were married. They lived in Mentone, where their daughter, Mandy, was born on the 6th of December 1972. Tony was headhunted by Agrep in the early ’70s and came to work with the market. At Agrep, Tony headed up the transport department, which put him in good stead for becoming a successful transition to Fresh State. On his 25th birthday, Tony Nigro began working at the Melbourne Market on the 21st of June, 1971.
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