Mercadona He has beat all his records in the best year of his historical series after reaping annual sales of 38.8 billion euroswhich represents 9% more than last year. The distribution chain chaired by Juan Roig continues thus chaining milestones after getting a benefit of 1,384 million, 37 percent more. In addition, for the first time, the expansion of stores in Portugal has been profitable for the company.
The Supermarket Firm of Valencian origin has presented this Tuesday at its headquarters in the Coinnovación del Jarro Center, located in the Fuente del Jarro polygon (Paterna, Valencia) and known as ‘Jarrods’, the economic data corresponding to exercise 2024 and the PARRA 2025 forecasts, in whose presentation they have also been present, in addition to President Juan Roig, his daughters and members of the Board of Directors of Mercadona, Amparo and Hortensia Roig.
The market share of the Valencian company within the national economy has risen again and already reaches 28.2%, which means a percentage increase of 0.7% compared to last year. “We are increasingly chosen customers, the worker is more satisfied and committed, the supplier feels more listened to and better led, society sees us as an example of a company model and capital that when more grows the most it will be shared,” he explained, after advancing some forecasts for 2025 In which it will try to reach 40.1 billion sales, the creation of a thousand jobs, invest another 1,000 million and consolidate benefits.
Such is Mercadona’s domain in the market that already supposes the 3.71% of the total employment generated in Spain and supposes 2.10% of GDP (33,350 million euros). In 2024, between contributions supported and collected, he has paid 3,000 million euros in taxes. «Proud to do so, because everything that the public sector spends leaves, such as raising roads and maintaining education or public health. All this does not leave the Maná or Brussels, ”said Roig.
Regarding the average price of the ‘menu car’, the supermarket chain has dropped six euros The standard of the standard car, which represents 2% less than last year in a situation of moderation of inflation. «Mercadona is very good», Has announced Roig, who has valued the importance of tourism sector as the engine of the Spanish and Portuguese economy. “We receive 100 million tourists every year and that is why we have to take care of this industry that we all live,” he said.
Regarding the business expansion in Portugal, Roig has confirmed that for the first time in the history of Mercadona since he arrived in the neighboring country, the investment has been made to make the investment after an exercise with 11 openings that raise the number of stores to 60, in which they have obtained seven million euros of benefit. Regarding Online servicehas increased but continues to be a smaller part of the total turnover, representing 2% with an amount of 840 million euros.
On the other hand, the founder of the supermarket chain has celebrated the sustained growth of the number of workers that already amounts to 110,000 people, after having created others 6,000 jobs in 2024. In parallel, he has confirmed the 8.5% salary increase to his employees by 2025, with which they have distributed a total of 700 million benefits the previous year. Thus, the average net salary is 2,100 euros per month (from four years old).
I remember those affected by the Dana
The president of Mercadona has initiated his speech making a special mention in a “especially hard” year to those affected by the fires of Porto (Portugal) and the floods of the Dana from October 29 in Valencia. Roig has sent memories and encouragement the families of the disappeared and deceased and wanted to highlight the names of the four dead businessmen, personal friends.
“Talking about the flood continues to excite us, it affected us in 21 stores and thanks to the response of our 110,000 workers we could open again in the zero zone, where the volunteers also helped us,” he said after seeing images of the before and after the devastated stores. In economic figures, the Roig family has delivered a total of a total of the DANA in direct aid 108 million euros With initiatives of Mercadona, Hortensia Herrero Foundation, his daughters and Villarreal CF and Pamesa Ceramica, chaired by his brother Fernando Roig.
Digital Excellence Plan
Last January, Mercadona announced the implementation of a new digital excellence plan, endowed with a investment of more than 250 million euros to execute in the 2025-2028 period and that will allow the company to continue advancing in project reengineering and modernize already digitized processes.
In total, the department Mercadona It It currently has about 300 applications or processes subject to technological improvement. In recent years, the firm’s digital modernization strategy has been consolidated internally.
This has led him to experience an important process of growth and expansion, until currently having 1,200 technological professionals In staff, which are specialized in areas such as software development and architecture, cybersecurity, devotees, data management, product management, cloud, IT infrastructure, UX/UI design, management of devices and purchases of computer software, among other areas.
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