Mercadona news

Companies in Spain pledge to making food healthier, DIA makes more leadership changes, and Makro accelerates the digitalisation of the HoReCa industry in Spain. Reducing sugar, saturated fats and salt The minister of health, consumption and social welfare, Maria Luisa Carcedo, has signed agreements with 20 associations that represent 398 food and drinks companies to reduce the average amoun...

Spain-based Mercadona is to evolve its supplier strategy for its private label products, Expansión reports. It will move from an exclusive contracting model initiated 20 years ago, to a “proveedor total” (total supplier) model. The current model, and how it will be adapted Mercadona’s current supplier model is comprised of two parts: integrated suppliers, and specialists. The 120 integrated...

Spain-based Mercadona has purchased land to construct a second online warehouse in Barcelona. Mercadona’s first online distribution centre in the Catalonian capital should be operational by 2020, and the second by 2022, Europa Press reports. Strong commitment to online Mercadona's construction of new online-only fulfilment centres shows how its channel strategy has changed. Previou...

Mercadona is constructing a new logistics platform in Barcelona, exclusively for online orders. It is expected to be operational by 2020, according to Europa Press. ‘Colmena’ or the hive, is the name Mercadona gives to its warehouses dedicated to online orders. First online warehouse in Barcelona The warehouse will be Mercaona’s first in Barcelona that is dedicated to online orders. It mark...

Juan Roig, president of Mercadona, recently spoke at the Congress of Family Business held in Valencia, Europa Press reports. The event, organised by the Institute of Family Business (IEF) was opened by the King of Spain and ran with the slogan “Committed to the Future”. Focused on the long-term President of the IEF, Francisco J. Riberas commented on the characteristics of family run busines...

Spain-based Mercadona is expanding its meal solutions range in Spain, whilst having acquiring land in Portugal. Ready-to-eat products added in-store According to Expansión newspaper, Mercadona is testing a new range of fresh meal solutions in a Valencian store, before expansion into other locations in 2019. One million euros were invested to develop the range, supported by a new culinary la...

Mercadona has launched a pilot in Valencia to test, learn and improve its online shopping service for its clients, the ‘boss’. What’s new? Opened on 21 May 2018, the new version of the online shopping system coexists with the current one, which is still available nationwide. The test version covers Valencia’s city centre and will be expanded to the wider city and nearby towns in months to c...

Mercadona has had another strong year of sales growth as it increased its turnover by 6% to €22,915m , whilst achieving 5% volume growth . Record investment 2017 saw Mercadona make a record investment of €1bn, 47% more than in 2016 . This investment facilitated 13 (net) supermarkets to be opened, making the network total 1,627. 126 stores were remodelled to the New Efficient Store Model,...

Spain-based Mercadona has begun hiring staff ahead of its launch in Portugal, which is planned for 2019. Hiring adds another location for Mercadona Hiring has begun in Maia, which adds to three other locations in which Mercadona is already known to be planning to open stores; Gondomar, Matosinhos and Vila Nova da Gaia. The stores that are in development are set to have a sales area of about...

As Eroski continues to expand its range of online fulfilment options for shoppers, Carrefour trials a new store design in Madrid and Grupo IFA forecasts continued revenue growth in 2017 for its members, we round up news from Spain. Eroski adds delivery service Eroski has launched a delivery service that enables shoppers to receive orders made before 15:00 to receive their products on the sa...