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The Locations of Future Mercadona Stores in Portugal Announced
21 September 2017
In all, the Spanish chain will open four supermarkets in Portugal, including in the north.
More than a year ago, in June 2016, the largest Spanish food distributor, Mercadona, announced that it was set to enter the Portuguese market, opening four stores by 2019.
In October of the same year, the chain revealed that the first stores would be opened in Greater Porto. After first announcing supermarkets in Matosinhos and Canidelo, the chain has now announced, to the Spanish newspaper “La Expansión,” the location of the two other stores. One of them will be in the centre of Vila Nova de Gaia, and another will be opened in Gondomar.
In total, the investment is expected to reach 25 million euros. This Thursday, September 21, the Lusa news agency reported that the Spanish supermarket’s logistics centre would be in Póvoa do Varzim. This expansion to Portugal marks the chain’s first investments outside its home country. Founded in 1977, Mercadona has more than 1600 stores and employs 79,000 people in Spain. In Portugal, the company has assured that it will spend more than 50,000 euros training each employee.
Original Story: NiT – Ricardo Farinha
Translation: Richard Turner