Historia Mercadona
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1977 Francisco Roig Ballester (1912-2003) and his wife Trinidad Alfonso Mocholí (1911-2006) start operating Mercadona as part of the Carnicas Roig group. What had been family-run butcher’s shops become grocery stores.
1981 Juan Roig and his wife, together with his brother Fernando and sisters Trinidad and Amparo, buy Mercadona from their father. The business consists of eight shops with approximately 300 square metres of retail space. Juan Roig assumes control of the company, which com-mences its activity as an independent business.
1982 First company in Spain to use scanners to read bar codes at points of sale.
1986 Introduction of free cus-tomer credit cards for “The Boss”.
1988 Opening of the logistics block in Riba-roja de Turia (Valencia), the first fully automated distribution centre in Spain. Acquisition of Superette Supermarkets, with 22 stores in Valencia.
1989 Acquisition of Cesta Distribución and Desarrollo de Centros Comerciales, enabling the company to establish a presence in Madrid.
1990 Juan Roig and Hortensia M. Herrero become the company’s majority shareholders.
1991 Acquisition of Dinos and Super Aguilar. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is initiated with suppliers.
Ana, customer of the Santo Angel supermarket in Murcia.
1992 The company reaches figures of 10,000 employees and 150 stores.
1993 Introduction of the Always Low Prices (SPB) commercial strategy, later to evolve into the Total Quality Model.
1996 Launch of the Hacendado, Bosque Verde, Deliplus and Compy brands. Supermarket number 200 opens in Segorbe (Castellon). The company’s first collective agreement for all employees is signed.
1997 Joint venture agreement with Almacenes Gómez Serrano of Antequera (Malaga).
1998 Acquisition of Almacenes Paquer and of Supermercados Vilaro, both in Catalonia.
1999 The process of making all staff permanent employees (a process started in 1995) is completed; at that time, the number of employees was 16,825. Opening of the logistics block in Antequera (Malaga). The project for a new design and model for the cosmetics section is initiated.
2000 Construction of the logistics block in Sant Sadurni d’Anoia (Barcelona). The first Atmosphere Store opens in Massanassa (Valencia). The first Integrated Suppliers Meeting is held. Collective Agreement (2001-2005) signed.
2001 Inauguration of the first free nursery school for children of employees at the logistics block in Sant Sadurni d’Anoia (Barcelona). Mercadona reaches 500 supermarkets with the opening of its first store in Linares (Jaen).
Twenty-First-Century Warehouse, the logistics block in Ciempozuelos, Madrid, opened in 2007.
2003 First company to carry out an Ethical Audit. Opening
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