Mercadona rides on the majority of others Large companies in Spain when opening office Brussels have greater visibility before European institutions, mostly located in the bureaucratic capital of the old continent. Valencia company headed by Juan RoigAccording to sources from company management, almost 1,700 supermarkets in the Iberian Peninsula With 99,000 employees (including Portugal) and a turnover of just over 31,000 million euros, it “wants to gain greater visibility and be able to better share and explain its model to European institutions,” the newspaper announced yesterday. Economist.
Last year, the company 15 years EuroCommerce memberthe main European distribution and trade association, of which we actively participate and of which we form part of the board of directors, Opened a permanent office in Brusselsthis allows it to have greater visibility and to better share and explain its model to European institutions. Currently, 2 people are working in the said delegation..
This delegation other subsidiaries or branches the company has in 12 countries around the world Total (like Italy, China, Costa Rica or South Africa – among others-), with 38 people working with the best specialist suppliers to channel international purchases. According to sources, the purpose of the international presence is to work with suppliers from other countries in order to always offer the “Boss” (customer) the best option on the market. Mercadona.
flagship commercial distribution in Spainalready added 12 delegations abroad, participates in the initiative of large companies such as iberdrola, Endesa, telephone And reply; like banks BBVALa Caixa or Santander; and midsize companies such as LaLiga de Fútbol, which makes Spain one of the countries with the most pressure groups.
Add any other subsidiaries or branches the company has worldwide, we are present in 12 countries in total.
existence lobbies or influence groups from Spain, also MercadonaAccording to the European Union officials in Brussels, it continues to grow exponentially in recent years, as can be seen from the latest statistics. EU Transparency Register. By the beginning of March, a total of 800 pressure groups headquartered in Spain had been registered with the European Parliament, with a very significant weight of NGOs, companies and business associations representing 70% of the total.
Economic impact in Spain
supermarket chain Mercadona It allows for a tax collection of 9,858 million euros for public coffers, which is 9.4% more than in 2021. Mercadona’s economic impactIn 2022, which includes both operating expenses (purchases, contracted services, wages and salaries, and rents from suppliers) as well as derivatives of their investments, revenues of €27,246 million are projected to be 8.2% higher than the previous year. This amount represents 2.05% of the country’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product), as stated in the Mercadona Economic Impact report prepared by the Institute’s vice-director at the Valencia Institute for Economic Research (Ivie), Joaquin Maudoswith economists Eva Benages And Carlos Albert.
document Mercadona it also details the effects of the supermarket chain on the labor market. Specifically, Mercadona’s activity created a total of 684,211 full-time equivalent jobs in 2022, representing 3.59% of total employment in Spain.