cow beer hops continues to grow. The company, originally from Dénia, is already well advanced in the work on what the brand will be. fourth logistics center, It will be located in the town of Valencia oliveand that the firm wants to strengthen its expansion plans. A project that will require investment 16 million eurosAs reported by the company itself this Monday.
The new facilities will occupy a plot of land 30,000 square meters In the El Brosquil industrial area with access to the N-332, the Pego highway and the recent connection to the AP-7 highway. The construction phase of the warehouse, which currently covers an area of 17,800 m2, has been completed. 13 loading and unloading docksand capacity 31,000 pallets.
Currently, in addition to providing this area with the necessary facilities, the interior renovation of the rooms has also started. Officeswhich will total 4,800 square meters spread over three floors. The new center is expected to create employment for 200 people in total, including direct and indirect employment.
The center in Oliva will be the fourth logistics center of the Grimalt family company, adding to those already located in the towns of Alicante. That of Ondara and Pedreguer and Bellreguard, in the province of Valencia, where it is headquartered. In total, the surface area of the four warehouses is more than 48,000 square meters.
The purpose of this, as Ale-Hop explains expansion of logistics capacity Laying the foundations for the company’s growth every year approximately 30 new openings. actually signature At the end of last year, the number of stores in operation exceeded 300.
In addition to Spain and Portugal, which the company considers its natural territory, the company has begun an international expansion plan in 2021, which will take it to the first Croatiathrough a franchisee and has been in existence since last year ItalyIt prefers to grow with its own facilities and currently has four stores. Bergamo, Pavia, Cesenatico and Ravenna.
This year, the company plans to focus its work on exactly the following topics: Grow in the transalpine country, According to those responsible for Ale-Hop, it will hold most of the openings planned for the year here.
In the clear
The Grimalt family company also remembers that all these investments and growth plans were implemented with its own resources without resorting to external debt. According to the company, one of the main pillars of their policy is to enable them to grow in a sustainable and completely healthy way.
“Our aim We continue our national and international growthExpand the team and continue to specialize in all areas to continue to improve all our processes and products,” they say from the company, which employs more than 1,800 people.
According to the latest data in the Trade Registry, Ale-Hop will be operating in 2022. Turnover over 170 million euros, That’s well above the 140 million that entered before the pandemic. Her Consolidated profit exceeded 31 million euros.
The company specializes in souvenirs and impulse purchases. It began to expand in the tourist areas of the Alicante coast and gradually transferred its model to the centers of Spain’s main cities.