Mercalicant reported a profit of 265,287 euros between January and August this year, marking a 29% rise from the same period last year. The net turnover reached 1.89 million euros in the first eight months, as disclosed by the public company after its board meeting this Friday.
The administrative balance for this period also includes insights into goods marketing within the food cluster. From January to August, 191,580,031 kilograms of fruits, vegetables, potatoes, meat, and fish were moved through the Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market and Mercalicante’s ZAC (Supplementary Activities Zone), representing a 6.97% increase.
An agenda item named Rocío Gómez, Ana Barceló, Sara Llobell, and Manuel Copé was on the table, and Mercasa has new board members. With these appointments, the company’s governing body was officially formed under President Luis Barcala; first vice president María Teresa Castillo; second vice president Lidia López; and members Guillermo García, Gala Doyague, Mario Ortolá, Ana Barceló, Sara Llobell, Manuel Copé, Rocío Gómez, Manuel Juan Amorós, Vanessa Moreno, Ana Alvarez, and Purificación Berdejo.
During the session, two tender documents were approved. Information on the cleaning service and electricity supply will soon be published on the state tender platform and on the contractor’s Mercalicante profile. The one-year base tender budget for the electrical contract stands at 259,362 euros.
Mercalicante increases turnover by 6.9% to 2.86 million euros
The cleaning and internal waste management contract carries a base annual budget of 185,362 euros. This contract spans three years, bringing the total base budget for the period to 556,087 euros. The agreement may be extended up to two times, with each extension lasting 12 months.
DIA will create a Mercalicante platform to manage online orders from the state
A notable topic at the meeting was the approval of procedures for launching a whistleblower channel as a new measure to boost transparency in the company’s governance and operational management.