Mercadona continues to increase national purchases, including from the Aveiro district

Mercadona reinforced the volume of purchases from national suppliers and its focus on the Portuguese primary sector, having increased by 49% in 2023 compared to 2022. The company, which already has 49 stores nationwide, including in the district of Aveiro, informs that purchased around 1,178 million euros from 1,000 commercial and service suppliers.

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A value “that will increase in 2024 with the opening of 11 more supermarkets in Portugal, reaching two new districts: Guarda, on May 16th, and Évora, in October.”

Since its installation in Portugal (2019), Mercadona has gone from an investment of 217 million euros to the current 1,178 million euros. In keeping with the “objective of offering the freshest products with the highest quality to ‘Bosses’ (customers)”, Mercadona claims to remain “faithful to its commitment to developing a Sustainable Agro-Food Chain, investing in the Portuguese primary sector and developing stable, committed and long-term relationships with its suppliers, allowing sustainable growth for all links in the chain.”

Suppliers in the district of Aveiro

In the district of Aveiro, where the company has eight supermarkets and will open this
year plus one, collaborates, for example, with the Coperativa Agricola de Oliveira
do Bairro e Vagos (CALCOB), located in the heart of Bairrada, a
area with a strong agricultural tradition and which supplies Mercadona with lettuce,
grated red cabbage, prepared for soup, among other vegetables. And also
in Aveiro, Mercadona buys toast and mini toast for its assortment
to the company Diatosta

Direct speech

“From north to south of Portugal it is possible to find a vast diversity of products, from Rocha pears from the West to dairy products from the Azores. At Mercadona we work daily to make it possible to find, in all sections, a varied assortment that allows the ‘Boss’ to take home a quality, Portuguese-style shopping cart. This focus on national production allows for greater freshness in our products and, over these almost five years in Portugal, we have had the opportunity to work with excellent suppliers, very motivated and willing to grow with us” – Pedro Barraco, director of Mercadona’s Agro-Food Chain.

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