After deciding, two years ago, to launch a disruptive process and do whatever was necessary to transform the company and continue to be the best option for “The Boss”.
- It has ended 2018 with a staff of more than 85,800 people, 300 of whom are Portuguese, after creating 1,800 stable, quality jobs, and has continued to advance in its responsible and sustainable business model, improving the quality of work and investing in the protection of the environment and animal welfare.
- It has increased its turnover on a like to like basis by 6%, after increasing on average in 2018 by more than 50 tickets/store/day, which amounts to a total of more than 125 tickets/store/day from the launch of its transformation process in 2017.
- The test started in May 2018 with the “Hive” (a warehouse for online shopping) in 97 towns in the province of Valencia has made it possible to double the number of customers and achieve a monthly turnover of 2.2 million euros.
- Mercadona maintains its principle that “shared growth tastes better”, and has distributed the total profits generated during the year as follows: 295 million, of which two correspond to Portugal, to Society as taxes, at a 22% corporate tax rate; and 325 million to its employees as performance-related bonuses. Of the 593 million of the net profits (84% more than the previous year), 470 million were reinvested in the company as own resources, while the rest was distributed among shareholders via dividends.