A year of growth in terms of employment and turnover is consolidated thanks to the development of the “Effective Selection” strategy, investing in innovation, promoting fresh products and collaborating with integrated suppliers and specialist suppliers in order to satisfy and surprise the clients
- Having created 4,000 new stable quality jobs, the company closed 2016 with 79,000 employees in its workforce. Mercadona’s fiscal contributions, via taxes and Social Security, reached 1,468 million euros in 2016.
- Two of the great milestones for Mercadona in 2016 were the announcement of the company’s internationalisation, by entering the Portuguese market, and the inauguration of the New Efficient Store Model.
- The company’s net profits grew by 4% to 636 million euros, investments reached 685 million euros, and the sales in terms of volume rose by 4%, to 11,071 million kilos and litres (kilitres).
- For another year running, the company shared its total profits between its components: 300 million among its employees by way of performance-related bonuses and 250 million with Society, through taxing. Moreover, from the net profit, 515 million were reinvested in the company as equity capital, while the rest was divided among the shareholders by way of dividends.
- To achieve its goals for 2017, Mercadona foresees the largest investment in the company’s history: between 1,000 and 1,200 million euros. “In addition, Mercadona has decided to sacrifice net profit by up to 200 million euros, which represents a third of the net profit for 2016, with the objective of setting the bases for the Mercadona of the future”. According to Juan Roigs´s statement.