Mercadona

Mercadona, S.A.
Company typeSociedad Anónima. Private.
IndustryRetail
Founded1977
FounderFrancisco Roig Ballester
Headquarters,
Spain
Number of locations
1,672 stores (4 October 2024)[1]
Area served
Spain, Portugal
Key people
Juan Roig (Chairman & CEO)
ProductsGrocery
Revenue€ 35.5 billion (US$ 39 billion) (2023)[2]
Total assets8,194,637,000 ±1000 Euro (2016) Edit this on Wikidata
Owner
Number of employees
100,000[1]
Websitewww.mercadona.com

Mercadona (Valencian: [meɾkaˈðɔna], Spanish: [meɾkaˈðona]) is a Spanish supermarket chain, with 1,618 stores across Spain and 54 in Portugal (as of 10/2024).

The company was founded by Francisco Roig Ballester and his wife, Trinidad Alfonso Mocholi in 1977.[3] Mercadona began as a small butcher's shop in Tavernes Blanques, a village in Valencia.[4][5] Juan Roig assumed the role of CEO in 1981, and the company has since expanded nationwide.

In the 1990s, Juan Roig oversaw a series of changes across the whole company and revealed the new façade of Mercadona as a result of the competitive business landscape, which includes competitors such as Carrefour and the co-operative Eroski.

  1. ^ a b [1] at official website
  2. ^ [2] at Current affairs posting from 12th of March 2023
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Forbes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Mercadona reveals suppliers to fight claims of ditching Spanish produce". El País. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  5. ^ Ball, Deborah and Ilan Brat (23 October 2012). "Spanish Supermarket Chain Finds Recipe". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 October 2013.