date:Mar 15, 2019
wth in 2018
Spain-based Mercadona said it grew sales by 6% in 2018, generating 24.305bln in the year. Profits rose by 84% to 593mln, which came despite the retailer investing 1.5bln in its network and operations. Mercadona said it had invested 962mln in store openings and renovations, 257mln in the automation of its logistics platform, 225mln in its digital transformation and 60mln in its expansion into Portugal. Commenting on the results, Mercadonas president, Juan Roig, said: Mercadona is doin