Yesterday, the supermarket chain opened its new sales room in the Panamericana Mall, in the canton of Babalon, on the road from San Miguel to La Union.
With an investment of $ 3.5 million and hundreds of new jobs, the Super Selectos chain of stores opened its 114th branch this Thursday, located in the recently inaugurated Panamericana Mall, located in the canton of Papalon, at kilometer 114 of the Pan-American Highway that leads from San Miguel to La Union.
With the ribbon cutting, the blessing of the store and the departure of the cake, Súper Selectos opened its seventh branch in San Miguel, through which it seeks to get closer and closer to the Miguelín people with high-quality products.
According to company information, the new supermarket contributes to honoring the shopping experience of local residents, as it will have an area of 1,100 square meters distributed in the store and a support area of 400 square meters. They stressed that this will make it possible to give Migueleños a valuable offer where they will find everything they need in one place.
There are 16 thousand products distributed in categories such as fruits and vegetables, grocery, cleaning, beverages, meat and sausages, personal and home care, etc. In addition to that, there is a bakery area that offers a variety of breads, pastries and pastries with the best quality, at reasonable prices and in a safe environment.
David Cahen, CEO of Súper Selectos, emphasized that they maintain their commitment to promoting the economic and social development of the communities in which the chain is located and in the surrounding areas.
“With this sales room, more than 300 new jobs will be added, both direct and indirect, and we are confident that this will be a positive boost to the local economy, in addition to adding to the benefits that the residents of the area will find,” the CEO highlighted. “Everything they need is in one place.”
They pointed out that the construction of Súper Selectos San Miguel Panamericana generated more than 100 direct jobs and 400 indirect jobs on average in the grey work phase, which lasted 10 months.
While more than 50 direct jobs will be created in the operations phase and just over 300 indirect jobs, as the latter are required by suppliers to ensure optimal operation of the store.
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“The new Súper Selectos San Miguel Panamericana is modern, safe and convenient, and with its opening we are bringing our best products and savings opportunities to more Salvadorans,” Cahin added.
The new supermarket incorporates key innovations in energy efficiency such as the use of full LED lighting, as well as the latest refrigeration equipment designed with central controls that are electronically managed for optimum performance. They explained that the optimal process.
They also installed air conditioners with the latest compressors that ensure a comfortable environment and insulated ceilings that allow the isolation of the external environment from the internal environment to achieve the optimal use of energy in air conditioning.
New shopping mall in Pearl of the Orient
For her part, Sofía Gochez, General Manager of ALMOSA (Alimentos Móviles SA de CV), a company that owns family-style shopping malls, also highlighted the economic contribution it makes to the country.
He pointed out that the operation of the Panamericana Mall will generate an average of 1,100 job positions, of which more than 300 will be direct and just over 800 will be indirect.
“With the new Panamericana Mall, we strengthen our commercial mission and reaffirm our commitment to Salvadorans by offering the people of El Salvador brands with a high degree of responsibility, quality and comfort,” he stressed. “These are allied brands like Súper Selectos, which for more than 70 years have been part of the history of our homes and families,” he stressed. .
The Panamericana Mall took a year of work and an investment of $7.5 million to build.
The alliance between Súper Selectos and ALMOSA dates back more than two decades with the opening of Súper Selectos in Plaza Real Santa Ana.
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But then in 2018 they opened the doors of Selectos in Mall Gabriel in Apopa, and later in 2021, a new supermarket opened in Mall Marsella in Opico, and in 2024 there will be two: Selectos in Mall Mediterráneo, in Ahuachapan; And the Panamericana Mall in San Miguel.
This new supermarket joins six others in the Pearl of the Orient: San Miguel Barrios, San Miguel Galerias, Plaza Viva, San Miguel Station, El Encuentro El Sitio and San Miguel Centro. These seven rooms generate a total of more than 1,500 direct and indirect job opportunities.
String expansion
Súper Selectos' 114th store is the third store the chain has opened so far this year.
The previous center was opened in March in the Distrito Zaragoza shopping center, in the aforementioned municipality of La Libertad Este. This branch involved an investment of $ 4 million.
In 2024, the supermarket chain plans to invest in seven new stores, so that there will be 118 branches by the end of this year.
By 2025, they plan to invest in six more stores, so next year they will reach 124 branches in the country, as announced in March by Carlos Calleja, Vice President of the Calleja Group.
The chain's expansion has been significant in the past five years, with it opening its 100th store in 2018.
