The Alcampo supermarket chain has released its decision on Thursday close up to 25 of its locations in Spain as part of an adjustment plan that will begin soon. The firm has also announced a 3% reduction in its templatewhich will assume the dismissal of a total of 710 of its workers. According to the company, this cut arrives after A series of investments in new places held in 2023 in order to “increase Alcampo’s closeness to its customers” that have not given the expected results.
From Alcampo they explain that they can be affected to 25 of the company’s supermarkets that They operate right now “with difficulties” and closures can assume the dismissal of a maximum of 710 employees “from a template that reaches 23,300” workers. In a statement, the company has assured have already informed the representatives of the workers of the planned cuts.
After purchase of A package of 224 supermarkets in different locations in the country in 2023, although some of these They were not in a “desirable” location Or they had “an excessive effort rate”, the company has admitted that it must take measures to improve its performance.
-Given the poor performance of some supermarkets, the firm has made the decision to present a “transformation and adaptation to the future“With which they hope to” recover the results and ensure sustainable growth in each and every one of the stores, “according to the published note. Although the supermarket chain regrets that the template reduction has had to be part of this new strategy, ensures that it is about a “responsible and necessary” decision to guarantee the continuity of your business model.
Alcampo states in the statement that in recent years the company has been forced to focus more and more its investment in future projects aimed at strengthening the “Multiformate and Multichannel” trade “in response to the “deep transformation” that the distribution and commerce sector is going through. The French affilial Auchan, which at the end of 2023 already had more than 500 stores in Spain, has declared to focus on ensuring “a purchase experience more agile and personalized“For your customers in a new sales context.
The chain has reaffirmed in its commitment to its clients and has expressed its willingness to “continue to grow and creating value in society Spanish “, while seeking to continue”offering the cheapest price and ensuring a wide assortment of products and brands, betting on the development of large and small national and local suppliers ”.
