Supermercados Selectos

Supermercados Selectos is a Puerto Rican supermarket company.[1] It is one of a number of well-known Puerto Rican supermarkets chains, along with Pueblo Supermarkets, Amigo Supermarkets and others.

The company is not related to Supermercados Super Selectos[2] of El Salvador.

History

The first four Supermercados Selectos stores opened in 1978, after Carlos Torres, a Puerto Rican businessman, took the initiative of organizing a number of small mom-and-pop ("colmado") stores group into one integrated company, in order to compete against larger supermarkets.[3] Another one of the chain's first owners is Ignacio Veloz Camejo, honorary president of Centro Unido de Detallistas de Puerto Rico since 1991.[4]

By 2010, the chain operated a total of 32 stores.[5] By 2014, the chain had reached 37 operating stores.[6]

See also

Supermercados Econo - another Puerto Rican supermarket chain with a similar business model

References

  1. ↑ "SuperPagesPR.com - El directorio teléfonico de Páginas Amarillas en Puerto Rico.". superpagespr.com. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "supermercados super selectos san salvador - Google Search". google.com. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "CORPORATIVO". selectospr.com. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ignacio T. Veloz Camejo – Presidente Honorario - Centro Unido de Detallistas". centrounido.com. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Supermercados Selectos avanza a paso firme". El Nuevo Dia. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Negocios Metro (23 December 2014). "Supermercados Selectos continúa apoyando la agricultura local". Metro. Retrieved 17 May 2015.


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