Last year, Gadisa increased sales by 6 percent and created about a hundred jobs

Gadis retail last year it increased sales by 6.09%, raising turnover to 1.428 million euros. The Galician distribution company points out that, in a complex context, with inflation of 5.7% at the end of the year, the company “took an important part of the increase in costs, such as energy and transport, among others, without transferring them to sales prices for the benefit of thousands of homes .

As for labor issues, the company closed the year with a staff of 8,216 professionals, of which more than a hundred have joined during 2022, making it, they say, “the company in the distribution sector that supports the most employment in Galicia.” Among these new workers are a large number of young people who have completed professional training in the departments of their supermarkets and at cash registers, as 75 of the 131 students who did internships were employed during the year. In addition to job creation, the Galician group promoted the training of its human team, doubling the number of training hours to more than 14,100. Almost three-quarters of the staff (around 6,000 workers) had the opportunity to improve their skills, favoring internal mobility, with 672 promotions.

Contribution to wealth creation

As for the contribution to the socio-economic fabric, the company points out that it has more than 2000 local suppliers in Galicia and Castilla y León, from which they bought in the amount of 466 million euros. Half (1,021) supply food products, and many of them are small and medium-sized enterprises, family businesses and cooperatives, whose growth and development are favored thanks to a stable relationship with the distribution group.

In the tax area, the distribution department of the Gadisa Group their tax contribution amounts to EUR 128.51 million, including taxes and social contributions and taxes and taxes. The company has also once again made significant investment efforts, allocating 22.78 million euros for innovation, digitalization and, fundamentally, to improve the shopping experience of its customers with expansion and modernization Supermarkets Gadis.

Expand your commercial network

Much of this investment went into opening of 17 new facilities last year, which, along with the policy of renovation and expansion of supermarkets that is already in operation, made it possible to increase the sales area by 6,000 square meters, to a total of 350,941. With these additions, the group’s commercial network now has 468 outlets of various formats: 227 Gadis, Gadis Híper and Casa Claudio own facilities; and 12 Cash Ifa, located in Galicia and Castilla y León; in addition to 229 Claudio and Claudio Express franchise stores, also present in Madrid and Asturias.

More actions of socially responsible business

In accordance with the business results of Gadis Maloprodaja, it also expanded its corporate social responsibility program, with a noticeable increase in the number of actions, up to 1,905 initiatives in 2022, 40% of which are aimed at promoting shopping habits. showed the Alimentes school education program, in which 16,881 students from 331 schools in Galicia and Castilla y León participated last year.