Tiendas D1 surpassed Almacenes Éxito as the main Colombian supermarket

According to the Retail Map 2022 made by Mall & Retail, supermercados D1 became the main sales chain in Colombia, ranking above Almacenes Éxito, which historically had led the lead in this ranking.

According to the study, D1's operating revenue during 2021 reached $9.91 billion with 32% growth over 2020 sales. For its part, Almacenes Éxito had revenues of $8.58 billion with a growth of 6.6%.

D1 was created in 2009 in Medellin, but over the years became the first chain of hard discounts (hard discounts) nationwide, which was acquired by the Santo Domingo Group and which, after 13 years of being created, was renamed D1 S.A.S.

It should be noted that, as an economic conglomerate, sales of Grupo Éxito, including its brands Almacenes Éxito, Carulla, Surtimayorista, Superinter and Surtimax continue to rank first with revenues in 2021 close to $12.28 billion and growth of 5.5% compared to 2020.

The third place, after D1, is taken by the Colombian Trade Group (Alkosto), whose revenues stood at $9.09 billion in 2021, with a growth of 21.1%.

In fourth place was Cencosud, owner of the supermarket brands Jumbo and Metro, and the chain focused on the household segment: Esay, with revenues of $4 billion the previous year.

D1 closed with more than 1,800 stores in the 450 municipalities where it operates and is characterized by having more than 600 own brands, of which 65% are from the national industry.

The National Statistics Department (DANE) revealed, in the construction of the satellite account of non-profit institutions with emphasis on religious institutions, that the religious sector in the country would be generating more than 200,000 jobs formally. The conclusion comes after studying factors related to education, health, psychological assistance, provision of services, among others.

“He has identified, from records of chambers of commerce, superintendencies, Dian and La Pila, that we are observing at least 260,000 formal jobs generated by more than 5,000 religious organizations that have a presence in the country. Religious organizations that are part of non-profit institutions are part of a group of entities that are preliminarily weighing 4.5% of the added value of the Colombian economy,” said the director of DANE, Juan Daniel Oviedo.

The religious sector, emphasizes that entity, generates jobs for people of all ages, particularly older adults or citizens of the elderly who, in most cases, are excluded from the labor market because of their age.

“That if non-profit institutions weigh 4.5% of the added value of the economy, it weighs more than the Information and Telecommunications (ICT) sector, which weighs 3.8% and weighs more than the Orange economy, which weighs 2.8%; so we are talking about a very important body for Colombian society,” he added. Juan Daniel Oviedo.

“The isolation was also social and spiritual because today only one in two adult Colombians has access to a support network, whereas in 2019 we had two out of three Colombians accessing support networks, that is, there are more isolated Colombians and belonging to religious organizations,” he added.

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