SABECO is a

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chain. It was formed in 1960 in

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...

. The first name of the company was ''Supermercados Aragoneses S.A.'' SABECO became the company's official name a few years later. SABECO was the first to establish

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supermarkets in Spain.

History

After the Zaragoza shop had become a success, the company began establishing supermarkets in the urban areas of Spain's largest cities. Later, SABECO was integrated in the

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distribution group

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, which was purchased by the

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Group in 1996. As of 2006, SABECO operates 123 supermarkets and

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, 2 ''7 D'' shops, 11

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and 100 ''Aro Rojo'' associated establishments. SABECO employs approximately 6,000 people. In 2016, Auchan Retail Spain was established to bring together all the centers (Alcampo hypermarkets and Simply supermarkets) of the group in Spain. In 2020, Auchan Retail Spain was absorbed by its own subsidiary, Alcampo, becoming the group's parent company in Spain. On April 1, 2021, Alcampo, S.A. absorbed Supermarkets Sabeco, S.A.U.{{Cite web , last=universitarios , first=Estudios , last2=Universidades , last3=extranjero , first3=Estudiar en el , last4=universitaria , first4=Actualidad , last5=Empleo , last6=Empresas , first6=Guía , last7=Zaragoza , last8=Gállego , first8=Villanueva de , last9=Sabec , first9=Supermercados , title=Información de Supermercados Sabeco Sau (extinguida) - Guía Empresas , url=https://guiaempresas.universia.es/SUPERMERCADOS-SABECO.html , access-date=2022-04-29 , website=Guía Empresas - Guía de empresas españolas Universia , language=es

References

External links

Company web site
Zaragoza Supermarkets of Spain Retail companies established in 1960 1960 establishments in Spain