Soriana
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Organización Soriana is a Mexican public company and one of the largest retailers in Mexico, operating more than 824 stores. It is a grocery and department store chain headquartered in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. The company is fully capitalized in Mexico and has been publicly traded on the Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores) since 1987 under the ticker symbol Soriana.
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Encyclopedic overview
38 sectionsContents
- Overview
- History
- The Beginnings of La Soriana
- Beginnings as a supermarket
- The 1980s
- The 1990s
- 2000–2007
- Opening of store no. 100 and expansion into new states
- Creation of new store formats: City Club, Mercado Soriana, and Súper City
- Expansion in central Mexico; return to [[Baja California|Baja California Norte]]
- 2007–2008
- Third supermarket acquisition: Supermercados Gigante; creation of the Soriana Súper format; expansion into new cities and transition to a national supermarket chain
- 2008–2014
- 2015–2018: Acquisition of Comercial Mexicana Stores
- 2018–Present: Store openings, closures, and Sodimac Homecenter expansion
- Store formats
- Soriana Híper
- Soriana Híper Plus
- MEGA Soriana
- Soriana Súper
- Sub-formats
- Soriana Súper Plus
- Soriana Supermarket
- Notable Soriana Súper Plus and Soriana Supermarket locations
- Soriana Mercado
- Soriana Express
- [[Clubes City Club|City Club]]
- [[Super City (store)|Super City]]
- Sodimac Homecenter
- Promotions
- Sponsor
- Slogans and trade names
- Evolution
- Criticisms and controversies
- 2012 presidential election gift card scandal
- See also
- References
- External links
Organización Soriana is a Mexican public company and one of the largest retailers in Mexico, operating more than 824 stores. It is a grocery and department store chain headquartered in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. The company is fully capitalized in Mexico and has been publicly traded on the Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores) since 1987 under the ticker symbol Soriana.
==Overview== Soriana was founded in 1968 by Mexican entrepreneurs and brothers, Francisco and Armando Martín Borque in Torreón, Coahuila. As of 2013, the company operated under the brands Soriana, Clubes City Club, Hipermart, Mercado Soriana, and Super City. Super City serves as the company's convenience store division. Soriana manages supermarkets and department stores catering to both consumer and wholesale markets.
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