{"id":8269,"date":"2013-08-07T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T21:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=8269"},"modified":"2013-08-07T16:44:04","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T21:44:04","slug":"opportunities-for-supermarkets-in-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/opportunities-for-supermarkets-in-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunities for Supermarkets in Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/auto-mercado-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8271\" title=\"auto-mercado-5\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/auto-mercado-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/auto-mercado-5.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/auto-mercado-5-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ongoing and projected <span class=\"hlink\">investments<\/span> indicate that there is still room for small and medium enterprises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">Small and medium sized supermarket chains are expanding in the greater metropolitan area.<\/p>\n<p>One example is <span class=\"hlink\">Super Mora<\/span>,  a mini chain of supermarkets from Puriscal  which in 2014 will be  expanding into Santa Ana, where there are plans to invest $3.7 million  in the construction of a 7000 m\u00b2 square which will include a main  supermarket, commercial stores and parking areas. Super Mora is known to  be competing with <span class=\"hlink\">Auto Mercado<\/span>, which recently opened a 2,600 m\u00b2 store in Escazu.<\/p>\n<p>Other shops of this type which are also growing are <span class=\"hlink\">ASUN<\/span>, <span class=\"hlink\">Uscosa<\/span>, Luperon, <span class=\"hlink\">Coopeagri<\/span>, and the convenience stores <span class=\"hlink\">Deli Mart<\/span> and <span class=\"hlink\">Quickstop<\/span>. &#8220;It&#8217;s an industry that is just beginning to unfold, there is still enough room for new competitors,&#8221; said <span class=\"hlink\">Flavia Loeb<\/span>, responsible for publicity and marketing at Deli Mart.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Data from the research firm <span class=\"hlink\">Euromonitor International<\/span> reveals that, in 2012, supermarkets generated $1.5951 billion in sales  and convenience stores $78.7 million,&#8221; noted an article in  Elfinancierocr.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"link_source\">Source: elfinancierocr.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ongoing and projected investments indicate that there is still room for small and medium enterprises. 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