With an investment of $21 million, the construction of 3 thousand square meters for the next Grupo Rey supermarket began in Chitré and it will generate over 100 direct jobs.

Cindy Calderón wrote in an article in Pa-digital.com.pa: "Rey Group has projected the opening of five new supermarkets for 2010: Rey Balboa, Rey Centennial Park and Rey Versalles in Panama; Rey Chitré in Herrera; and a new Romero in Barrio Bolívar in the Chiriquí province."

Source: pa-digital.com.pa

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