The Walmart chain plans to renovate a store in the Guatemalan capital located on Roosevelt Road, a project in which it will invest close to $3 million.
According to the interactive platform "Construction in Central America" of the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, Operadora de Tiendas S.A., submitted to the Ministry of Environment the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) to develop the project called "Remodeling Walmart Roosevelt."
In Central America, it is estimated that Operadora de Tiendas, Corporación de Supermercados Unidos, Pricesmart de Panama and Moderna Electronics account for about 10% of total imports of blenders and their parts.
A study by CentralAmericaData's Trade Intelligence Unit shows that GMG Comercial from Guatemala and Costa Rica, and Comercializadora Panamericana are other companies that have a considerable share of the Central American blender market.
Embotelladora La Mariposa in Guatemala, Distribuidora La Florida in Costa Rica and Femsa in Panama are three of the companies in Central America that report the highest figures for purchases of all types of beverages.
An analysis of CentralAmericaData's Trade Intelligence unit provides details on the companies according to sector, main activity, volume and value of their imports, exports and other relevant data.
Alimentos y Bebidas Atlántida in Guatemala, Mayca in Costa Rica and Nestlé Panama, are part of the companies reporting the highest numbers of purchases of food preparations in Central America.
An analysis of CentralAmericaData's Trade Intelligence unit provides details on the companies according to sector, main activity, volume and value of their imports, exports and other relevant data.
It is estimated that Prismar S.A., Corporación de Supermercados Unidos and Alpemusa account for around 17% of the market share in the clothing and clothing accessories business.
Data from the report "Company's Corporate System", complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, provides details on company information based on sector, main activity, volume, imports, exports values, and other relevant data.
Plans are being made to develop a large-scale supermarket measuring 9,000 square meters in Santa Ana, west of San José.
The promoter of the project, PRISMAR de Costa Rica SA, stated in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) submitted to the National Environmental Technical Secretariat, that the development will be called "Pricesmart Santa Ana", and will be built in the Santa Ana district of Uruca province of San José.
The supermarket chain has submitted an environmental impact study for the construction of a store in zone 12 in Guatemala City.
The supermarket chain presented the study to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Guatemala (MARN), the entity which must grant approval to the company for the construction of a store called "Walmart Atanasio Tzul" on Avenida del Ferrocarril 17 - 13, Zone 12 of Guatemala City.
The National Consumer Commission sanctioned six supermarkets and an imports company because of labeling errors.
These companies were sanctioned for offering the final consumer a product labeled as dairy, but not classified as such.
"In July, ... it ruled against supermarket chains Automercado, Megasuper, Wal-Mart, 'Consorcio Cooperativo de Consumo', 'Prismar de Costa Rica', Perimercados, as well as against 'Mercantil de Alimentos'", reported website El Financiero.