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Horacio Barbeito, general manager of Walmart in Chile, also stressed the importance of strengthening ties with its suppliers.
"Linked to the time of the licensing process, but going forward" is the status of the project. Walmart is the most ambitious in Chile: the El Peñón distribution center, according to Horacio Barbeito, general manager of the company yesterday.
The general manager of the supermarket was clear when he pointed out in connection with an exhibition at Icare that the project – which includes a $ 180 million investment – is essential "for the growth of Walmart, especially to bring all small and medium producers who do not have the logistics to reach all corners of Chile.
For the CEO, the project that is progressing in the preliminary work in the San Bernardo District is expected to start operating next year, allowing its operations to be improved is for the online channel and logistics .
"It is under construction, we hope that next year we may be already operational to support the suppliers; it is also a project that, when it will be fully operational, will generate 2,000 jobs, "he said.
And for the supermarket chain headquartered in the United States, the ambitious project is vital to continue to perfect its logistics operations." We are with the logistics network that we currently have, but for the growth of these investments we announced last year of 800 million dollars of investments, to continue to grow, we need a logistics network that also develops. "In any case, he badured that" we believe that we fully comply with all the requirements. "
Vendor Exports
The executive also emphasized the high relevance that he charged for Walmart to strengthen its relations with Chilean suppliers. And just last year, they exported 750 million US dollars of products to the US giant's subsidiaries around the world.
Barbeito explained, "We have here a Global Sourcing office that buys Chilean products to export to markets where we operate abroad.We are proud to talk about Chilean lawyers in gondolas Canadian or Chilean wines at Walmart Japan. "
He pointed out the good results of salmon, which allowed to" democratize their consumption in the United States. "
These good results, the company sought to strengthen the links, and leave behind the complex relationships that have historically maintained supermarkets and suppliers.
According to Barbeito, "retail customer relationship retailer was more transactional, and almost confrontational, and it was not long ago"
"Devotee, gentleman of consumption"
Barbeito dedicated words to the retirement of Nestlé Chile's CEO, Pablo Devoto, after 31 years: "He is a true gentleman of mbad consumption".] Nes "The first thing consumers want is natural"
As part of the seminar "What development? Which company? "Made yesterday by Icare, Nestlé's CEO, Pablo Devoto, referred to the changing consumer trends, something that has been particularly affected by government policies such as the law on labeling, which began a much more rigorous second step last month.
In his speech, Devoto badured that for Nestle the challenges were to adapt to the new trends in consumption, which have involved finding more natural ingredients and neglecting the use of salt and sugar, mainly.
"Today, the first thing consumers ask us is the natural (in compounds) The company has reformulated its products in recent years.An example of this was the sauce "Tuco", which sought to use only the ingredients strictly necessary.Something that they also extended to other products, such as baby foods.
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