Supermarket chains lead job creation in DR
Just the Ramos and CCN groups generate more than 15,000 jobs
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SD. The big supermarket chains in the capital and in the provinces have more than 30 business centers that make them one of the principle job creators in the country. In some provinces, like Santiago and La Altagracia, they have more than one of these stores in operation.
The Ramos Group, with the opening of their multi-centers in Bonao, Higuey and the National District, is creating more than 1,000 new jobs and their payroll will pass 9,000 employees and become one of the largest employers in the country. At the present time they operate 17 La Sirena multi-centers and four Pola supermarkets and receive, all told, more than 36,000,000 visits a year.
The Ramos Group announced that persons interested in working in La Sirena Galeria 360, their next opening, that they have jobs available in the areas of fruits and vegetables, milk products and frozen foods, meat and fish, the bakery, the kitchen, security and maintenance.
And it was announced that for the first quarter of 2012, Jumbo will open a new store in the Agora Mall, which will provide 350 direct jobs and 150 indirect ones. The Centro Cuesta Nacional (CCN) has six stores open and receives an average of 800,000 visits a month, and has over 6,000 employees. Other businesses that are expanding are the hypermarkets Olé, and Bravo has four establishments in the capital. The Jumbo, of CCN, are located in high traffic areas of Santo Domingo (Megacentro, Mella Highway and Luperon Avenue), La Romana, San Pedro de Macoris, and Santiago. In the meantime, the Nacional Supermarkets are eleven in number, with one in La Marina in Casa de Campo and another in Punta Cana in La Altagracia.
Positive impact
For Pedro Perez, for the National Organization of Commercial Enterprises (ONEC), the big commercial chains have had a positive impact in the creation of jobs and of elevating the formalization of commercial activity, and they have become important tax contributors, the same as the rest of the formal sector.
He said that one of the reasons that they have expanded the business is because they important economies of scale and purchasing volume, and they are in condition to offer very attractive prices. And to this you have to add the fact that consumers are ever more interested in convenience and saving time, everything that can be done in one place and it is because of this that the commercial chains are generating more and more traffic.
Importance
According to the National Statistics Office (ONE) one out of three formal businesses belongs to the commercial sector which employs 18 of every 100 Dominicans. As of 31 March, the commercial sector, both wholesale and retail, occupied the second place among the contributors to Social Security, with 151,580 persons, only passed by the Public Administration and Defense with 285,962. The contributions from commerce climbed to RD$229.2 billion, far above manufacturing. The leader is Public Administration with RD$548.2 billion.
The Ramos Group, with the opening of their multi-centers in Bonao, Higuey and the National District, is creating more than 1,000 new jobs and their payroll will pass 9,000 employees and become one of the largest employers in the country. At the present time they operate 17 La Sirena multi-centers and four Pola supermarkets and receive, all told, more than 36,000,000 visits a year.
The Ramos Group announced that persons interested in working in La Sirena Galeria 360, their next opening, that they have jobs available in the areas of fruits and vegetables, milk products and frozen foods, meat and fish, the bakery, the kitchen, security and maintenance.
And it was announced that for the first quarter of 2012, Jumbo will open a new store in the Agora Mall, which will provide 350 direct jobs and 150 indirect ones. The Centro Cuesta Nacional (CCN) has six stores open and receives an average of 800,000 visits a month, and has over 6,000 employees. Other businesses that are expanding are the hypermarkets Olé, and Bravo has four establishments in the capital. The Jumbo, of CCN, are located in high traffic areas of Santo Domingo (Megacentro, Mella Highway and Luperon Avenue), La Romana, San Pedro de Macoris, and Santiago. In the meantime, the Nacional Supermarkets are eleven in number, with one in La Marina in Casa de Campo and another in Punta Cana in La Altagracia.
Positive impact
For Pedro Perez, for the National Organization of Commercial Enterprises (ONEC), the big commercial chains have had a positive impact in the creation of jobs and of elevating the formalization of commercial activity, and they have become important tax contributors, the same as the rest of the formal sector.
He said that one of the reasons that they have expanded the business is because they important economies of scale and purchasing volume, and they are in condition to offer very attractive prices. And to this you have to add the fact that consumers are ever more interested in convenience and saving time, everything that can be done in one place and it is because of this that the commercial chains are generating more and more traffic.
Importance
According to the National Statistics Office (ONE) one out of three formal businesses belongs to the commercial sector which employs 18 of every 100 Dominicans. As of 31 March, the commercial sector, both wholesale and retail, occupied the second place among the contributors to Social Security, with 151,580 persons, only passed by the Public Administration and Defense with 285,962. The contributions from commerce climbed to RD$229.2 billion, far above manufacturing. The leader is Public Administration with RD$548.2 billion.
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