Charter sales increase by 14% and exceed 212 million euros  

Charter, Consum’s franchise, reached a turnover of 212.85 million euros in 2016, 14.09% more than in the previous year. It also added 25 supermarkets to its commercial network, the same amount of shops as it opened in 2015. Charter continues its expansion plan, as a profitable business, and ends 2016 with 244 supermarkets in total.

Llívia (Girona) Charter Supermarket. 


Openings were concentrated in the Valencian Community (11), Cataluña (7), Murcia (4) and Castilla-La Mancha (3). With these new openings, Charter added over 7,500 m2 to its sales area.

The previsions for 2017 are optimistic, given the good functioning of Consum’s franchise; sales are expected to exceed 233 million euros, which implies an increase of over 9% with regard to 2016. As for openings, 30 new Charter franchises are expected to open, essentially in the area of Cataluña, Valencian Community and Castilla-La Mancha, and to a lesser extent, Aragón, Murcia and Andalucía.