2020 Report Executive summary Letter from the Chairman
I would like to begin this message by thanking all the people who make EROSKI possible. People who, individually and collectively, have lived up to the demands of society, and who have done so with determination and efficiency, always giving their best for the benefit of the community. The quality of this response did not come as a surprise to any of us. But it must nevertheless be recognised, especially when it reaches this level of commitment.
Our main priority is to guarantee the safety of both our employees and customers. It was complicated at the beginning, but we ended up certifying our establishments with the Bureau Veritas Safer Shopping seal.
In the meantime, we had to ensure that our stores were well stocked every day. The entire value chain performed exceptionally well and we were able to provide an optimal response to an accumulated demand that increased significantly at the onset of the crisis.
The pandemic adversely affected different groups and, fortunately, we were able to meet the pressing needs of many of them. Thus, we donated one million face masks to municipal councils and social organisations and the equivalent of more than 6.5 million meals to Food Banks, amongst other actions. The most complicated year had to be the most supportive year.
Consumers changed their shopping habits and we wanted to accompany them in that change. The much talked-about innovation and digital transformation in business is about making life easier for customers, allowing them to find different, innovative products and providing them with a more satisfactory, agile and efficient shopping experience. Similarly, this more omnichannel consumer is acquiring healthier and more sustainable consumption habits. To facilitate this evolution, EROSKI has expanded the range of own-brand Eco/Bio products and we are facilitating access to products with high environmental standards and local products.
The year 2021 is already well under way, and EROSKI has taken steps at the corpora- te and organisational level to adapt its structure to the new reality. Rosa Carabel is the new CEO of the group and will head a Board of Directors which is expanding to incorporate areas that will be fundamental in the near future, such as innovation and development.
Nor do we forget the roadmap set out in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, to which we want to contribute decisively through our adherence to the Global Compact in 2002 and which we endorse annually by updating our Health and Sustainability commitments.
Agustín Markaide Chairman of the EROSKI Group Milestones in the response to COVID-19
Now more than ever, "with you"
Quality Human Customer and safe Supply Environment Society team shopping chain
Reinforcement of Effort and Bureau Veritas Speed in adapting Fight against food Commitment to the the online and determination of Clean Site to the specific waste by placing most vulnerable home delivery employees. Our certification in all needs of each our stores at the through special service and more pride and joy! stores. store. disposal of local campaigns with the secure protocols. producers who Red Cross and Food have lost their Banks. usual marketing Capacity control channels. Reinforcement and systems and store Adaptation of our store teams. influx by time slots. range to new Implementation of customer preferential shopping habits. 6.5 million meals timetables for and 1 million face priority groups. Implementation of By using the masks donated to security protocols EROSKI App we vulnerable people. and 4,000 protecti- Commercialisation avoid paper ve screens. of the first mask receipts and that inactivates personal contact. the COVID-19 Support for local Collaboration to virus. producers by facilitate shopping promoting local and proximity Collaboration with for the elderly. Reinforcement of products. local trade and the disinfection work catering sector with with 26,000 Lower face mask discounts for our additional cleaning prices. Information for Client Partners. hours. properly separating new Reinforced waste. communication on recommendations Free telephone Prevention by and store influx. counselling avoiding handling of service. products during bagging. We are the leading co-operative retail A distribution group of consumer goods and unique services in Spain and the second-largest food business distributor in the north model (from Galicia to the Balearic Islands).
The co-operative nature of our parent, EROSKI S.Coop., compo- sed of Consumer and Employee Partners, implies a three-pron- 5.377 ged approach to our activity as a distribution company, consu- million in revenue mer organisation and co-operative project.
Our company object and business characteristics allow us to implement a unique business model in which we prioritise quality 4.807 and the best service to our customers, with the commitment to million in net sales in distribution promote the practice of sustainable consumption.
We are a multi-format company that responds to the different needs of our customers. To this end, we have a wide variety of brands that range from our core business, food, to travel agen- 1,4 cies, petrol stations, sports shops, opticians and insurance. million earmarked for R&D projects
72 new openings
1.624 1.348 1.066 establishments food establishments EROSKI-owned stores 268 558 diversified business franchised stores establishments Quality, service, health and sustainability.
Our "with you" business With you model places model customers and their needs at the heart of our strategy.
Differential commercial appeal, Next-generation stores, Relationship with to promote healthy and to become the store of Member-Customers sustainable food choice because of its solutions for customers
Breadth of range Openings and transformations EROSKI Club Savings Multi-format Personalised attention Especialistas en frescos Self-management model Participation Local production Efficiency Customer information and active listening
More than 5,000 92 More than 6 own-brand products, with 251 new transformed establishments, accounting million Client Partners launches for 70% of the food business More than €326 34% 720.990 million in savings transferred to our more downloads of the EROSKI App queries handled by our Customer customers Care Department
Our regular customers save 82% of growth of the online business in the 64.200 more than €600 north of Spain participants in listening processes er year and take advantage of all the benefits This year the spotlight is on the people who To our teams: make up EROSKI through their dedication and THANK self-improvement. They have all given their YOU! best and have put themselves at the service of the collective.
We cannot fail to thank EROSKI's employees for their dedication and The cornerstones of our quality employment effort during this pandemic. They continued to demonstrate their profes- sionalism and passion for good practices even in the most difficult times.
People management in our organisation is characterised by the particu- Stability larity that we are employees, but also owners: 30% of the staff are Emplo- yee Partners and participate in the co-operative management of the More than 74% of employees with permanent contracts company. Pay solidarity 8,43 salary range at the co-operative
8.954 Equality 29.806 Cooperativ Partners 73% people took a reduction in working hours or leave of absence EROSKI Group employees Work/life balance 4.268 people took a reduction in working hours or leave of absence
3.348 estimated Health and safety of our employees employees new in franchises 2.452 hours of occupational risk prevention training jobs created 32.804 Professional development 892.000 earmarked for training programmes The jobs we create follow our management model and our commitment to our teams, our customers and to society itself, which is why we strive to Job placement and social innovation ensure that they are stable and of high quality. 924 people in job placement programmes in collaboration with 142 entities At EROSKI we are committed to a commercial offering based on products that Safe and facilitate a balanced and safe diet, and which also healthy cover the nutritional eating requirements of groups with specific needs, such as people with coeliac disease.
We actively listen to their needs and carry out various actions to ensure the Safe and quality 1.236 15.427 quality of all our products, inform them eating audits on points-of-sale and analytical control samples of their nutritional profile and educate suppliers them on the prevention of certain health problems linked to eating habits.
Healthy and 183 100% balanced eating own-brand products reformulated own-brand foods in stores with to improve their nutritional profile Nutri-Score, more than 1,700 on packaging
Prevention of 126.002 1.019 child obesity choolchildren trained under the participating schools Food and Healthy Habits Education programme
Attention to 3.000 1.600 special needs gluten-free products in the range, members of coeliac associations including 530 own-brand products with additional discounts
Consumer 1.372.409 48 information printed copies of CONSUMER million visits to www.consumer.es EROSKI magazine in 2020 A strengthened Widespread uncertainty and concern at the onset of the COVID-19 crisis led value to high increases in demand for certain basic chain necessities.
In order to better respond to these circumstances, we increased our 10.394 commercial and service logistics capacity and reinforced our teams and stock in our stores. provider companies
We are especially grateful for the enormous effort made by all the com- 98% panies and individuals who form part of spending in companies of our agri-food chain and which located in Spain have contributed to guaranteeing the best solution for a society to which we owe more than ever. 2.404 local commercial suppliers, Our commercial policy maximises the 59% of the total potential of local economies, creating wealth in the surrounding area and contributing to agri-food, economic 1.974 and social development. That is why new additions of local/regional this year we wanted to stand by the references, representing more local producers who have been than €20 million in sales affected by the closure of the cate- ring industry. Thus, we carried out special collaboration actions with New eco-efficient them for COVID-19 in the Basque Country, Navarre, Catalonia, the platforms Balearic Islands and Galicia. in Vitoria-Gasteiz and Barcelona, with LEED Gold certification At EROSKI, our commitment Commitment to to environmental sustainability is integrated throughout the sustainable organisation through an Environmental Policy that development aligns respect for the environment and social welfare with our strategic objectives.
More sustainable Eco-designed Eco-efficient shops to Circular waste products with a containers and reduce greenhouse management to guarantee of packaging to make gas emissions by 25% achieve zero certified responsible them 100% recyclable by 2025 waste origin and reduce the tonnes of plastic sold by 20%
More than 1,100 145 8% 40.017 organic products, 68 of our eco-design actions for our reduction in energy tonnes of recycled new EROSKI Bio, EROSKI Natur own-brand packaging consumption waste Bio and EROSKI Eco brands since 2018 9% More than 84
3.600 More than 30% reduction in CO2 tonnes of recycled tonnes of fish purchases with reduction of conventional emissions customers' coffee sustainability certification plastic used for in-store capsules fresh produce packaging, exceeding the target of Lean&Green 100% 21% by 2021 11% own-brand chicken with Star reduction in paper for reducing CO emissions animal welfare certification 2 purchase receipts thanks 100% by more than 20%. to the EROSKI App elimination of conventional plastic We have exceeded 25% bags in stores and in just four years. At EROSKI, since our Support for and origins, we have developed diversified social action to solidarity effectively contribute to with our local community making a more just and caring society possible.
This year, the social and health crisis unleashed by COVID-19 has aggravated the situation of need of the most Special vulnerable. For this reason, in addition to maintaining the More than 6.5 1 million 15.000 solidarity million meals donated to face masks Solidarity Cards usual collaborations with hundreds of social entities and actions for those supporting culture and the local community, we Food Banks to feed 2,400 donated through generated to strengthened our solidarity initiatives in order to meet the COVID-19 families for one year año municipal councils channel assistance basic nutritional and hygiene needs of the people most and social entities to vulnerable affected by the crisis. people
More than €14 million were earmarked for social purposes (88%), consumer education and information (8%) and New Solidarity the promotion of sustainability (4%) €1 million €7 million Cents channelled to different in donations made by Programme causes our customersnuestros 70% clientes of the contributions to social actions were made by EROSKI and 30% by our customers Zero Waste 9 More than 4,600 Programme million meals tonnes of food not wasted donated to people at risk of social exclusion
Support to 12.000 families large families have benefited from savings of more than €1.4 million We are committed to We meet specific We offer more We take care of 1 4 6 9 food safety nutritional needs local products ourselves as employees
We promote a We favour responsible We make eating well We promote a 2 5 7 10 balanced diet consumption at affordable prices possible healthier lifestyle
We prevent We act by listening, with 3 8 child obesity clarity and transparency Click here to view our 2020 report and statement of non-financial information: memoria.eroski.es