Joaquin Gonzalez gives way to Jose Manuel Ferreño

Gonzalez is celebrating 38 years as the group’s senior manager for food distribution and passes the torch to Ferreño, who has been associated with the group since the 1990s.

Changing Height in a Distribution Group Vegalsa-Eroskia joint venture between a Galician and Basque group. Joaquin Gonzalez Iglesias takes a step back as group CEO to pass the baton Jose Manuel Ferreno Sanchez.

Graduated in Financial Business and Computer Management from the University of A Coruña and PADE from IESE Business School. He is a recognized expert in the fields of commercial distribution and mass consumption. Jose Manuel Ferregno He has made his professional career in various companies in the food, logistics and technology industries. His relationship with Vegalsa-Eroski It began in the nineties and continues to this day, during which time it has contributed to the development of establishments. Supermarkets Vego, at the birth of the brand Family self-carealliance with Eroski Group and the launch of the shared trading platform Sigüeiro, among other company milestones. In 2010, he began working as an independent consultant, specializing in both retail and digital commerce, on various national and international projects.

Joaquin Gonzalez Iglesias, son of Vegonsa founder Ventura Gonzalez Prieto, has been part of the group’s senior management for 38 years. For the first 13 years he was director of Savengo and for the next 25 years general director of Vegalsa-Eroski, which claims to be the leader in food distribution in Galicia and is also present in the communities of Asturias and Castile and León.

Gonzalez Iglesias In the 1980s, he took over his father’s task of expanding the family business, which he had founded in Vigo. The growth began with the location of its headquarters in the industrial zone of A Grela (A Coruña), where it continues to this day. From this moment on, the development of supermarket formats through brands began. Vego supermarkets, today Eroski Center and Family Self-Service.. Also during this period, the expansion of franchise establishments began. In 1998, a strategic alliance was signed with Grupo Eroski, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary and has been decisive in the growth of the chain to its current position in the food distribution sector in Galicia.

Gonzalez will accompany the new CEO in the coming months to ease the transition.

Vegalsa-Eroski, with a market share of 21% in Galicia, has 285 owned and franchised establishments under the brands Hipermercados y Gasolineras Eroski, Eroski Center, Autoservicios Familia, Cash Record, Eroski City, Aliprox and Eroski Rapid. In addition, Vegalsa-Eroski’s Cash Record self-service division has 17 centers evenly distributed between Galicia and Asturias. In 2022, the group’s turnover was 1.363 million euros, an increase of 12%.