Supermercados Selectos

Not to be confused with Supermercados Super Selectos.

Supermercados Selectos is a Puerto Rican supermarket company.^[1] It is one of a number of well-known Puerto Rican supermarkets chains, along with Pueblo Supermarkets and others.

History

The first four Supermercados Selectos stores opened in 1978, after Carlos Torres, a Puerto Rican businessman, took the initiative of organizing a number of small mom-and-pop ("colmado") stores group into one integrated company, in order to compete against larger supermarkets. (See certificate of incorporation.) ^[2] Another one of the chain's first owners was Ignacio Veloz Camejo, honorary president of Centro Unido de Detallistas de Puerto Rico since 1991.^[3] In 2018, Supermercados Selectos celebrated its 40 years in business with a large dinner in Caguas.^[4]

In 1995, the chain was purchased by Edwin Ortiz.^[5]

By 2010, the chain operated a total of 32 stores.^[6] By 2014, the chain had reached 37 operating stores.^[7] In 2023, it opened, in Vega Alta, what would be its 39th store.^[8]

See also

Supermercados Econo - another Puerto Rican supermarket chain with a similar business model