The Government of the Mayan Renaissance offers the right conditions to continue attracting investments from global companies such as Walmart, which announced that it will invest almost 2,000 million pesos (MDP) in Yucatán.
In the central courtyard of the Government Palace, Governor Joaquín Díaz Mena reported that this investment of 1,920 million pesos reflects the trust, vision of the future and Walmart’s commitment to the economy and companies of Yucatán.
This will generate 800 direct jobs, almost 1,500 indirect jobs and 27 new stores will be established in the municipalities of Mérida, Progreso, Acanceh, Kanasín, Tekax, Tizimín and Valladolid.
“I appreciate this investment that Yucatan will turn every day into a safer, more competitive and attractive destination for companies, generating that formal employment goes hand in hand with the effort so that local companies can join the value chains and what is done in Yucatan every day is in more Walmart shelves, not only in our state, but throughout the Republic and beyond our borders,” said Díaz Mena.
In the presence of the Secretary of Economy and Labor of the State (Sety), Ermilo Barrera Novelo, and the senior vice president of Corporate Affairs of Walmart of Mexico and Central America, Javier Treviño Cantú, the governor reiterated that his government is very clear that economic growth only makes sense if it translates into shared prosperity and well -being for the families of Yucatán, so that this investment considers that this investment will bring the distribution of a distribution Local supply that benefits small and medium Yucatecan producers.
“That is why we have been firm and we are committed to an economy with purpose, where business success is aligned with collective well -being. Walmart has been an example of this, as a company that generates positive impacts in the communities where it is installed. To the Yucatecan businessmen we ask that this investment see it as something positive, because each weight that enters the state is multiply Agroindustry, transport and trade, ”he said.
Before concluding, the state president thanked the unrestricted support of the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, towards Yucatán and its people. In addition, he recognized the work done by the head of the Sety and his team for the efforts and facilities granted to the companies that seek to invest in the State and thereby contribute to the economic growth and well -being of the families.
For his part, Javier Treviño Cantú, senior vice president of Corporate Affairs of Walmart of Mexico and Central America, thanked the current administration for all the support granted and said excited for the growth potential that the entity represents for the company, as well as for the long -term commitment with clients and partners in our state.
He said that the Yucatan Investment Plan is for the 2025-2027 period, which contemplates the opening of 27 new units of its Bodega Aurrera, Aurrera Express Bodega, my Aurrera winery, Sam’s Club, Walmart Express and Walmart Supercenter.
