Supermercados Selectos


Supermercados Selectos is a Puerto Rican supermarket company. It is one of a number of well-known Puerto Rican supermarkets chains, along with Pueblo Supermarkets, Amigo Supermarkets and others.
The company is not related to Supermercados Super Selectos of El Salvador.

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 stores group into one integrated company, in order to compete against larger supermarkets. Another one of the chain's first owners is Ignacio Veloz Camejo, honorary president of Centro Unido de Detallistas de Puerto Rico since 1991.
By 2010, the chain operated a total of 32 stores. By 2014, the chain had reached 37 operating stores.