Inauguration of the new inclusive supermarket in Veguellina de Órbigo

Together with the Galician company Vegalsa Eroski, we have opened the second inclusive supermarket in Castilla y León, located at 84 Pio de Cela street in the town of Veguellina Órbigo. This is another step forward in SOLTRA’s project for social inclusion through the creation of quality jobs in a rural environment.

Official inauguration of the establishment took place on the 1st of March with an institutional act with the participation of the Mayor of Villarejo Órbigo, Jose Manuel Acebes, the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Employment of the Junta Castilla y León, Mariano Veganzones, the General Director of Social Economy, Emma Fernández, the Deputy for Social Rights and Sustainable Territory of the Provincial Council of León, Carolina

López, the Franchising Director of the Eroski Group, Alberto Cañas, the Franchising and Expansion Director of Vegalsa-Eroski, Pedro Suárez, and on behalf of SOLTRA, its Vice-President, Iñaki Alkorta, as well as the General Manager, Jose Antonio Idoeta.

This new supermarket, which operates under the franchise system through the Eroski City brand, expands the commercial offer of Veguellina Órbigo from the point of view of the social and occupational inclusion of people with disabilities, providing the residents of this town with a large shop with a sales area of 600 m2, where they can find an assortment of more than 6,000 products from leading brands, own brands and a wide range of regional references. The establishment also has its own car park with 40 parking spaces and opening hours from 9:00 am to 9:30 pm.

As in the company’s other establishments, local and proximity products will have a prominent place in the fresh produce sections of this new shop, all of them with personalised attention in the greengrocer’s, butcher’s, delicatessen, fishmonger’s and baker’s sections.

The shop is managed by a team of 14 people with disabilities, who have been trained in the different jobs adapted to their profiles by other colleagues from Familia supermarkets that Vegalsa-Eroski has in León, Astorga and La Bañeza, as well as in the Eroski City shop in Puente Villarente.

This new project has been forged from the social economy with the aim of continuing to generate new employment opportunities for people with disabilities, covering the needs of the rural environment by providing adequate services without causing depopulation of these areas.

Sammen med det galiciske firma Vegalsa Eroski har vi åbnet det andet inkluderende supermarked i Castilla y León, som ligger på Calle Pio de Cela 84 i byen Veguellina de Órbigo. Endnu et skridt i SOLTRA-projektet for social inklusion gennem skabelse af kvalitetsjob i et ruralt miljø. Den officielle indvielse af butikken fandt sted den 1. marts med en begivenhed, der blev overværet af borgmesteren i Villarejo de Órbigo, Jose Manuel Acebes, ministeren for Industri, Handel og Beskæftigelse i Junta de Castilla y León, Mariano Veganzones, og Bæredygtigt Territorium i provinsrådet i León,

Carolina López, direktør for Franchisevirksomheder for Grupo Eroski, Alberto Cañas, direktør for Franchise og Ekspansion af Vegalsa-Eroski, Pedro Suárez og på vegne af SOLTRA, dets vicepræsident, Iñaki Alkorta, samt generaldirektøren, Jose Antonio Idoeta. Dette nye supermarked, som opererer under franchise-princippet gennem Eroski City-mærket, kommer til at udvide Veguellina de Órbigos kommercielle tilbud af social- og arbejdssinkludering af mennesker med handicap, ved at stille en stor butik til rådighed for byens beboere med et salgsareal på 600 m2.

Ringkøbing -Sjern Employment Committee visit SOLTRA APS

Last February, SOLTRA’s premises in the Danish town of Tim were visited by the employment committee of Ringkøbing - Skjern. This committee is responsible for both the employment efforts of the municipality and the inclusion of people living in the municipality.

This meeting was organised by the project manager in the Employment department, Seda Dodurga and José Ramón Martínez SOLTRA’s Wind Division Manager.

The day began with the welcome to SOLTRA’s facilities by Karsten Mikkelsen, production manager, followed by a visit where the members of the committee, Irene Lund Pedersen, Carsten Bjern, Lise Juhl Hanzen and Irvin Christensen got to know first hand all the activities that we carry out in Denmark.

During the meeting, José Ramón Martínez informed those present about SOLTRA’s objective of generating employment for the most vulnerable groups in order to promote their inclusion in society. In Spain, there are several lines of action to achieve it: industrial assembly, logistics, laundry, cleaning, gardening, marketing, textile and management of establishments.

Den 23. februar havde Soltra ApS besøg af Ringkøbing - Skjerns beskæftigelsesudvalget. Mødet var arrangeret af Projekt Manager Seda Dodurga fra kommunen og José Ramón Martínez, direktør i Soltra ApS. Karsten Mikkelsen, produktionsansvarlig hos Soltra, tog imod gæsterne fra Kommunen og var vært for dagen.

Beskæftigelse varetager indsatsen med ledige og sygemeldte borgere i forhold til deres tilknytning til arbejdsmarkedet. Desuden servicerer Beskæftigelse kommunens virksomheder med blandt andet rekruttering og fastholdelse af medarbejdere.

Gæsterne fik en præsentation af vores instalationer, hallerne og arbejdsstationerne. Karsten Mikkelsen og José Ramón Martínez berettede om Soltras vision om at bruge inklusion og social ansvar for at skabe jobmuligheder for borgerne, der ellers vil have det svært på arbejdsmarkedet. Disse muligheder tilbydes med Soltras forskellige service tiltag: Industrielle montager, logistik opgaver, vaskeri, rengøring, havearbejde, marketingsopgaver, og butiksadministration.

Dagen afsluttede med en lette aftensmad i virksomhedens kantine.