As ŞOK Marketler continued to grow in the first half of the year, it provided employment opportunities to 2 thousand 700 more people. The total number of ŞOK Marketler employees has exceeded 38 thousand in the first six months of 2021, while the number of its stores across Turkey has reached 8 thousand 741. 

ŞOK Marketler has reported its financial results for the first half of 2021 to Public Disclosure Platform (KAP). In the first six months of the year, ŞOK Marketler’s net sales revenue reached TRY 13.2 billion by a year-on-year increase of 33.3 percent. Following the opening of 596 new stores in this period, the total number of the company’s stores reached 8 thousand 741 while the total number of its employees increased to 38 thousand 410. Moreover, online orders placed through its Cepte ŞOK application, which was launched last year, increased by 80 percent year-on-year.

Demirel: “Our foremost goal is to offer high-quality and affordable products” 

Commenting on the company’s financial results for the first half, ŞOK Marketler CEO Uğur Demirel said: “Our results for the first half of 2021 indicate that we, as ŞOK Marketler, have fulfilled our commitment ‘to deliver quality products at the most affordable prices’ to our customers. Initiated in 2020, our project “Good Agriculture from the Field to the Table” enables us to deliver high-quality products that we inspect and monitor from the phase of seed selection to the shelves to our customers’ tables at the most advantageous prices and to support thousands of farmers and producers from all around Turkey by rewarding them in due proportion to their efforts in a timely manner. As ŞOK Marketler, we continue to develop projects to contribute to the equal participation of women in the economy, which is among our foremost priorities. As the ŞOK Marketler family comprised of over 38 thousand members, we will continue to grow by contributing to the employment rate and economy of our country while providing services to our customers and support to our suppliers.”