Exceeding 39 thousand people in direct employment, ŞOK Marketler offers employment opportunities to an ecosystem that reaches hundreds of thousands of people including farmers and small and medium sized suppliers. With the 3 thousand 617 people employed within the first nine months of 2021, ŞOK Marketler has employed a total of 27 thousand people in the last five years. ŞOK Marketler has made a contribution of TRY 2.5 billion to the national economy through the stores it opened and investments it made within the same period.

ŞOK Marketler has disclosed its financial results for the first 9 months of 2021 to Public Disclosure Platform (KAP). The results demonstrate that having employed 3 thousand 617 more people within the first nine months of this year, ŞOK Marketler continues to offer its services in 81 provinces across Turkey with over 39 thousand employees. With a total of 8 thousand 998 stores, ŞOK Marketler has employed over 27 thousand people within the last 5 years.

ŞOK Marketler’s revenue has reached TRY 20.4 billion by a year-on-year increase of 33 percent, with its contribution to the national economy through its new stores and investments within the last five years amounting to TRY 2.5 billion. Offering high-quality products produced by thousands of farmers, as well as small and medium sized enterprises across Turkey, at affordable prices to its customers, ŞOK Marketler has also supported the struggle against high inflation rates while economically contributing to its customers.

Demirel: “We are contributing to the fight against inflation”

Commenting on the financial results disclosed by the company to KAP, ŞOK Marketler CEO Uğur Demirel said: “ŞOK’s business model built on the goal of delivering reliable products of high quality to its customers from the nearest location at affordable prices receives great interest from our customers. By always maintaining an internal inflation rate that is a few points below CPI at ŞOK Marketler, we are also significantly contributing to the fight against inflation. We continue to support local producers and farmers through projects such as ‘Good Agriculture from the Field to the Table’ to offer the most affordable prices to our customers. As ŞOK Marketler we deliver our services to our customers with over 39 thousand employees, as well as an extensive supply chain comprising over 1,000 regularly inspected suppliers and  thousands of farmers and producers.”
 “We will continue to introduce new services in e-commerce and digitalization”

ŞOK Marketler also continues to facilitate its customers’ shopping experience through the rapid digitalization of its infrastructure. Regarding the online shopping application ‘Cepte ŞOK’ which went live in March 2020 across Turkey, Uğur Demirel commented: “While store shelves remained empty in many countries during the pandemic, we have given a good account of ourselves both as an industry and at ŞOK Marketler. The demand for ‘Cepte ŞOK’ which we very rapidly implemented during this period is increasing day by day. Our customers are now able to place their orders via phone calls in addition to our website and mobile app. As ŞOK Marketler, we will continue to introduce new services in e-commerce and digitalization.”

About ŞOK Marketler Tic. A.Ş.:

Established in 1995, ŞOK Marketler Ticaret A.Ş. joined Yıldız Holding in August 2011 with 1,200 stores. As of September 2021, the company serves its customers with 8,998 stores in 81 provinces, more than 39 thousand employees, a unique business model, a digital infrastructure that meets the requirements of modern retail, and strong and dynamic human resources. Having totally renewed its store concept in 2016, ŞOK Marketler offers popular branded products with affordable prices in stores located in residential areas so as to meet almost all basic needs of consumers. In addition, it restores deep-rooted, popular, high quality, and affordable original brands of the past, which were left in the margin due to various reasons, including Mis, Piyale, Mintax, Amigo, Evin, and reintroduces such brands to the economy. These brands are offered to customers together with other well-known brands of the market. ŞOK Marketler operates with the vision of ensuring that every customer leaves the store satisfied with a comfortable, high quality and affordable shopping experience. Offered to public in May 2018, the Company’s shares are traded on Borsa İstanbul with the code SOKM.