How were the beginnings of the company?
35 years ago Paula Rivero and Sergio Gregorio began a love story. She, when she was 24, and he, when he was 22, decided to leave Buenos Aires and go to live together in Bolsón and share their lives, at that precise moment Chakana Almacén Saludable was born. With the passage of time and travel around the country and the world, they have been installed in La Pampa for ten years now.
Sergio Gregorio, what do you offer to the public?
Chakana is a leading business in the field of healthy eating, which was born with the idea of conceiving “the business where we would like to go as customers.”
We are characterized by our values and our business ethics, added to a wide variety of healthy, organic, sugar-free and sustainable foods. We work with small producers, land workers, entrepreneurs and agricultural cooperatives. We are known for the special attention we provide to each client.
We managed to merge modernity with the concept and mystique of the commerce of yesteryear, where people make Chakana a meeting place
Chakana is not only a Healthy trade.
We understand as Healthy not only the food that we put in our mouths, but that Healthy are also our attitudes in Life and that concept is lived in Chakana, not only by us but also by our clients.
Chakana has two sales channels, one retail and one wholesale, we supply businesses not only in La Pampa and in the center of the country, but we also have clients from Jujuy to Tierra del Fuego, including CABA.
We currently commercially represent different firms in the field in the center of the country, we have more than 7,500 products in permanent stock and we also produce Kefir, apple cider vinegar and sauerkraut.
How did the name Chakana come about?
Chakana is a Quechua term that means “staircase”, “Andean cross”, “bridge” is the constellation of the Southern Cross, it constitutes the synthesis of the Andean worldview, it is also an astronomical concept linked to the seasons of the year.
For us, Chakana is an energy that is in constant movement and always pulling forward.
How important is environmental protection?
In addition to selling environmentally friendly products, at Chakana we also encourage customers to bring their own bags and in return we give them a sustainable gift and in case they don’t, we give them their own ecological bag.
What challenges do you have for the years to come?
Paula and Sergio have three children, Mailén, Violeta and Nazareno and now the third generation, Amelia, 4 years old, daughter of Mailén. The three generations together with Facundo Martirena and other collaborators make up a work team
Our future project is to continue strengthening ourselves in the field, projecting our brand through a national level, always maintaining our family, ethical and healthy concept of work.
Contact information:
Address: Escalante and Centeno, Sta Rosa, La Pampa (CP 6300)
WhatsApp: +54 9 2954-557391
+54 9 2954-851516
Instagram: chakana.warehouse
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