Can Local Grocery Stores Become International Chains?

September 23, 2025

Since my university years, I have favored scientific study and scientific work and establishing systems that enable research and planning based on real data. I have applied this approach wherever I was responsible. Of course, this may seem like a natural mindset for a chemical engineer. However, the root of this approach comes from a belief I formed even earlier, during my secondary school years. For roughly thirty years, I have held the same opinion that for societies, states, armies or companies; when one person changes, everything changes. If a person in power is capable, knowledgeable, ethical and a “merit-based” leader, the results will be positive. But what if the opposite is true? To avoid the possibility of disastrous outcomes, I have focused on building systems for decades.

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