H-E-B (Partially) LaComer (Partially) Until January 3, 2016, it was competing against Comercial Mexicana, from Controladora Comercial Mexicana. In 2008, most of the Gigante Stores were converted to Soriana Híper, as well as some Bodega Gigante, three Super Gigantes in Baja California Norte and one Super Maz store in Mérida. In 2017, Soriana converted 14 Comercial Mexicana stores from Baja California Norte into Soriana Híper and in 2018, Soriana converted part of the 47 formats of Tienda Comercial Mexicana to Soriana Híper, mainly in northern areas of Mexico, as well as in the cities of Mazatlán, Culiacán, Hermosillo, La Paz, Veracruz, Mérida, Zamora and Celaya. Likewise, Soriana Híper has two sub-formats, such as Soriana Híper Plus and MEGA Soriana, the latter derived from the purchase of Comercial Mexicana in 2016: Soriana Híper Plus It is a subformat of the Soriana Híper stores in which it is located in mature markets with areas with high purchasing power customers. This format was designed to provide, in addition to what Soriana Híper offers, high value products such as wines or gourmet foods, in which its merchandise level extends to 60,000 SKU's in addition to its stores being redesigned. Its main competitors are: HEB (mostly) La Comer from Grupo La Comer (mostly) Walmart Supercenter (partially) Selecto Chedraui (main competitor at the national level) Until January 3, 2016, it was partially competing against Comercial Mexicana in its Mega Comercial Mexicana format. The following Soriana Híper stores are considered as Soriana Híper Plus: Gran Terraza Coapa (Mexico City) Plaza Miyana Polanco (Mexico City) Hipermart Independencia (Torreón) San Pedro (Monterrey) San Nicolás (Monterrey) Galerías Valle Oriente (Monterrey) MEGA Soriana This format was created by Soriana in 2017, derived from the purchase and sale of Comercial Mexicana. In that moment Soriana analyzed the proposal of the Mega Comercial Mexicana format, and once the license to operate the Comercial Mexicana formats was expired, Soriana would retain the name Mega, due to the acquisition of 70 properties assigned with the name. Of all the formats, Mega was the only one that Soriana kept from the previous owners. This store format is also a subformat of Soriana Híper and it's aimed at cities with more than 150,000 inhabitants, in which they handle a wide assortment of merchandise with 60,000 SKU's, in addition to what the Soriana Híper stores offer, products such as gourmet foods and wines, as well as services in