Tiendas 3B closed September 30, 2026 with 3,765 stores in Mexico, 141 more than at the end of June, and its same-store sales grew 20.5% in the third quarter, more than double OXXO's 9.2%, according to Expansión.

The figure reads alongside FEMSA's report of October 28, 2026: its consolidated revenues totaled 235,610 million pesos in the third quarter, above the analyst consensus, and its net profit grew 81%, according to Bloomberg Línea. For Mexico it matters because the expansion decisions of both chains affect investment, supply and local employment in the convenience channel: every new store pulls logistics and staff with it. Competition, moreover, is no longer fought only between two chains. Expansión describes FEMSA's Bara format as a third piece on the board, aimed at the same everyday household spending, and Tiendas 3B responds with density in the markets where it already operates.

Scale remains asymmetric. Between January and September 2026, Tiendas 3B booked revenues of 77,343 million pesos, 37.7% more than in the same period of 2025, while OXXO Mexico grew 10.2%, according to Expansión. The company opened 419 net establishments in those nine months, 141 of them in the third quarter. Over the last twelve months, the chain led by Anthony Hatoum added 603 net locations, against 702 for OXXO, and closed September with 25 logistics facilities after opening four distribution centers in the quarter. Its operating cash flow reached 7,051 million pesos, up 127.8% year on year. Hatoum told analysts that recent store generations start with higher initial sales and grow faster. The network gap, however, remains wide: 3,765 locations against 24,759.

For 2026 the company maintains a target of 590 to 630 net openings, according to Xataka México. The next checkpoint will come with fourth-quarter results, when the chain reports whether the pace of same-store sales holds as the new distribution centers mature.

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