Continente (Supermarket)
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| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | Matosinhos, Portugal (1985) |
| Headquarters | Matosinhos, Portugal |
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Number of locations
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415 stores (2010) |
| Products | Grocery General merchandise Financial services |
| Revenue |  €3.275 million (2010)[1] |
| €147 million (2010)[1] |
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Number of employees
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28,150 (2010)[1] |
| Parent | Sonae |
| Website | www |
Continente belongs to Sonae Distribuição, the biggest retailer in Portugal.[2] The hypermarket Continente chain is in spread all over Portugal as well on Madeira and in Azores. The supermarket chain Continente Modelo, formerly named just Modelo, has also a nationwide presence. Sonae Distribuição, SGPS, SA, is a subsidiary company of Sonae SGPS.
History
Sonae Distribuição started in 1985 by the merger of two large retailers, Modelo and Continente. Modelo was owned by the Sonae holding, while Continente was the Portuguese and Spanish operation of the French retailer Promodès, known by the ensign Continent elsewhere.
Thus, it was part-owned by its French competitor, Carrefour, who sold their stake to Sonae for €345 million on 16 November 2004.[3]
In 2008, Carrefour sold its Portuguese retail ventures existing under the Carrefour ensign to Sonae. Continente used to have one branch in Dubai, which was later purchased by Carrefour. The Continente ensign disappeared from Spain after the 1999 Carrefour-Promodès merge.
In April 2011 Angolan business woman Isabel dos Santos signed a joint partnership between her own Condis enterprise and the Portuguese Sonae group, for the development and operation of a retail trading company in Angola. They opened the first Continente supermarket brand in 2013 in Angola.[4]
Store formats
The supermarket chain operates three main store formats; regular Continente stores, Continente Bom Dia (convenience stores and smaller supermarkets in urban locations, designed for more frequent purchases of everyday life, 800 m2 (8,600 sq ft)) and Continente Modelo stores (hypermarkets of proximity, with an area of about 2,000 m2 (22,000 sq ft)).
At the end of its 2009/10 financial year Continente store portfolio was as follows.[1]
| Format | Number | Total Space (m2) |
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| Continente | 40 | |
| Continente Modelo | 130 | |
| Well's | 133 | |
| Bom Bocado | 87 | |
| Book.it | 17 | |
| Other | 8 | |
| Total | 415 | 544,000 |
See also
References
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- ↑ Portuguese group Sonae authorised to open hypermarkets in Angola Aicep Portugal Global, retrieved 27 December 2011
External links
- Sonae Distribuição SGPS, SA corporate site
- Continente Online
