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Portugal's Sonae MC 'Strengthens Contingency Plans' In Wake Of COVID-19

Portugal's Sonae MC has 'strengthened [its] contingency plans' and is engaged in 'close dialogue with all stakeholders in the supply chain' as it seeks to...

Continente Asks Shoppers To Prepare For 'An Easter With A Difference'

Portuguese retailer Continente has launched a new marketing campaign, Uma Páscoa Diferente, that encourages families to be creative with how they ce...

Portugal's Continente To Increase Producer Club Members

Portuguese retailer Continente has announced plans to increase the number of suppliers that are members of its Continente Producers Club (CPC), in order to...

Portugal's Sonae MC Sees Highest Growth In Decade

Portuguese retail group Sonae MC has reported a 9.2% increase in sales in full-year 2019, to €4.7 billion in 2019, while like-for-like sales were up 3...

Portugal's Sonae MC Boosted By New Store Openings

Portugal's Sonae MC has said that it has been boosted by new store openings, as it posted positive results for the first nine months of the year. The gr...

Portugal's Sonae To Invest €725m In Food Retail Business

Portugal's Sonae, which owns the country's largest food retailer, plans to invest up to €725 million by 2021 in the expansion, maintenance and improve...

Portuguese Retailer Sonae MC Surpasses €2bn In Turnover In H1

Portuguese retailer Sonae MC, which operates the Continente banner, has posted turnover of €2.18 billion for the first half of its financial year, a 1...

Portuguese Rivals Beat Mercadona in Pricing, Study Finds

While Mercadona recently arrived in Portugal to much fanfare, the retailer still has much to do to compete on pricing, a new study by the Portuguese Associ...