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Despar Italia Maintains Growth, To Invest €100m In 2024

Despar Italia, a consortium of six food distributors and affiliated retailers, has reported a 5.6% revenue increase in 2023 to €4.4 billion.

Despar Italia To Expand To Lombardy And Lazio Regions

Despar Italia has announced plans to expand to regions of Italy in which it still doesn't have a presence, including Lombardy and Lazio.

Italy’s Aspiag Service To Expand To Lombardy, Opening 60 Stores

Italy’s Aspiag Service reported 2021 sales of €2.5 billion – up by 1.7% year on year – while net profit remained in double figures,...

Italy's Conad Takes Over 17 Supermarkets From L’Alco

Italian supermarket leader Conad has finalized an agreement for the takeover of 17 stores from L’Alco group.

Italy’s Maiora Sees Record Turnover Growth In 2020

Italian retailer Maiora, also known as DESPAR Centro Sud, has achieved record results during 2020, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic....

Despar Italia 2020 Sees Revenue Up 8.4% In 2020

Despar Italia has reported a 8.4% increase in turnover in full-year 2020, to €3.9 billion, boosted by the opening of 60 stores during the period. O...

Despar Italia Introduces Premium Frozen Pizza Range

Despar Italia has launched a new line of private label frozen pizzas featuring eight different toppings, using selected PDO and PGI ingredients source...

Italy's ARD Discount Sees LFL Sales Up 29.5% In 2020

Sicily-based discount chain ARD Discount has reported a 29.5% growth in like-for-like sales in its financial year 2020. In this period, the retail chain...