Esselunga

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Esselunga
Company type Società per azioni
Industry Retail
Founded1957
Headquarters
Limito di Pioltello (MI)
,
Italy
Number of locations
160 points of sale
Area served
 Emilia Romagna
Lazio
Liguria
Lombardy
Piedmont
Tuscany
Veneto
Key people
 Bernardo Caprotti (founder)
ProductsFood and consumer goods
RevenueIncrease2.svg € 7.75 billion (2017)
Number of employees
23,094 (2017)
Website www.esselunga.it

Esselunga S.p.A. is an Italian retail store chain. Founded in 1957 by Nelson Rockefeller, Bernardo, Guido and Claudio Caprotti, Marco Brunelli, the Crespi family and other Italian associates, [1] the company is now entirely owned by the Caprotti family through Supermarkets Italiani S.p.A. The store's name literally means "long S". Esselunga stores are located in the regions of Lombardy, Tuscany, Piedmont, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia Romagna and Lazio, with a large majority (over 100) located in Lombardy, specifically in and around Milan. [2] [3] Many of the larger bars also host coffee bars, named "Bar Atlantic". [4]

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History

As of 2023, the company had over 25,000 employees and an €8.8 billion turnover. [5] Esselunga controls about 8.3% of the Italian grocery distribution market, according to figures from 2021. [6] It is ranked as the fourth most profitable company in the Italian supermarket sector. [6] Until 1999, Esselunga owned a share of the Italian branch of Penny Market (a REWE group company). [7]

It was the first supermarket chain in Italy to introduce on-line shopping and self-produced organic products. [8] [9]

Esselunga was entirely owned by Bernardo Caprotti until his death in 2016. [10] In his will, Caprotti left 66.7% of Esselunga to his second wife Giuliana Albera and their daughter Marina Sylvia, and 16.7% to each of his children from his first marriage, his son Giuseppe Caprotti and his daughter Violetta. [11]

Many of the stores owned by the chain were designed by famous architects such as Ignazio Gardella, Vico Magistretti, Luigi Caccia Dominioni and Mario Botta. [12]

References

  1. ↑ Scarpellini, Emanuela (2007). La spesa è uguale per tutti. L'avventura dei supermercati in Italia (in Italian). Marsilio.
  2. ↑ "Punti Vendita | Esselungajob". www.esselungajob.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Punti Vendita". Esselunga. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Bar Atlantic: un'esperienza unica di gusto e relax | Esselunga". www.esselunga.it. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Esselunga Financial Information" (PDF). Esselunga. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Italian Grocery Report" (PDF). Savills. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "La nostra storia". www.penny.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Caprotti dynasty, segreti e liti". l'Espresso (in Italian). 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  9. ↑ Filippo, Astone (2009). Affari di Famiglia, fatti e misfatti della nuova generazione di padroni (in Italian). Longanesi.
  10. ↑ "The World's Billionaires: Bernardo Caprotti". Forbes. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "Esselunga, the disputed legacy of the Italian retail giant". ItalianFood.net. 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  12. ↑ "Architettura". www.esselunga.it. Retrieved 10 April 2025.

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