List of supermarket chains in Portugal

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This is a list of supermarket chains in Portugal .

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Minipreço</span>

Minipreço is a discount supermarket chain in Portugal, part of Auchan Portugal. Minipreço is one of the largest grocery chains in Portugal by store count, with 443 outlets in the country, second to Pingo Doce, which had 470 stores. The company is seventh in the country in terms of market share, having been eclipsed by Spanish chain, Mercadona in 2022.

Companhia Portuguesa de Hipermercados, S.A. was born in 1970 with the opening of the first supermarket Pão de Açúcar in Lisbon, in 1973, the first hypermarket Jumbo was open in Cascais. Later in 1984, the company starts the concept of their own brand products and in 1985, a second hypermarket Jumbo was born in Amoreiras . The first ever hypermarket with bar code reading opened in Alfragide in 1988, while in the 1990s, more hypermarkets opened in Maia, Castelo Branco, Setúbal, Alverca, Santo Tirso, Gaia, Famalicão and Aveiro respectively. Not only did they expand their stores country-wide, but in 1993 they also created the Pão de Açúcar Foundation which was destined to support employees, in 1994, they were the first to launch a credit card for the company's stores called Jumbo Mais, in 1996, the company created Rik et Rok Club or Rik & Rok in Portuguese and later that year, they were acquired by the Auchan Group.

References

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  2. ↑ "Auchan Store Locator". Auchan. February 25, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Continente Store Locator". Continente. February 25, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Coviran Store Locator". Coviran Supermarkets. February 25, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Mercadona Ends 2023 with 49 Stores in Portugal". December 19, 2023.
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  7. ↑ "Mercadona Ends 2023 with 49 Stores in Portugal". December 19, 2023.
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