MD Discount

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MD (company)
MD
Company type Società per azioni
IndustryRetailing
Founded1994;31 years ago (1994)
FounderPatrizio Podini
Headquarters,
Italy
Number of locations
800+ [1]
Area served
Italy
Key people
Patrizio Podini, Chairman
ProductsDiscount store (supermarkets)
RevenueIncrease2.svg €3.4 billion (2022) [1]
Number of employees
9,000+ [1]
Website www.mdspa.it

MD S.p.A. is an Italian global discount supermarket chain, based in Gricignano di Aversa, Italy.

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History

The company was founded in the 1994 by Patrizio Podini. The first store in MD brand was opened in September 1994 in Mugnano di Napoli. Initially, the company, then named Lillo S.p.A., focused on expanding in Southern Italy. In little more than a year have been opened more than fifty stores in the Centre-South, some of whom detecting signs premises.

In 2015 MD distributes its products through a network of more than 800 outlets and direct affiliates.

Recently MD bought LD Market for the price of 170 million, making it the third largest sector discount in Italy, after EuroSpin and Lidl. [2] [3] [4]

Key milestones

In 2013 MD acquired LD Market, a discount chain with over 320 stores in Northern Italy. This acquisition significantly expanded MD's national presence. The definitive merger of LD Market into Lillo SpA occurred in 2014. This made MD the third largest discount sector in Italy, after EuroSpin and Lidl, holding a market share of 15% at the time of the merger.

Operations

MD S.p.A. is no longer seen merely as a discount retailer but as a brand representing "good value shopping." As of 2022, MD operates through a network of over 800 outlets and has over 9,000 employees. In 2022, MD closed the year with revenues growing by 11%, surpassing 3.4 billion Euros in turnover.

The company manages hundreds of millions of packages annually through seven distribution centers located in:

Testimonial

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lavora con noi • MD".
  2. Eco di Bergamo
  3. Corriere della Sera
  4. Gdonews Archived 12 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Home • MD". MD (in Italian). Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  6. "MD LANCIA I NUOVI SPOT CON ANTONELLA CLERICI E IL CAVALIER PODINI". brand-news.it (in Italian). 12 February 2021.