MD Discount

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MD (company)
MD
Type Società per azioni
Industry Retailing
Founded1994;29 years ago (1994)
FounderPatrizio Podini
Headquarters,
Number of locations
820 [1]
Area served
Italy
Key people
Patrizio Podini, Chairman
Products Discount store (hypermarket, supercenter, superstore)
RevenueIncrease2.svg 2.75 billion (2019) [1]
Number of employees
8,500+ [1]
Parent Lillo S.p.A.
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 1994s by Patrizio Podini. The first store in MD brand was opened in September 1994 in Mugnano di Napoli. 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lavora con noi • MD".
  2. Eco di Bergamo
  3. Corriere della Sera
  4. Gdonews Archived 2013-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "MD LANCIA I NUOVI SPOT CON ANTONELLA CLERICI E IL CAVALIER PODINI". brand-news.it (in Italian). February 12, 2021.