MD Discount
{{short description|Italian global discount supermarket}}
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| logo = MD Italia Logo.svg
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| type = Società per azioni
| trade_name = MD
| predecessor =
| foundation = {{start date and age|1994}}
| founder = Patrizio Podini
| location_city = Gricignano di Aversa
| location_country = Italy
| locations = 820{{cite web | url=https://www.mdspa.it/lavora-con-noi/ | title=Lavora con noi • MD }}
| area_served = Italy
| key_people = Patrizio Podini, Chairman
| industry = Retailing
| products = Discount store (hypermarket, supercenter, superstore)
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| revenue = {{Profit}} € 2.75 billion (2019)
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| parent = Lillo S.p.A.
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| homepage = [https://www.mdspa.it/ www.mdspa.it]
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MD S.p.A. is an Italian global discount supermarket chain, based in Gricignano di Aversa, Italy.
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.[http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Economia/387633_lombardini_si_chiude_unepoca_cede_i_discount_e_i_4_ipermercati/ Eco di Bergamo][http://www.corriere.it/notizie-ultima-ora/Economia/Supermercati-maxi-operazione-discount-compra-circa-150-mln/25-07-2013/1-A_007879427.shtml Corriere della Sera][http://www.gdonews.it/2012/12/md-discount-punta-verso-nord-intervista-esclusiva-al-direttore-generale-dell%E2%80%99anna-%E2%80%9Cnel-2013-apriremo-un-terzo-ce-di-%E2%80%9D.html Gdonews] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812002430/http://www.gdonews.it/2012/12/md-discount-punta-verso-nord-intervista-esclusiva-al-direttore-generale-dell%E2%80%99anna-%E2%80%9Cnel-2013-apriremo-un-terzo-ce-di-%E2%80%9D.html |date=2013-08-12 }}
Testimonial
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.mdspa.it Official web site]
{{Supermarkets in Italy}}
Category:Retail companies established in 1994