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Esselunga

Logo Esselunga.gif
Type	società per azioni
Founded	1957
Headquarters	Milan,  Italy, Limito di Pioltello (MI)
Number of locations	130 points of sale
Key people	Bernardo Caprotti
Industry	grande distribuzione organizzata
Products	alimentari e beni di largo consumo
Revenue	▲ 5,4 miliardi di € (2007)
Employees	ca. 18,000 (2007)
Website	www.esselunga.it

Esselunga S.p.A. is an Italian retail store chain. Founded in 1957 by brothers Bernardo, Guido and Claudio of the Caprotti family with Nelson Rockefeller, the company is now entirely owned by the Caprotti family through Supermarkets Italiani S.p.A.

It was the first supermarket chain in Italy and was the first to introduce on-line shopping and self-produced biological products.

With 17,000 employees, the company had a €4.9 billion turnover in 2006. Esselunga controles about 9% of the Italian grocery distribution market. It is ranked as the fourth most profitable company in the European retail sector (in proportion to its size) and it is Italy's 23rd largest company. Esselunga has owned 50% of the Italian branch of Penny Market (a REWE group company).

Esselunga is entirely owned by the family and is not on the stock market.

[edit] External links

• Esselunga (in Italian and English)

[edit] Sources

• http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/23/bloomberg/bxlie.php
• http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200709211312DOWJONESDJONLINE000654_FORTUNE5.htm

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