Esselunga
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| Company type | Società per azioni |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 160 points of sale |
Area served | Emilia Romagna Lazio Liguria Lombardy Piedmont Tuscany Veneto |
Key people | Bernardo Caprotti (founder) |
| Products | Food and consumer goods |
| Revenue |  € 7.75 billion (2017) |
Number of employees | 23,094 (2017) |
| Website | www.esselunga.it |
Esselunga S.p.A. is an Italian retail store chain. Founded in 1957 by Nelson Rockefeller, Bernardo, Guido and Claudio Caprotti, Marco Brunelli, the Crespi family and other Italian associates,[1] the company is now entirely owned by the Caprotti family through Supermarkets Italiani S.p.A.
It was the first supermarket chain in Italy to introduce on-line shopping and self-produced organic products.[2][3]
With 20,000 employees, the company had a €6.8 billion turnover in 2012. Esselunga controls 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. Until 1999, Esselunga owned 50% of the Italian branch of Penny Market (a REWE group company). Esselunga stores are located mostly in Northern Italy.
Esselunga was entirely owned by Bernardo Caprotti until his death in 2016,[4] and is not listed on the stock market.
In his will, Bernardo Caprotti left 66.7% of Esselunga to his second wife Giuliana Albera and their daughter Marina Sylvia, and 16.7% to each of his children from his first marriage, his son Giuseppe Caprotti and his daughter Violetta.[5]
The store's name literally means "long S".
References
- ^ Scarpellini, Emanuela (2007). La spesa è uguale per tutti. L'avventura dei supermercati in Italia (in Italian). Marsilio.
- ^ "Caprotti dynasty, segreti e liti". l'Espresso (in Italian). 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ Filippo, Astone (2009). Affari di Famiglia, fatti e misfatti della nuova generazione di padroni (in Italian). Longanesi.
- ^ "The World's Billionaires: Bernardo Caprotti". Forbes. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ "Esselunga, the disputed legacy of the Italian retail giant". ItalianFood.net. 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
Sources
- Marino, Vivian (2007-09-23). "The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 2007-10-21. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
External links
- Esselunga (in Italian)
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