Sonae Distribuição is the sub-holding of the Sonae Group in the Retail sector. Sonae is the biggest private Portuguese group, with interests in a broad range of businesses: food and non food retail, building and management of shopping centres, fixed and mobile telecommunications, media and new technologies. The Group operates in eight countries, with a consolidated turnover of around 4,627.7 million euro ( www.sonae.pt ).

Sonae Distribuição is today a benchmark reference in the retail market, after having revolutionised the consumer habits and commercial landscape in Portugal with the opening of the first hypermarket in the country, opened in 1985.

The company operates a set of food retail chains - Continente (hypermarkets), Modelo (mini-hypermarkets) and Modelo Bonjour (supermarkets) - and non food retail formats - Sport Zone (sports clothing and equipment), Worten (white goods and consumer electronics), Vobis (computer equipment), Modalfa (clothing), MaxMat and MaxGarden (construction, DIY and garden), Zippy (baby and children’s clothing), Star (travel agencies), Worten Mobile (mobile telecommunications), Área Saúde (pharma), Book.it (books/stationery) and Loop (footwear).