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Native name | Consorzio Nazionale Dettaglianti |
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Company type | Supermarket chain |
Industry | Department store |
Founded | Bologna, Italy (May 13, 1962 ) |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 3,383 |
Area served | Italy, Albania, Kosovo, China, Serbia, Malta, San Marino[1] |
Key people | Claudio Alibrandi, President Francesco Pugliese, CEO |
Revenue | €18.5 billion (2022)[2] |
Number of employees | 72,636 (2022)[2] |
Website | www.conad.it |
Conad (Consorzio Nazionale Dettaglianti, English: National Retailers Consortium), stylized CONAD,[3] is an Italian retail store brand which operates one of the largest supermarket chains in Italy.[4] Created in 1962,[5] Conad is a cooperative system of entrepreneurs, dealing in large-scale distribution. It is structured on three levels: entrepreneur members (owners of retail outlets), cooperatives (large shopping and distribution centres), and the national consortium (a service and market-oriented body for member companies).[6]