MD Discount
Italian global discount supermarket
MD S.p.A. is an Italian global discount supermarket chain, based in Gricignano di Aversa, Italy.
01History
The company was founded in the 1994 by Patrizio Podini. The first store in MD brand was opened in September 1994 in Mugnano di Napoli. Initially, the company, then named Lillo S.p.A., focused on expanding in Southern Italy. 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.
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- MD Italia Logo.svg by MD S.p.A., Public domain
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