Esselunga，建立於1957年，是義大利最早出現的連鎖超市。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Esselunga
- 釋義：義大利最早出現的連鎖超市
- 建立：1957年
- 員工：17,000
Esselunga S.p.A. is an important Italian retail store chain. Founded in 1957 by the Caprotti Family (in this case it was the 3 brothers Bernardo, Guido and Claudio) 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 its 17,000 employees the company, had a ?.9 billion turnover in 2006. Esselunga controles about 9% of the Italian grocery distribution market.
Esselunga is entirely owned by the family and is not on the stock market. This fact, rare nowadays for a company of these dimensions, makes the chain even more particular.
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).
Rumors recently claimed that the group had been acquired, possibly by Tesco or Wal-mart. Breaking the silence, the 82 year old president Bernardo Caprotti has said he absolutely isn't planning to die and for this reason he does not plan to sell his jewel at all.
Esselunga S.p.A（SPA系義大利語societa per azioni之縮略稱謂，指（共同）股份公司，許多義大利公司以此結尾）在義大利是龍頭食品連鎖店，於1957年由Caprotti家族3兄弟（ Bernardo, Guido and Claudio）及Nelson Rockefeller建立，公司為Caprotti 家族持有所有股份。
Esselunga S.p.A是義大利最早出現的連鎖超市，其最先引進網上銷售並自行培養作物進行生產。公司擁有 17,000 員工，06年營業額為49億歐元，占9%雜貨品食品市場。
其完全為Caprotti家族所有，非股份有限公司（註：現為股份有限制公司），這在現今能達到這種規模的公司里，是很罕見的，因而更顯示了公司產業鏈的獨特。
Esselunga S.p.A被列為歐洲零售部門第四高收益的公司（相較於它的規模），並且，它在義大利公司規模上排行23位。並且，其在REWE集團旗下Penny Market 義大利分部持有50%股份。
輿論說Esselunga S.p.A可能已經被Tesco或Wal-mart收購。最後82歲的董事長Bernardo Caprotti 發表聲明：他沒打算賣掉自己所珍視的“寶石”。
Bernardo Caprotti通過事實否認了此種謠言：2005年Esselunga集團投資了3.15億歐元用於購買倫巴第和托斯卡納大區的商貿大樓和在科莫、Castelletto Ticino、Nembro以及博洛尼亞的零售店，2006年又在佛羅倫斯開了一家零售店，在皮亞琴察開設一家新超市。
