CONAD

In terms of sales, turnover and market share, Conad is the largest cooperative of independent entrepreneurs in Italy. It operates at three levels:

• Member entrepreneurs, owners of retail shops. They share one same project: that of promoting entrepreneurial culture and the principles of cooperation, based on a concern for people, solidarity, local traditions and innovation. Over the years they created the first local cooperatives, then the interregional cooperatives and subsequently the national Consortium;

• Cooperatives, supply and distribution centers consisting of eight large groups: Nordiconad, Conad Centro Nord, Commercianti Indipedenti Associati, Conad del Tirreno, Pac2000A, Conad Adriatico, Sicilconad Mercurio and Conad Sicilia;

• National Consortium, a service-oriented body that handles marketing and communication for the whole system

Rewe Italia, an associate of the German cooperative Rewe (second most important cooperative in Europe), has become Conad ninth partner following an agreement of December 2004.

Conad is a member of the Associazione Nazionale Cooperative Dettaglianti (ANCD) - National Association of Retail Cooperatives, itself a member of the National League of Cooperatives.