Covirán is now the third largest grocery retailer in terms of store count in Portugal, with the retailer operating 327 supermarkets, accounting for a 2.13 per cent market share at the end of 2015.
Out of that total, 188 stores operate under its brand name, while the rest are associated retailers.
In Portugal, the cooperative has 242 members, or independent retailers, while the number of local suppliers amounts to 262.
Covirán operates supermarkets in 17 districts of Portugal and in the autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira, as well as three distribution platforms (Aveiro, Algoz and Sintra-Lisbon).
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