by Ekrem Duman | Aug 30, 2026 | Portugal Retail & Consumer, Startup
⚡ TL;DRSumol+Compal is the leading company in Portugal’s non-alcoholic beverage market, formed by merging two historic national brands — Sumol, founded in 1945, and Compal, founded in 1952. It runs four plants in Portugal and one in Mozambique,...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 30, 2026 | Portugal Retail & Consumer, Startup
⚡ TL;DRSuper Bock Group is Portugal’s largest beverage company and its largest beer exporter, selling in more than 50 countries from a base in Leça do Balio near Porto. Founded in 1890, renamed Unicer in 1977 and Super Bock Group in 2017, it is 56%...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 30, 2026 | Portugal Retail & Consumer, Startup
⚡ TL;DRDelta Cafés was founded in 1961 by Rui Nabeiro in a 50-square-metre warehouse in Campo Maior, a small border town in the Alentejo, roasting 30 kilos of coffee a day. In 2025 the Nabeiro-Delta Cafés group turned over more than €650m, up...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 30, 2026 | Portugal Retail & Consumer, Startup
⚡ TL;DRSonae is the Porto-based group behind Continente, Portugal’s leading food retailer, and a portfolio that now spans electronics, health and beauty, pet care, denim, shopping centres and telecoms. In 2025 it recorded record turnover of €11.4bn,...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 30, 2026 | Portugal Retail & Consumer, Startup
⚡ TL;DRJerónimo Martins is Portugal’s largest company by revenue and one of the strangest success stories in European retail: a Lisbon-listed group that earns roughly 70% of its sales and about 80% of its EBITDA in Poland, through the discount chain...
