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Jerónimo Martins Shutters the 18-Store Hussel Chocolate Network by 27 April — Eight Permanent Staff Move to Pingo Doce After the 2024 Hussel GmbH Bankruptcy and the €893,000 Loss

Jerónimo Martins Shutters the 18-Store Hussel Chocolate Network by 27 April — Eight Permanent Staff Move to Pingo Doce After the 2024 Hussel GmbH Bankruptcy and the €893,000 Loss

Jerónimo Martins confirmed on 18 May that all 18 Hussel chocolate stores closed by 27 April, with 8 of 60 permanent staff moving to Pingo Doce. The wind-down follows the 2024 bankruptcy of German parent Hussel GmbH, a €893,000 net loss at the Portuguese subsidiary and the cocoa-price bull cycle.
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Sonae's Musti Walks Into Norway With the Petco Retail Acquisition on Tuesday 13 May — Nordic Pet-Care Champion Adds Its Fourth Country, ZU's 68 Portuguese Stores Sit Outside the Deal Perimeter

Sonae's Musti Walks Into Norway With the Petco Retail Acquisition on Tuesday 13 May — Nordic Pet-Care Champion Adds Its Fourth Country, ZU's 68 Portuguese Stores Sit Outside the Deal Perimeter

Sonae's Nordic pet-care subsidiary Musti acquired Norway's Petco Retail AS on Tuesday 13 May, taking the Helsinki-based champion into its fourth Nordic country. Portugal's ZU chain — 68 stores and €8.4M in quarterly sales — stays on a separate perimeter inside Sonae MC.
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Sonae's International Sales Climb 45% Past €2.3 Billion in 2025 — Maia Holding Adds 1,070 Stores Abroad, Pushes Foreign Revenue Above 20% of the Group for the First Time and Books €247 Million of Attributable Net Profit

Sonae's International Sales Climb 45% Past €2.3 Billion in 2025 — Maia Holding Adds 1,070 Stores Abroad, Pushes Foreign Revenue Above 20% of the Group for the First Time and Books €247 Million of Attributable Net Profit

Sonae's 2025 international sales reached €2.3 billion (+45% YoY), offshore revenue past 20% of the group for the first time. The Maia holding added 74 net stores abroad to reach 1,070, lifted consolidated revenue 14.2% to €11.4 billion and printed €247M of attributable net profit.
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Centromarca Reads Portuguese Supermarket Spending Up €486 Per Household Since 2019 — Worldpanel Panel of 4,000 Households Prints €2,193 in 2025 Against €1,707 in 2019, a 28.5% Lift That Outruns the €418 Wage Increase

Centromarca Reads Portuguese Supermarket Spending Up €486 Per Household Since 2019 — Worldpanel Panel of 4,000 Households Prints €2,193 in 2025 Against €1,707 in 2019, a 28.5% Lift That Outruns the €418 Wage Increase

The Portuguese household grocery bill is now €486 a year heavier than it was in 2019, according to the Worldpanel by Numerator panel of 4,000 Continental Portugal households commissioned by Centromarca, the country's branded-goods association. The...
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Primark Books €45 Million Into Portugal for Four New Stores and 300 Jobs — Castelo Branco, Setúbal, Vila Nova de Gaia and a First Street-Level Store on Porto's Rua Santa Catarina

Primark Books €45 Million Into Portugal for Four New Stores and 300 Jobs — Castelo Branco, Setúbal, Vila Nova de Gaia and a First Street-Level Store on Porto's Rua Santa Catarina

Primark Iberia commits €45M to Portugal for FY2026-27, opening in Castelo Branco, Setúbal, Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto — its first stand-alone street-level store in the country. 300 new jobs lift Portuguese headcount above 2,100; the Iberian envelope reaches €85M with €40M for Spain.
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Pingo Doce's 256-Restaurant Footprint and Continente's Cozinha Continente Drive a Fair-Competition Fight Inside Portugal's Restaurant Sector — AHRESP Says Microenterprises Cannot Match the Central-Kitchen Model

Pingo Doce's 256-Restaurant Footprint and Continente's Cozinha Continente Drive a Fair-Competition Fight Inside Portugal's Restaurant Sector — AHRESP Says Microenterprises Cannot Match the Central-Kitchen Model

Sunday Público reportage: Pingo Doce runs 256 in-store restaurants and is on track to be Portugal's largest restaurant chain. Continente's Cozinha Continente rolls out across a 500-store target. AHRESP says the central-kitchen model is not fair competition for microenterprises.
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