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This is a list of supermarket chains in Portugal. Aldi - 137 stores [1] Amanhecer - ~330 stores; Apolonia Supermercados - 3 stores; Auchan (formerly known as Jumbo) - 111 stores [2] Continente - 369 stores [3] Coviran - 179 stores in Portugal [4] Dia - 487 stores [5] E.Leclerc - 21 store [6] El Corte Inglés - 2 Stores; Froiz; The Good Food ...
Continente is a retail chain that belongs to Sonae Distribuição, the largest retailer in Portugal. [2] The hypermarket Continente chain is spread all over continental Portugal as well as on Madeira and in the Azores. The supermarket chain Continente Modelo, formerly named just Modelo, also has a nationwide presence.
The Mercado dos Lavradores (English: farmers' market) is a fruit, vegetable, flower and fish market in Funchal, Madeira. The building was designed by Edmundo Tavares and opened on 24 November 1940. The facade, main entrance and fish market contain traditional Azulejo (panels of tiles) depicting regional themes, executed by João Rodrigues. It ...
The following is a list of the largest cities/towns of Madeira. Funchal is the only city with a population over 100,000. Madeira Island. Calheta; Câmara de Lobos [1]
Sonae was founded in 1959 by the entrepreneur, banker and patron from Arouca, Afonso Pinto de Magalhães.The business group originated from the Sociedade Nacional de Estratificados, an industrial company operating in the area of processed wood, more specifically, in the production of decorative high-pressure laminated panels. [4]
The International Business Center of Madeira (IBCM) or Madeira International Business Centre (MIBC), formally known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, is a set of tax benefits authorised by Decree-Law 500/80 in 1980, legislated [1] [2] in 1986, and amended throughout the years by the Portuguese government to favor the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
The Madeira archipelago is located 520 km (280 nmi) from the African coast, 805 km (430 nmi) from the closest point in the European coast (the Portuguese town of Sagres, in Algarve) and 1,000 km (540 nmi) from the capital of Portugal, Lisbon (approximately a one-and-a-half-hour flight). [54]
The north coast of Madeira is generally cooler by 1.5 °C (34.7 °F) The climate data for average high, average low temperature, and humidity was collected and calculated from multiple IPMA records from 2012 to 2021. The weather station is 1.5 km away from the ocean at 97m.