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locations, designed for more frequent purchases of everyday life, 800 m (8,600 sq ft)) and
Continente Modelo stores (hypermarkets of proximity, with an area of about 2,000 m (22,000 sq ft)).
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Portuguese retail ventures existing under the Carrefour ensign to Sonae. Continente used to have one branch in
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Continente store portfolio was as follows.
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Continente supermarket at
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145:3.275 million (2010)
355:Continente Bom Dia
171:Number of employees
124:General merchandise
107:Number of locations
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440:Annual Report 2010
345:Continente Modelo
308:convenience stores
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218:Sonae Distribuição
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226:hypermarket
199:.continente
555:Categories
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418:References
242:subsidiary
238:the Azores
210:Continente
96:Matosinhos
65:Matosinhos
45:Subsidiary
27:Continente
273:Carrefour
411:544,000
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262:Promodès
222:Portugal
116:Products
100:Portugal
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51:Industry
461:4 March
327:Number
324:Format
258:Spanish
248:History
236:and in
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192:Website
134:Revenue
120:Grocery
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312:urban
288:Dubai
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