Spar Italy

The licence  for ITALY to trade under the name SPAR was obtained in 1959 and the first italian SPAR was opened in 1960. It was during that same year that the general retail chains partnered with wholesalers and retailers, all working towards a common aim that of the expansion of Despar.

Spar Italy operates 1246 stores and in 2018, the company achieved a turnover of €3.5 billion.

The formats of Despar are as follows : 

Despar neighbourhood supermarkets

Eurospar supermarkets

Interspar supermarkets

As a matter of fact the company run only the large format SPAR while the rest are independently owned. The avarage store size is 603 square meter and the avarage retail sales area is 689,724 square meter revealing the subsequent investment pertaining to the store sizes.