Grupo Pão de Açúcar

Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição (Grupo Pão de Açúcar)

Type	Sociedade Anônima
Traded as	BM&F Bovespa: PCAR3, PCAR4 NYSE: CBD
Industry	Retail (Discount/Grocery)
Founded	(1948)
Headquarters	São Paulo, Brazil
Key people	Enéas Pestana, (Chairman)
Products	Consumer Goods
Revenue	US$ 25.1 billion (2010)
Net income	US$ 432,4 Million (2010)
Employees	158.000 (2011)
Subsidiaries	Nova Casas Bahia
Website	www.grupopaodeacucar.com.br

Grupo Pão de Açúcar (BM&F Bovespa: PCAR3, PCAR4 / NYSE: CBD) (Portuguese for Sugarloaf Group) - trading name of Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição, formerly used as a secondary trading name - is the biggest Brazilian company engaged in business retailing of food, general merchandise, electronic goods, home appliances and other products from its supermarkets, hypermarkets and home appliance stores. Its headquarters are in Jardim Paulista, Subprefecture of Pinheiros, São Paulo city.^[1]

The company is the second biggest retail company in Latin America by revenue and the second largest online retailer in Brazil, the company operates e-commerce through Nova Pontocom, a subsidiary of its subsidiary Nova Casas Bahia

Grupo Pão de Açúcar banner logos, excluding Sendas, Ponto Frio, Casas Bahia and Assaí

Today, the company has 1.577 stores throughout Brazil

Grupo Pão de Açúcar operates through different store concepts (and different banner logos):

• Pão de Açúcar (162 supermarkets);
• Extra (204 supermarkets & 135 hypermarkets);
• Assaí (61 stores).

Through its subisidiary Nova Casas Bahia, Grupo Pão de Açúcar operates more than 1.000 Stores under the Pontofrio (formerly styled as "Ponto Frio") and Casas Bahia brands.

• Pontofrio (455 stores).
• Casas Bahia (560 stores).

Distribution and logistical centers are located in the cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Fortaleza, Curitiba, Recife, Arujá and Camaçari.

The company is jointly owned by the Brazilian billionaire businessman Abílio Diniz & family, and by the French Groupe Casino.

References

1. ^ "Contact IR." Grupo Pão de Açúcar. Retrieved on July 2, 2011. "Av. Brigadeiro Luís Antônio, 3142 Jardim Paulista ZIP Code 01402-901 São Paulo SP Brazil"

External links

	Brazil portal
	Companies portal

• Grupo Pão de Açúcar (Portuguese)
  • Pão de Açúcar (Portuguese)
  • Extra Hipermercados / Extra Eletro (Portuguese)
  • CompreBem / Sendas (Portuguese)
• Investor relations (Mobile)
• Investor relations (Portuguese) (Mobile)