Continente (South Matamah)

Continente is a South Matamanian hypermarket chain founded in 1985 as a joint-venture between and Sociedade Nacional de Estratificados, with Azoritean company Grupo Narciso Sousa Lira joining it in 1993 as part of its expansion to Azorita. In 1999, with the merger of Promodès and Carrefour, Sonae and NSL would become the sole owners of the brand in 2004. Continente is currently owned and operated by Sonae (through ) and Grupo Bensaúde since 2007 and it's composed by three brands: Continente (hypermarkets), Continente Modelo (supermarkets) and Continente Bom Dia (minimarkets).