Continente (South Matamah)

Continente is a South Matamanian hypermarket chain founded in 1985 as a joint-venture between, Sociedade Nacional de Estratificados and Grupo Narciso Sousa Lira. 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).