Jeronimo Martins Sgps SA - JMT- Profile

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA. The Group's principal activities are the manufacturing of personal, home and industrial hygiene products and operations and distribution of food products. The Group operates in 3 main divisions such as food distribution, food production and products manufacturing. Food distribution includes supermarkets and cash and carry outlets, Food production includes margarine, olive oil, ice tea, bakery frozen food, mineral water, table water and confectionery and product manufacturing includes home cleaning products, deodorants and bath products. The Group also operates in the market of real estate, hotel trade, tourism and shopping center. The Group operates mainly in Portugal and Poland. At 31-12-2005 the Group had a total of 30,753 employees, 17,281in Portugal and 13,472 in Poland. Retail distribution in Portugal acct for 43% of 2005 revs; retail in Poland, 30%; wholesale, 15%; services &others, 7%