Italian leading company in Distribution to the foodservice sector

MARR is the leading company in Italy in the specialised distribution of food products to the non-domestic catering (foodservice) sector.

In 2009 the MARR Group reached total consolidated revenues of  1,138.4 million Euros (+2.6% compared to 2008), consolidated EBITDA of 73.8 million Euros (71.1 million Euros in 2008) and consolidated net profit of 38.5 million Euros (+20.7% compared to 2008).
 

MARR operates nationwide and serves foodservice operators, both commercial (restaurants, pizzerias, hotels, holiday villages) and collective (company canteens, schools, hospitals), with a product range that boasts around 10,000 different food articles and 8,000 related items (amongst which are kitchen equipment, crockery and linen).

MARR operates in a market (including drinks) that is valued at around 16.0* billion Euros, and that is characterised by opportunities that are induced by both the growth of the foodservice sector and the increasing demand for a complete and organised distribution service.

In the Italian foodservice sector, MARR is an intermediary between the producers or transformers of food products and the operators in the commercial or collective catering sectors. In particular the Group is supplied by chosen suppliers from all over the world, sub-dividing it's own market into five food and non-food product categories which it offers through four sales channels to its clients comprising Street Market, National Account and Wholesale operators.

With over 35 years of experience, MARR is a reference point for the catering sector, and presents itself as unique supplier of a wide range of products at national level with various types of conservation (frozen, fresh, and room-temperature), able to ensure a timely and careful service and to satisfy the various and ever-changing requirements that characterise the different segments of clients served, in a personalised and rapid way.

The main characteristics that contribute to the competitive advantage of MARR are: the wide range of products, competence of the commercial structure, efficiency of the logistics system, capacity for product innovation.

The MARR Group employs over 1,000 people, moreover the Organization includes over 650 sales agents and a network of truck drivers self-employed with over 700 vehicles.

 * Source: Company estimates on Confcommercio 2008 data.