Nardi srl

Name

Nardi srl

Legal name

Nardi S.r.l.

Website

https://nardisrl.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Distribution Services

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141), Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Restaurant Chain Program Broadline Distributors (Contracted/Managed Supply) (AFAIAAAF)

Keywords

• Food distribution services
• B2B food distribution
• Grocery wholesale
• Restaurant supply
• Retail distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

San Giorgio Jonico

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Food Distribution: Revenue generated through distribution margins on food products sold to retailers, restaurants, cash & carry, wholesalers, and large-scale retail. The company represents leading market brands and provides a complete sales cycle including order taking, delivery, competitor monitoring, and merchandiser services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Nardi srl is a family-owned B2B food distribution company operating in the Puglia region of Italy. The company distributes branded food products on behalf of leading market brands to retailers, restaurants, cash & carry operators, wholesalers, and large-scale retail (GDO) customers, leveraging a 4,000 sqm logistics platform on a 10,000 sqm site in San Giorgio Jonico, Taranto. Founded in 1947 by Vittorio Nardi, the business is now run by the third generation of the founding family.

Product overview

Nardi srl is a food distribution company operating as a single unified offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core product is a comprehensive food distribution service that includes order taking, delivery, competitive analysis, and merchandiser support. This is supported by an internal logistics platform exceeding 4,000 sqm of covered warehouse space. The company represents leading market brands and serves retailers (dettaglianti), restaurants (ristoratori), cash & carry, wholesalers (ingrosso), and large retail chains (GDO).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• B2B food distribution services Distribution of branded food products on behalf of leading market brands to retailers, restaurants, cash & carry operators, wholesalers, and large-scale organized retail (GDO) customers in the Puglia region. Operated from a 4,000 sqm logistics platform on a 10,000 sqm site in San Giorgio Jonico, Taranto.
• Logistics and warehousing services 4,000 sqm logistics platform on a 10,000 sqm site in San Giorgio Jonico, Taranto, supporting storage, handling, and dispatch of branded food products to multiple B2B channels across the Puglia region.

Quantifiable outcome

• Guaranteed rapid order fulfillment and goods receiving across fresh and dry product categories

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Leading Market Brands (Marchi Leader di Mercato)coreOthersNardi srl represents leading market brands in their product categories. The success of the company is determined by the brands they represent, all of which are market leaders. This gives them competitive positioning through association with premium, in-demand products.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Italbrix Srl: Italian food distribution company serving the Puglia and southern Italy region, with focus on Ho.Re.Ca. and retail channels. Direct geographic and operational overlap with Nardi in the same territory and customer segments.
• Dimar SpA: Italian food distribution company serving retail and foodservice channels with multi-category grocery and fresh products. Comparable regional broadline distributor with similar customer mix to Nardi across dettaglianti, ristoratori, and GDO.
• CFadda: Italian food distributor operating in southern Italy (Sardinia-focused), serving retailers, restaurants, and Horeca with a multi-category grocery assortment. Highly comparable as a regional broadline food distributor serving similar customer segments to Nardi.

Broad incumbents

• Selex Gruppo Commerciale: Italian retail buying group serving thousands of affiliated independent grocery stores nationwide. Comparable as part of the same Italian food distribution value chain, though operating as a retailer-affiliate model rather than as a distribution intermediary.
• Marr SpA: Italy's largest broadline foodservice distributor, publicly listed and serving restaurants and foodservice operators nationwide. Directly comparable to Nardi's ristoratori and cash & carry business, though at vastly larger national scale and with a much broader product portfolio.
• METRO Italia Cash & Carry: Italian arm of the global METRO cash & carry chain, serving Ho.Re.Ca. and small businesses with food and non-food assortment. Comparable as one of Nardi's customer-segment competitors (cash & carry channel) and as a benchmark for foodservice distribution scale.
• Conserve Italia: Large Italian food producer-cooperative with significant private-label food manufacturing and distribution. Comparable as a major player in Italian food supply chains that interacts with regional distributors like Nardi, though primarily a manufacturer rather than distributor.
• Despar Italia: Italian affiliated grocery retail consortium operating under the Despar, Eurospar, and Interspar banners. Comparable as a downstream customer of regional food distributors like Nardi, and as a benchmark for retail scale in Italian food distribution.

Regional players

• Agostini Srl: Italian regional food distributor with operations in central-southern Italy serving grocery retail and foodservice customers. Comparable as a regional multi-channel food distributor, though operating in a different geographic footprint than Nardi.
• Buongiorno Italia / similar regional grocery distributors: Italian regional food distribution operators serving the same Puglia/southern Italy trade area with comparable grocery assortment to retail and foodservice customers. Direct regional competitive overlap with Nardi in the same territory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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