Giuseppe Caprotti, Bernardo Caprotti’s son, brutally ousted by his father while he was at the helm of Esselunga and marginalised by his stepmother Giuliana, the main heir together with his daughter Marina, has written his book-truth: “Le Ossa dei Caprotti”, published in 2023 by Feltrinelli… Stefano Cingolani, Il Foglio
Everything was already written in the will: Giuseppe and his sister Violetta, children of the first marriage, are not universal heirs but legatees, with a heavy tax burden on them. A family and entrepreneurial story narrated in the book Le Ossa dei Caprotti (Feltrinelli, 2023), which tells the story of a great enterprise between economic successes and personal entanglements
The piece is very interesting for three reasons: 1) the story of Claudio Caprotti’s career path, 2) the example of the parallel whisky market, 3) the sale of salt 4) the assessment of the food department of La Standa
‘Super fantastic memories!!!! Lots of work, lots of emotions and also fun!!!! Thank you’
It was thanks to the friendship between Guido Caprotti and Marco Brunelli that Esselunga and the GS supermarket chain (now part of the Carrefour group) were founded
“Someone still has to explain to me why, in a retail market that needed concentration [and expertise], the government allowed a group that didn’t even have a delicatessen, to buy GS (which belonged to Sme =IRI= Italian State!) and then resell it quietly to a foreign group (Carrefour) after a few years” Mario Gasbarrino. This also applies to the New Princes operation
Sales in distribution are measured by gross revenues, including new openings and restructurings. But there is another, healthier and clearer method to understand whether a company is really doing well or not, regardless of network development: constant network sales, which exclude new openings and major restructuring in the year measured
