ANCD is The National Association of Retailer Cooperatives, which plays an institutional representative role and provides professional services to the member cooperatives of the Conad National Consortium.
ANCD belongs to Legacoop, the national association representing over 15,000 cooperative enterprises working in all Italian regions and in all sectors.
ANCD works to ensure that the cooperation among independent retailers is the key element in qualifying and innovating the Italian retail network, able to best respond to the needs and the expectations of customers and all the stakeholders involved, especially at the local level and to the different social contexts.
ANCD assists and protects the member cooperatives; draws up the member policy lines for the ANCD-Conad System; promotes legislative proposals supporting the system; represents and supports cooperation between retailers in relations with national and international institutions, central and local administrations, economic, political and social organizations, at national, European and international levels.
Since its origins (1973) ANCD has been able to provide social and economic perspectives to individuals and groups that have shared its underlying values, objectives and way of doing business.