thumb|The entrance of a typical Crai shop in the commune of Sori, Liguria in the [[Metropolitan City of Genoa, branded with the Crai name]] CRAI (Commissionarie Riunite Alta Italia, literally "Northern Italy Combined Agents") is a symbol group cooperative society of food retailers that operates throughout Italy. CRAI was founded in 1973 and currently operates in Italy, Albania, Switzerland and Malta.
thumb|The entrance of a typical Crai shop in the commune of Sori, Liguria in the [[Metropolitan City of Genoa, branded with the Crai name]] CRAI (Commissionarie Riunite Alta Italia, literally "Northern Italy Combined Agents") is a symbol group cooperative society of food retailers that operates throughout Italy. CRAI was founded in 1973 and currently operates in Italy, Albania, Switzerland and Malta.
The history of CRAI begins in 1973, when a group of retailers decides to unify. Thus was born in Desenzano del Garda (province of Brescia) the "Commissionarie Riunite Alta Italia". Currently, most of the network is made up of medium-small size shops, mostly superettes, and are positioned in a patchy way on the Italian and foreign territory: in fact, the brand has also established itself in Albania, in Malta and Switzerland where there are around a hundred shops. After obtaining the certification of the brand, CRAI has also created a line of products distributed only in its own stores.
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