For your lunch or Wednesday picnic May 1st 2024, the advice is to run to the open supermarkets to buy all the ingredients you need to prepare your favorite recipes in the days before the holiday, to make sure you can get everything you need. However, if you add guests at the last minute, if you want fresh bread of the day or if you realize you forgot an ingredient Fundamentally, the good news is that many stores, from the North to the South of Italy, remain open, often for the whole day, despite Labor Day being celebrated. In fact, every chain and every single regional administration in Italy can decide whether to open or close supermarkets on public holidays.

Here we help you locate the supermarkets that remain open, with the advice of pay attention to the opening hours, since some stores will only be active for half a day. To avoid a wasted trip, before leaving home check the sites we indicate below, and perhaps give a call to make sure there have been no last minute changes to your plans.

Which supermarkets are open on May 1st 2024?

Aldi

Several Aldi stores remain open on Wednesday May 1st, but with Sunday opening hours (which in some cases includes both late opening and closing). Here you can check when your nearest store opens.

Carrefour

Many Carrefour stores will remain open all day, both in the morning and in the afternoon, but in each store the opening hours are different, so, even in this case, it is always good practice to check when your local store opens.

Conad

For the Conad chain, decisions vary from store to store. Some are open for half a day, others still close. On the site with the shop map you can find out which supermarkets will be open and at what times.

Coop

Coop Alleanza 3.0 stores will remain closed. «The link between cooperation and May 1st is always strong and celebrating them, said the president of the cooperative Mario Cifiello, «is a right as well as our precise civic duty. These two days have within them the values ​​of freedom, social justice and democracy which are fertile common ground as well as important reference values ​​for our Cooperative.” Find further information on the dedicated page.

Crai

Each store will decide whether or not to open on the public holiday and at what times. To check which ones will be active, consult the website or call the relevant store directly.

Despar

Many stores have confirmed the opening on Wednesday May 1st, but with different opening times: to make sure you go shopping at the time the supermarket is open, you can check the opening hours of each individual store in the chain .

long S

Esselunga stores remain closed on May 1st. To check the opening hours of the days preceding the holiday you can consult the website, looking for your reference point of sale.

Family

Extraordinary openings are scheduled for Wednesday 1st May in Trieste, Udine, Gorizia, Aosta, Como, Pavia, Mantua, Brescia, Lodi, Cremona, Bergamo, Milan, Varese, Monza and Brianza, Rimini, Forlì Cesena, Ravenna, Ferrara, Bologna, Parma , Piacenza, Modena, Reggio Emilia, Bari, Foggia, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Pesaro and Urbino, Ancona, Biella, Novara, Turin, Vercelli, Campobasso, Venice, Vicenza, Treviso, Padua, Rovigo, Belluno, Verona, Caserta, Naples, Salerno and Avellino. By clicking on each of the cities you can find out the opening hours of the individual sales points.

The giant

Almost all Il Gigante sales points have confirmed the extraordinary opening on Wednesday 1st May, even if some only in the morning. Here you can check the opening times: it is good to do so because the sign also confirms that the openings may be subject to change.

Hyper

Many Hyper outlets remain open even on Labor Day. Here you can find the opening hours of the store closest to your home.

Lidl

Many of the Lidl chain supermarkets will remain open despite the national holiday. Here you can consult the opening hours of the relevant store.

Md

To find out which stores will remain open on May 1st and what opening hours they will observe, check the stores page.

Pam Panorama

There are many Pam Panorama stores that have confirmed the extraordinary opening also on Wednesday 1st May. This site lists all the shops where you can shop and at what times.

Unes

Information on the opening of the nearest store and the opening times can be found here on this site.

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