Conserveira de Lisboa (The Lisbon Cannery store) has been covered in many newspapers, tv-programs and on the internet, never paid for any promotion but is listed by many touristic guides.
Conserveira de Lisboa (The Lisbon Cannery store) March 2021
In this little shop hundreds of colorful tins of the Portuguese favorite fish are stored. It’s been open for 80 years.
Maria de Jesus Silva, Conserveira de Lisboa (The Lisbon Cannery store)
History
The shop opened in 1930 under the name ‘Mercearia do Minho’ and changed it’s name to Conserveira de Lisboa in 1942. In the beginning days the company sold all kinds of alimentation, concentrating on canned foods.
Luís Vieira,Conserveira de Lisboa (The Lisbon Cannery store)
In 1942 the company applied for the registration of the first two brands of conserves: TRICANA and PRATA DO MAR.
Tricana was registered in 1948 and Prata do Mar in 1956.
Macquerel (filetes de cavala), tummy (atum), squid (polvo) and cod (bacalhau).
During the second world war the industry of conserved fish products developed rapidly and it helped the company to evolve quickly, reaching it’s peak with the colonial war in ’74. After this period, the conserves market shrinked steadily, frozen food became a more common way of conservation.
Conserveira de Lisboa (The Lisbon Cannery store)
Confronted with this perspective of a further declining market, the Conserveira chose to remain operating on this niche market and offer only quality products. This way the shop also survived the aggressive low prices by the supermarkets.
Conserveira de Lisboa (The Lisbon Cannery store)
Two nice ladies in the shop are wrapping the various preserves: Manuela Pereira….
Conserveira de Lisboa (The Lisbon Cannery store)
…..and Maria Manuela Henriques Nunes
Conserveira de Lisboa (The Lisbon Cannery store)
I bought 4 cans: 2 fillets macquerel (€ 4,54) and 2 tuna fillets (€ 3,63). Happily no plastic bags! If you like you can write a nice note in the guest book.
Conserveira de Lisboa (The Lisbon Cannery store)
In June 2004 Armando Jose Cabral Ferreira and Regina Maria da Silva Monteiro Baptista Cabral Ferreira became the owners of the shop.
Conserveira de Lisboa, Rua dos Bacalhoeiros, 34 (website).
E-mail address: info@conserveiradelisboa.pt
Rua dos Bacalhoeiros means ‘street of the cod fish sellers’……). More.about this street..
Conserveira de Lisboa (The Lisbon Cannery store)