Tag: Carrefour

Carrefour takes over Cora’s activities in Romania

WEBWIRE – Friday, April 28, 2023 Carrefour announces the signature of an agreement with Louis Delhaize Group for the acquisition of its activities in Romania, including 10 Cora hypermarkets and 8 Cora Urban stores, and nearly 2,400 employees. This transaction will consolidate Carrefours presence in Romania, with hypermarkets located in prime locations, which will be converted to Carrefour formats and brand. The transaction is notably subject to the approval of the relevant competition authorities and is expected to be completed by the end of 2023. Present in Romania since 2001, Carrefour currently operates 43 hypermarkets, 189 supermarkets, 143 convenience stores ... Read more

Carrefour Brazil completes the acquisition of Grupo BIG and strengthens its governance

Grupo Carrefour Brasil (“Carrefour Brazil”) confirmed it has completed the previously-announced acquisition of Grupo BIG from Advent International and Walmart Inc. WEBWIRE – Wednesday, June 8, 2022 The Group hence consolidates its strong leadership position across the country, with comprehensive geographical presence across all states. The transaction allows Carrefour to expand in its traditional formats, notably cash & carry and hypermarkets, while extending its footprint in formats in which it had a more limited presence, notably supermarkets. In addition, Carrefour Brazil now operates in a new market segment with the Sam’s Club format, through a license agreement with Walmart. ... Read more

Carrefour Spain : Alexandre de Palmas Appointed National Forest Ambassador for the Second Year Running

The executive director of Carrefour Spain has received this recognition from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) for the company’s commitment to the environment Madrid – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, March 29, 2022 Alexandre de Palmas, Executive Director of Carrefour Spain has been appointed, for the second consecutive year, as the only national ambassadorfor FSC forests, coinciding with the commemoration of the International Day of Forests. In this way, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) recognises Carrefour’s ongoing commitment to the environment. The presentation of this award took place at El Borril estate in Polán (Toledo), during a day ... Read more

Carrefour enters into a global strategic partnership with Meta

Carrefour today announced the launch of an ambitious strategic partnership with Meta , which will be rolled out across the group’s nine integrated countries (France, Italy, Spain, Romania, Poland, Belgium, Taiwan, Argentina, and Brazil). The partnership will span many aspects of Carrefour’s business from internal communication and employee experience through to customer relations, digital advertising and the digitisation of leaflets, local communication and social commerce. It will include multiple Meta platforms and services: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Workplace. TRANSFORMING THE CARREFOUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE As part of Carrefour’s ambition to deliver the best digital experiences, Meta will integrate Carrefour into ... Read more

Carrefour Pledges to Support Its French Partner Producers to Help Them Through the Economic Consequences of the Frost

A historic frost has ruined – even devastated – agricultural production over hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland. In view of these dramatic consequences, Carrefour is announcing a series of initiatives designed to support its 4000 partners involved in its Carrefour Quality Line, Reflets de France and Carrefour Bio products: Carrefour is pledging to honour all of its commitments to work with its partner producers over three-year periods, thus guaranteeing them as much of an overview as possible over future seasons. Carrefour is pledging to help its partner producers to recover as much of their produce as possible that ... Read more