Carrefour news

DIA has launched Al Punto a private label range of ready meals. Furthermore, Carrefour has partnered with IKEA to enable the collection of products at Carrefour collection points. Meanwhile, Mercadona declared its recent investment has been dedicated to two of its strategic pillars and Ahorramás invoiced a record breaking €1.543 bn in 2019. DIA adds Al Punto ready meal range DIA has laun...

As Carrefour acquires an organic specialist in France and expands its online delivery options in Poland, we round up new initiatives from the retailer in Europe. Carrefour acquires organic specialist in France… Carrefour has acquired the Bioazur chain of five stores through its So.bio subsidiary. Bioazur operates stores in the southwest of France and helps build its presence in the organic ...

Following developments in France, Italy, Netherlands and Germany, we round up developments from buying alliance across the region. Carrefour and Tesco reduce scope of joint private label buying According to reports in France-based trade publication LSA, following on from a similar step from the Horizon purchasing group, Carrefour and Tesco have committed to limiting the scope of their joint...

Seizing the current “small and beautiful” retail trend in the country, Carrefour launched its first fresh food community store in Shanghai on 30 September. Fresh food and community focused store Situated at No. 1157, Zhonghua New Road, Shanghai, the store occupies an area of approximately 430 square meters. The store carries around 3,000 SKUs, with a focus on fresh products. The range of...

As Crai plans to continue its expansion plans throughout 2020 as Carrefour and Decathlon launch a partnership to offer shoppers more sport and well-being products in Milan and Esselunga releases H1 results, we round up news from the market. Esselunga sees sales advance slightly in H1 Esselunga said sales rose 0.9% to €4.06 bn in the first half of the financial year, helped by the opening of...

Vancouver-based Food X Technologies has signed a strategic partnership with Carrefour Group to accelerate the retailer’s ecommerce capabilities. Integration of Food X technologies by mid-2021 The partnership with Food X Technologies has been formed to support Carrefour in increasing the productivity and profitability of its ecommerce operating systems while enhancing its digital customer e...

As Carrefour continues to drive change across its operations in Europe, we round up developments from France, Belgium, Italy, Poland, and Spain. Carrefour France enjoyed a good summer In an interview with local trade publication LSA, the managing director of Carrefour France, Rami Baitiéh, discussed the retailer’s performance over summer 2020, given the challenging operating environment. Ba...

As Carrefour looks to drive online growth and add further digital solutions in-store, we look at four developments from its operations in France, Poland and Romania. Carrefour’s first robotic pedestrian drive enters service in Paris Carrefour has recently introduced its first robotic pedestrian drive in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. The system behind the pedestrian drive has been deploy...

As it looks to strengthen its position as the second largest retailer in Spain, Carrefour has acquired 172 supermarkets and convenience stores in the country. Stores to grow presence in key areas… Carrefour has bought the 172 Supersol stores for €78m from the Maxima Group, expanding its presence in the key markets of Andalusia and Madrid. It said the stores had generated net sales in the re...

Carrefour reported Q2 results as like-for-like (LFL) sales increased by 6.3%. The strong results were driven by the good performance and omnichannel strategy in most markets including Spain, Belgium and Brazil. Q2: atypical activity due to COVID-19, convenience +19.0% LFL The multi format and omnichannel model confirmed its resilience and adaptation to the various shopper needs during the d...