Wei ZhangFood
Hackers Raise Fridge Temperatures Across 400 French Supermarkets
Attackers forced cooling units to 50 degrees Celsius overnight, destroying tens of millions of euros in stock across major grocery chains.
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Aiko TanakaFood
Carrefour Returns to India with 50,000-Square-Foot Greater Noida Flagship
The French grocer has partnered with Dubai-based Apparel Group to open its first Indian retail store a decade after closing its wholesale operations.
Rajiv MenonGeneral
Carrefour’s Flash 10/10 c-store deploys avatars and AI to speed purchases
Carrefour open Flash 10/10, its next-generation test store, on 24 November in Paris’ eleventh arrondissement. This new convenience store – developed in collaboration and exclusively with Californian start-up AiFi – uses technology that has never been seen…
Minjun ParkGeneral
Digital and data central as French retailer Carrefour speeds up turnaround
French supermarket group Carrefour on Tuesday, € 3 billion (3.47 million) between 2022 and 2026 to strengthen digital commerce expansion and increase profits in line with Boss Alexandre Bomper’s future strategic plans. I promised to spend $ 10,000).…
Sarah ChenStartups
Uber, Carrefour Expand Partnership To Speed Up Deliveries In Paris
U.S.-based ride-hailing app owner Uber Technologies and Europe’s largest retailer Carrefour are to launch a new rapid grocery delivery service in Paris, extending their 18-month partnership, the two companies said on Tuesday. Carrefour Sprint will offer a…
Rajiv MenonGeneral
Couche-Tard drops $20bn Carrefour takeover plan
Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard has dropped its €16.2bn ($19.6bn) bid to acquire European retailer Carrefour SA after the takeover plan ran into stiff opposition from the French government, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. The…
Minjun ParkGeneral
Carrefour starts rebranding Wellcome stores in Taiwan
Carrefour SA said Tuesday they have agreed to buy Wellcome Taiwan from Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd. to accelerate its expansion. The deal includes 224 proximity stores as well as a warehouse and its overall enterprise value is EUR97 million…
Maria SantosFood
Carrefour launches new pet-store concept
French supermarket chain Carrefour has launched a new pet store concept in Paris, in collaboration with Invivo Retail’s pet care brand Noa. The new 190sqm shop-in-shop opens at the Saint-Brice-sous-Foret hypermarket to the north of the city, featuring a broad…
Maria SantosFood
Carrefour China set to open 100 more restaurants
Supermarket operator Carrefour China plans to open 100 restaurants at its existing stores. The first outlet of Carrefour restaurant chain Mr Fu has opened at its Gubei branch in Shanghai, followed by a second in Chongqing. “With more than 2000 products in a…
Aiko TanakaFood
Dairy Farm sells Wellcome Taiwan to Carrefour
Hong Kong-headquartered Dairy Farm is to sell its Wellcome Taiwan grocery retail business to Carrefour, with settlement later this year after regulatory approvals have been granted. The deal – worth about €97 million – includes about 224 stores and…
Wei ZhangGeneral
Carrefour China achieves its first quarterly profit in seven years
Carrefour China has achieved its first quarterly profit in seven years according to the Tian Rui, CEO of Suning Group, which bought the former French hypermarket group last September. During the past five months, the Carrefour China business has improved its…
Wei ZhangGeneral
Carrefour Easy store opens inside Suning branch
Convenience-store Carrefour Easy has opened inside Chinese retailer Suning.com’s Shanghai Zhongshan store, marking the latest step towards integrating the two retail businesses. With sales areas ranging from 100sqm to 250sqm, Carrefour Easy has been building…
Sarah ChenFood
Carrefour acquires lunch delivery service Dejbox
Supermarket giant Carrefour Group has acquired lunch delivery service, Dejbox, expanding its online grocery service to ready-to-eat meals and the B2E market. “This acquisition, which reflects Carrefour’s desire to become the leader in grocery e-commerce, is a…
Sarah ChenGeneral
Carrefour Taiwan launches Asia’s first private-label cage-free eggs
Carrefour Taiwan has launched its first line of private label cage-free eggs, responding to growing consumer demands for sustainable products. The range, originating from an Asian retailer at its Neihu Store in Taipei’s north, marks another step in the…
Aiko TanakaGeneral
Suning.com to open 200 stores inside Carrefour China hypermarkets
Suning.com plans to open more than 200 stores inside Carrefour China hypermarkets later this month. The store rollout follows Suning.com’s acquisition of an 80-per-cent controlling interest in the Carrefour China business last June, a deal approved by Chinese…
Aiko TanakaGeneral
Carrefour China business Sold
Suning is to buy an 80 percent controlling stake in Carrefour China for €620 million (RMB 4.8 billion). The first Carrefour China supermarket was opened in 1995 when the French company was one of the first foreign retailers to enter the market. Currently, it…