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Carrefour Express

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Carrefour Express
Company typeConvenience store
IndustryRetail
Founded2007 (International)
2010 (France)
Headquarters
Évry
,
France
Number of locations
2,429
Area served
Europe, Latin America, Asia
ParentCarrefour
Websiteexpress.carrefour.fr

Carrefour Express is a convenience store chain owned and operated by French retailer Carrefour with locations in three continents. Carrefour Express was created in 2007 to consolidate all convenience stores owned by Carrefour worldwide under one name. In 2010, all convenience store operations in France, including Marché Plus, Champion and Shopi were rebranded as Express.[1]

History

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In 2007, the Carrefour Express concept was created to replace almost everywhere in the world the convenience stores owned by the Carrefour Group in locations that have small retail areas. These include Champion, Norte, GB, Globi and Gima.[2]

International locations

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Carrefour Express in Poland
Country First store No. of stores Ref.
Argentina 2007 235 [3]
Belgium 2007 222 [4]
Brazil 2008 133 [3][5]
Cyprus 2009 4 [6][7][8]
France 2010 452 [9]
Italy 2009 591 [10]
Luxembourg 2014 3 [11]
Poland 2007 297 [3]
Romania 2008 56 [12]
Spain 2007 120 [13]
Turkey 2007 189

Belgium

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Belgian retail chain GB opened its first convenience store, GB express, in 1997. In 2000 Carrefour acquired GB from the GIB Group. In 2007 all GB Express locations were rebranded as Carrefour Express.

France

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In France, the chain's goal is to replace all convenience stores owned by Carrefour, that could not be converted to either Carrefour City or Carrefour Contact.

In December 2010, the first Carrefour Express was created in Caen, and a second in January 2011 in Poitiers, the third opened in the 5th arrondissement of Paris.

In April 2013, there were 252 Carrefour Express stores in France. In August 2013, 272 stores.

Italy

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In Italy, the chain Dì per Dì was acquired from Promodès in 2007 and starting late 2009, was rebranded Carrefour Express as part of Carrefour's international reorganization.

Romania

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Carrefour entered the Romanian market after acquiring local retail chain Artima for €52 million in October 2007, with the rebranding taking place in September 2008, nearly a year later. As of 30 December 2013, Carrefour operates 56 supermarkets in Romania.[12]

Spain

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In 2007, the first Carrefour Express was created.

In February 2009, the 100th Carrefour Express opened in Spain.

Turkey

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Since September 2007, Carrefour Express also operates in Turkey, locally named "CarrefourSA Express" with only one letter 's' . As of December 2011, there are a total of 189 stores, located in 37 out of the 81 provinces of Turkey.

Former locations

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Colombia

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There were Carrefour Express stores in Bucaramanga, Bogotá and Pasto.[14] After Carrefour's assets in Colombia were sold to Cencosud, [15] all of the Carrefour Express stores in Colombia became Metro Express. (With the stores in Bogotá later rebranding to Spid in 2021, except for Bucaramanga and Pasto)

Greece

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In the spring of 2007, Carrefour Express acquired all "5' Marinopoulos" from Champion Marinopoulos. On 1 March 2017, they left the Greek market after the acquisition of Marinopoulos by Sklavenitis.

Indonesia

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In January 2008, Carrefour Indonesia acquired 75 percent share of local retailer Alfa Supermarket, creating a new supermarket business chain next to the Carrefour hypermarkets in Indonesia.[16] The name "Alfa" was converted to "Carrefour Express".[17] As of 2019, there were only two Carrefour Express stores in Indonesia: one in Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta and one in Meruya Ilir, West Jakarta. All of these were replaced by the Transmarket brand since 2020. These stores were the first Carrefour supermarkets in Asia.

UAE

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In the summer of 2011, Carrefour MAF began a rebranding and expansion program, with 17[18] Carrefour express stores across the UAE being converted to Carrefour market outlets.[19]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Visseyrias, Mathilde (10 November 2007). "The Champion brand will disappear". Le Figaro (in French).
  2. ^ Visseyrias, Mathilde (10 November 2007). "L'enseigne Champion va disparaître". Le Figaro. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "2012 Annual Activity and Responsible Commitment Report" (PDF). 2012: 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Nos magasins". Carrefour Belgique. Archived from the original on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Carrefour Express: Lojas". Carrefour Brasil (in Portuguese).
  6. ^ "Carrefour Stores". Carrefour Cyprus. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Opening Hours". Carrefour Cyprus. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Carrefour opens new express in Cyprus". Financial Mirror. 13 February 2009. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Nos magasins". Carrefour.fr. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Punti Vendita". Carrefour Italia. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  11. ^ "Luxembourg gets its first Carrefour Express". Carrefour S.A. 21 October 2014. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Despre Grup Carrefour". Carrefour.ro. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  13. ^ "Buscador de Tiendas". Carrefour España. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  14. ^ "Carrefour Express abre en Colombia". Peru-Retail. 21 February 2011.
  15. ^ "La chilena Cencosud le apuesta a la calidad y a lo fresco en tiendas Jumbo". La Republica. 28 June 2013.
  16. ^ "Anti-Monopoly Board Says Carrefour Faces Millions Of Dollars in Fines if Monopolistic Practices Found". 2 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012.
  17. ^ "detik Finance : Alfa Panjang Jiwo Berubah Wajah Jadi Carrefour Express". 4 May 2009. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Carrefour UAE Branches Locations". Darahim.
  19. ^ "New Carrefour Market Supermarket Now Open in Dubai Marina". UAE Today. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
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