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Carrefour Group is a multi-format network operating in the food sector for all.
History
2021
Investing €3 billion in digital trade
On November 9, 2021, the French supermarket chain Carrefour announced the investment of €3 billion between 2022 and 2026 in expanding digital trade. These investments have become a key element of the new strategic plan, which is being worked on by retail manager Alexander Bompar.
According to a representative of Europe's largest food retailer, the announced investment is 50% more than Carrefour's similar expenses since 2018 in the amount of about €600 million per year. As a result, the company raises the total annual investment to €1.7 billion, which corresponds to a higher limit of the range of €1.5 - €1.7 billion, announced in early 2021.
Accelerating e-commerce, increasing data and retail media, digitalizing financial services will be one of the main drivers of Carrefour's promotion on the Internet. The promotion of e-commerce, in particular through express delivery and innovative services, is designed to provide Europe's largest food retailer with an advantage over its competitor in the market, Amazon.
Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO Alexander Bompar, who has been the head of the company since July 2017, was re-elected for a new three-year term. He has the task of carrying out the second stage of the Carrefour transformation without additional financial resources, which would be provided with two unsuccessful transactions in 2021, one with Canadian Couche-Tard and one with French Auchan. At the beginning of November 2021, Carrefour occupies 19% of the market in France, Auchan - 8.9%, and Leclerc - about 21%. Bompard is expected to present his new strategic plan in early 2022. The company published a medium-term plan for the development of e-commerce to strengthen online trading and the value of the French retailer Carrefour increased by 0.7%.[1]
Yandex has agreed to deliver products from Carrefour supermarkets in Dubai by robots
On November 3, 2021 Yandex announced the conclusion from the contract with one of the largest operators of shopping centers, retail trade and rest in the Middle East, in Africa and Central AziiMajid of Al Futtaim. The agreement concerns the development of technologies for unmanned delivery of goods in Dubai.
According to the terms of the agreement, products from Carrefour stores in Dubai will be delivered by Yandex robots. Customers will be able to track the movement of the robot with their order in real time in the MAF Carrefour application. Thus, Carrefour will be the first grocery retailer to use unmanned robots to deliver orders in the region. More details here.
Withdrawal of 29 types of ice cream from sale due to carcinogen contamination
In August 2021, the Carrefour supermarket chain published a list of 29 varieties of own-brand ice cream that it intends to remove from its establishments due to contamination with "carcinogenic" ethylene oxide. These products are added to a long list published last month and affected ice cream brands Nestlé and Mars.
2019: More than 12 thousand stores
As of January 2019, the Carrefour Group chain covers more than 12 thousand stores in more than 30 countries. Serves 105 million customers worldwide.
2017: Revenue - 88.24 billion euros
In 2017, the group's revenue reached 88.24 billion euros. And the number of employees in the group exceeds 380,000.
2011: Over 15,500 stores
As of December 2011, Carrefour, To Europe the world's leading retail operator, has more than 15,500 stores and more than 495,000 employees working in 35 countries. For more than forty years, Carrefour has been a partner in the daily lives of more than twenty million buyers in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Carrefour Group combines a variety of store formats: hypermarkets, supermarkets, discounters, 24-hour and small wholesale stores. The company constantly strives to meet consumer preferences and ensure the lowest prices for products and services offered. By performing more than 3 billion cash transactions per year, Carrefour Group builds its activities on the principles of economic, social and environmental responsibility to society, guarantees the quality of goods and their safety for buyers.
2008: Turnover - 97.6 billion euros
In 2008, the turnover of the Carrefour group amounted to 97.6 billion euros (including VAT).
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