Carrefour Express

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]

Carrefour Express
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

History

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 has small retail area. These include Champion, Norte, GB, Globi and Gima.[2]

International locations
Carrefour Express in Poland
CountryFirst storeNo. of storesRef.
Argentina2007235[3]
Belgium2007222[4]
Brazil2008133[3][5]
Cyprus20094[6][7][8]
France2010452[9]
Italy2009591[10]
Luxembourg20143[11]
Poland2007297[3]
Romania200856[12]
Spain2007120[13]
Turkey2007189

Belgium

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

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 is created in Caen, and a second in January 2011 in Poitiers, the third opened in 5th arrondissement of Paris.

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

Italy

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

Romania

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

In 2007, the first Carrefour Express was created.

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

Turkey

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

UAE

In the summer of 2011, Carrefour MAF began a rebranding and expansion program with 17[14] Carrefour express stores across the UAE being converted to Carrefour market outlets.[15]

Greece

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

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 was replaced by the Transmarket brand since 2020.

These Carrefour express were the first Carrefour's supermarket in Asia; earlier there were only Carrefour hypermarkets in Asian countries.

See also

References
  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. "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. "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 UAE Branches Locations". Darahim.
  15. "New Carrefour Market Supermarket Now Open in Dubai Marina". UAE Today. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  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.
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