Recent events
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2021
Carrefour Sprint grocery delivery service launches in Paris
Uber and Carrefour launched Carrefour Sprint in Paris, offering grocery delivery through the Uber Eats app with delivery in as little as 15 minutes.
2021
Taiwan fines Carrefour over supplier opening sponsorship fees
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission found that Carrefour violated Article 25 of the Fair Trade Act by collecting new-store opening sponsorship fees from suppliers under existing contract terms and imposed a fine of NT$1.5 million.
2021
Elryan partners with Carrefour for online grocery shopping in Iraq
Iraqi e-commerce platform Elryan.com launched a partnership with Carrefour, expanding its product offering to include grocery items in Iraq. Products are to be delivered within two working days using Elryan's fleet and regional fulfillment centers.
2021
Carrefour Romania and ASE sign a three-year partnership
Carrefour Romania and the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies signed a three-year strategic partnership for professional development projects for Carrefour employees. The partnership begins with the School of Leaders program.
2021
Loop announces expansion into retail stores
Loop announced a move from e-commerce into physical retail with major retailers. The article said the platform would expand into Kroger stores in the United States before the end of 2021 and into Woolworths stores in Australia in 2022.
2021
Carrefour City+ opens checkout-free store in Dubai
Consumers in Dubai can use an app to enter Majid al Futtaim’s Carrefour City+ store in the Mall of the Emirates, select products without scanning them, and pay by mobile phone.
2021
Carrefour opens cashier-less store in Dubai
Carrefour opened Carrefour City+ at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, described as the Middle East's first cashier-less store.
2021
Carrefour launches three-day Mid-Year Sale
Carrefour launched an online Mid-Year Sale in the UAE, offering discounts of up to 75 percent from June 28 to June 30, 2021.
2021
Carrefour begins selling COVID-19 self-test kits at 58 Taiwan locations
Carrefour announced that it would begin selling COVID-19 self-test kits at 58 in-store pharmacies across Taiwan, with stock and sales timing varying by location.
2021
Carrefour announces expansion of direct-sourcing bases
Carrefour said it would build more than 50 direct-sourcing bases in 2021 in Ningxia, Shandong, Xinjiang and Sichuan, among other locations.
2021
Carrefour signs annual fresh-food cooperation agreements
Carrefour signed annual strategic cooperation agreements with 14 domestic fresh-food companies, covering procurement categories including meat, fruit, vegetables and seafood.
2021
Carrefour faces allegations over store-opening fees charged to suppliers
Eleven trade associations complained to Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission after allegations that Carrefour sought store-opening sponsorship fees from suppliers to Wellcome supermarkets and deducted the fees from payments. Carrefour denied using market power to require suppliers to sign, said it would investigate the allegations, and said suppliers could raise contract objections for discussion.
2021
Carrefour completes acquisition of Supersol stores in Spain
Carrefour completed its acquisition of Supersol proximity stores and supermarkets in Spain for a final enterprise value of €78 million. The deal included 172 stores, mainly in Andalusia and the Madrid region.
2021
Carrefour reports 2020 Romanian sales
Carrefour Group announced that its Romanian store chain recorded EUR 2.3 billion in sales in 2020, up 2.1% year over year for similar activities.
2021
Couche-Tard ends Carrefour merger talks
After the French government opposed the proposed transaction, Couche-Tard decided to end merger talks with Carrefour on January 15, according to sources cited in the report.
2020
Carrefour completes acquisition of 224 Taiwan proximity stores
Carrefour announced the closing of its acquisition from Dairy Farm of 224 proximity stores in Taiwan and a warehouse, including 199 Wellcome stores and 25 Jasons stores.
2020
Carrefour withdraws campaign from TVP website
Carrefour withdrew its current advertising campaign from the Polish state broadcaster TVP’s website after a user reported that its ads appeared alongside content described as anti-LGBT+ and homophobic. Carrefour said the content did not reflect its values and that it had stopped the campaign.
2020
Brazilian state sues Carrefour unit over fatal beating
A state attorney in southern Brazil sued a Carrefour unit seeking 200 million reais in damages after security guards beat a Black man to death at one of its stores. The lawsuit also asked a court to shut the Porto Alegre store and called for a plan to combat racism and discriminatory treatment there.
2020
Suning Bangke expands services to Carrefour stores nationwide
Suning Bangke completed its rollout into Carrefour stores nationwide, enabling Carrefour to offer customers home-appliance, digital, home and other services through the platform.
2020
Carrefour and Food-X Technologies announce a Belgium e-commerce partnership
Carrefour Group announced a strategic partnership with Food-X Technologies to develop Carrefour's e-commerce capabilities. The first step is an exclusive agreement for Belgium, where Carrefour planned to integrate Food-X's software by mid-2021.