Where is Carrefour located?

Carrefour ( French pronunciation: [kaʁfuʁ] ⓘ) is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France. The seventh-largest retailer in the world by revenue, it operates a chain of hypermarkets, groceries stores and convenience stores, which, as of December 2021, comprised 13,894 stores in over 30 countries.

Who founded the Carrefour Group?

The group was created in 1958 by Marcel Fournier, Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey, who attended and were influenced by several seminars in the United States led by "the Pope of retail", Bernardo Trujillo . The Carrefour group was the first in Europe to open a hypermarket, a large supermarket, and a department store under the same roof.

How many Carrefour stores are there in France?

In France, Carrefour operates under its name over 230 hypermarkets (from 2500 up to 23000 sq m sales area), 1020 Carrefour Market supermarkets (generally from 1000 up to 4000 sq m), and over 2000 smaller supermarkets and convenience stores under the Carrefour City, Carrefour Contact and Carrefour Express banners.