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  • Carrefour opens a second BIO store in Warsaw, Poland

    Carrefour opens a second BIO store in Warsaw, Poland

    Carrefour Polska is developing the format of certified organic food stores. On June 16, just over half a year after Carrefour BIO’s debut on the Polish market, the chain opens another store in this concept.

    The new, expanded facility is located in Warsaw’s Bemowo at ul. Pełczyńskiego 5 and offers its clients approximately 2.600 products.

    In the Carrefour BIO store offer, almost 90% of the products are certified.

    There are also gluten-free, lactose-free, no added sugar, diet, vegan or vegetarian products.

    Thanks to the sales area of the store increased to 200 m2 at ul. Pełczyńskiego 5 in Warsaw

    Customers can also choose from 2.300 packed products, including 330 Carrefour BIO products, which is highly rated for excellent value for money.

  • Carrefour and Google launched the voice grocery shopping

    Carrefour and Google launched the voice grocery shopping

    Carrefour and Google launched in France a new voice-based e-commerce grocery shopping experience within the framework of their strategic partnership signed in June 2018.

    Carrefour is the first retailer in the world to offer its customers the new integrated voice shopping service on the Google Assistant.

    Based on a combination of advanced technologies, this innovative service simplifies and personalizes the grocery shopping experience.

    This integration enabled a triple innovation:

    • the Google Assistant allows the user to add items to their shopping list by voice using common words such as butter, milk and cheese. Because the Assistant is connected to Carrefour’s e-commerce inventory, it is then able to convert that list into a cart of products available for sale on carrefour.fr;
    • the conversion is customized, so the specific items added to the shopping cart by the Google Assistant reflect the user’s product preferences as closely as possible, while leaving the user free to delete, modify or add products as they wish;
    • once the shopping cart is confirmed on the Google Assistant, the customer moves seamlessly to Carrefour’s e-commerce site to finalize their order, confirm their slot and delivery method (drive, drive piéton or home delivery), pay and take advantage of their loyalty benefits.
  • Carrefour will acquire 199 Wellcome Taiwan stores

    Carrefour will acquire 199 Wellcome Taiwan stores

    The transaction between Carrefour hand Dairy Farm involves 224 proximity stores in quality locations (199 Wellcome – average sales area of 420 sq.m – and 25 Jasons – average sales area of 820 sq. m) as well as a warehouse (including ownership of the real estate and land).

    The transaction’s enterprise value is 97 million euros. Wellcome Taiwan posted net sales of around 390 million euros in 2019.

    This acquisition allows Carrefour to accelerate its development in Taiwan in the fast-growing proximity format. Carrefour will thus become the local number 2 in this format. 

    Carrefour currently operates 137 stores in Taiwan, including 69 proximity stores under the Market banner. The Group posted net sales in the country of 1,968 million euros, EBITDA of 209 million euros and recurring operating income of 83 million euros in 2019.

    Wellcome will become Carrefour Market

    Carrefour plans to convert the Wellcome stores to the Market banner within 12 months after the closing of the transaction, and then convert Jasons stores to a Carrefour premium banner.

    The converted stores will benefit from Carrefour’s commercial policy and purchasing conditions. The Group plans to improve commercial density and optimize the cost structure.

  • Carrefour stores to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30% till 2030

    Carrefour stores to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30% till 2030

    In 2015, Carrefour made a commitment to reduce its store-related carbon footprint by 40% by 2025 (vs. 2010). Since 2019, this reduction is already of 39%.

    Carrefour is committed to going further by working together with its customers and suppliers to improve the way we produce and consume: more local, eco-designed, reducing packaging, more vegetable proteins.

    For its stores, Carrefour has set the target of cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% between now and 2030 and by 55% between now and 2040 (compared with 2019 levels).

    Gas, electricity and refrigerants used in store are the retailer’s main sources of direct emissions of greenhouse gas.

    As for production of goods by suppliers Carrefour wants to reduce emissions linked to the purchase of goods and services by 30% by 2030, compared to 2019.

    This corresponds to a reduction of 20 megatons of CO2 in collaboration with its suppliers, by offering more plant-based alternatives, local products or by reducing the use of packaging and plastic;

    As for product use by customers, the retailer will reduce product-related emissions – fuels and electronics – by 27.5% by 2030, compared to 2019, by offering decarbonated alternatives and eco-designed products.

    Downstream freight transport of goods: Reduce CO2 emissions related to downstream transport by 20% by 2030, compared to 2019, by optimizing logistics models and developing alternatives to the use of diesel

    Carrefour plans to triple the fleet of biomethane trucks in France by 2022 (332 trucks by the end of 2019).