History

1959   Carrefour Company was created by the Fournier and Defforey families.

1960   Carrefour opened its first supermarket in Annecy, Haute-Savoie.

1963   Carrefour invested a new store concept – hypermarket. The first hypermarkets were found in 
France.

1969   Carrefour opened its first hypermarket outside France in Belgium.

1970   Carrefour shares listed on the Paris stock exchange.

1975 Carrefour opened its first hypermarket in Brazil.

1979   Development of hard discount: Carrefour created Ed chain in France and Dia banner in Spain.

1985   Carrefour brand-name products were introduced.

1989   The first Carrefour hypermarket opens in Asia, in Taiwan.

1995   Carrefour opened its first store in China by a JV with Zhongchuang Company.

1996   Carrefour continues to grow in Asia, adding Thailand, Korea and Hong Kong to its list.

1999   Carrefour and Promodes merged to create the largest European food retailing group and second largest worldwide. 

2000   After the two groups merge, all Continent hypermarkets become Carrefour stores and supermarkets adopted the Champion name in France. Carrefour launched on- line supermarket shop and opened its first hypermarket in Japan.

2001   Carrefour inaugurated 17 Carrefour service stations on France’s motorway 

 networks and became the largest food retailer in Argentina. 

2002   Carrefour sold its 35% shares of 27 stores in China to Chinese companies due to disobeying the government regulations.  

2003   Carrefour was under fire for imposing unfair charges on food suppliers in June.

2003 Carrefour operates 39 hypermarkets in China and set up ‘GoWest’ plan.

2004 Carrefour announces the sales of its share in Modelo and its purchase of 13   

hypermarkets in Poland from Ahold.

2005 Carrefour acquired 6 hypermarkets in Taiwan and 2 other projects currently from Tesco.

vision

The Carrefour group has one simple ambition; making Carrefour the preferred retailer wherever it operates.

Mission

Carrefour is totally focused on meeting the expectations of its customers. Our mission is to be the benchmark in modern retailing in each of our markets. As a global retailer, Carrefour is committed to enabling as many people as possible to purchase consumer goods, in accordance with the principles of fair trade and sustainable development.