Carrefour Planet
Carrefour Planet is a hypermarket chain concept owned by the Carrefour Group.
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| Type | Hypermarket |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Belgium, France, Greece, Spain |
| Parent | Carrefour Group |
| Website | carrefour |
Carrefour Planet was created as a new-generation hypermarket, the hypermarkets were divided into 8 centers ; marché (Market), bio, surgélés (frozen food), beauté (beauty), mode, bébé (baby), maison (home) and loisirs-multimédia (leisure-multimedia) and proposed services such as day care, a barbershop or hairdressing services.
History
In 2010, the first stores were tested in France in Écully, Vénissieux and Lattes, in Spain in El Pinar and in Belgium in Mont-Saint-Jean.
In 2011, in France, 6 regular Carrefour hypermarkets became Carrefour Planet in Essonne, La Ville-du-Bois, Les Ulis, Villabé Athis-Mons, Vitrolles and Wasquehal.
In July 2011, the first Carrefour Planet was opened in Paderno Dugnano, Italy of 13,000 square meters.[1]
In 2012, it was announced that the transformation from Carrefour to Carrefour Planet costs too much, as a result Carrefour stops further process of converting Carrefour hypermarkets, hypermarkets already converted to Planet stays as-is but loses the Planet sign in France.
As of August 2013, there are still 15 Carrefour Planet stores in Belgium,[2] 1 in Greece and 1 in Italy.
See also
References
- "Carrefour ouvre un Planet en Italie". Site des marques. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- "Nos magasins | Carrefour, market, express". Archived from the original on 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2013-08-03.