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Carrefour: Atacadão launches “Sans Form” campaign to tackle food wastage

BRAZIL, 2015-11-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Brazil is one of the world's leading producers of fruit and vegetables – but around a third of what it produces is discarded every day. Some of what it throws away is food of a very high quality, but food with imperfections that render it "ugly" and not appealing enough…

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Carrefour awards ten winners of its “Major Climate Challenge For Suppliers”

First international edition of the "Major Climate Challenge For Suppliers", Carrefour rewards ten of its suppliers for what they are doing to curb climate change Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2015-11-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — On 19 and 20 November 2015, Carrefour hosted an event in Paris for the ten winners of its "Major Climate Challenge For Suppliers". An…

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Carrefour rolls out its new CARREFOUR VEGGIE range in all its stores

Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2015-11-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — At a time when consumer trends are becoming increasingly diverse, Carrefour has broken new ground and is releasing its new CARREFOUR VEGGIE range in all its stores. Carrefour is the first French retailer to have an own-brand vegetarian range. An affordable, varied gourmet range “CARREFOUR VEGGIE – Vegetarian cuisine” –…

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Carrefour renews its commitment to the International Labour Organisation (ILO)

Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2015-11-16 — /EPR Retail News/ —  Carrefour has just renewed its commitment to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) by signing the "Global Business and Disability Network" charter. The purpose of the charter is to promote the interests of people with disabilities and to include them through concrete initiatives at international level. An initiative that…

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Carrefour: The very first City convenience store opens at Aéroports de Paris

Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2015-11-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Augustin de Romanet – CEO of Aéroports de Paris – and Georges Plassat – CEO of the Carrefour Group – have just jointly opened the very first City convenience store to be located in a French airport. Based in the Departures lounge of Paris-Orly’s sudden terminal, this new City…

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Carrefour: Increased visibility for 12 SMEs for their commitment to innovation and CSR

Massy, France, 2015-11-12 — /EPR Retail News/ —  Carrefour presents awards to 12 SMEs for their commitment to innovation and CSR On 3 November 2015, Carrefour staged the second edition of the SME Awards, an event designed to reward 12 companies for which innovation, sustainable development and curbing climate change are all central to their growth strategy.…

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Breaking new ground: Carrefour features 500 augmented reality toys in its first ever catalogue in Belgium

BELGIUM, 2015-11-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — Carrefour is breaking new ground: for the first time, it is featuring augmented reality toys in its catalogue in Belgium, introducing a fun and modern angle to all the magic of its fantastic range. The 2015 catalogue was published on Wednesday 14 October and is valid until 5…

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Honey maker won Carrefour “Major climate challenge for suppliers” competition in Poland

POLAND, 2015-11-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sadecki Bartnik, a company that makes honey for distribution under Carrefour’s own brand, has won the "Major climate challenge for suppliers" competition in Poland for its "Let's help the bees – the bees will help us" project. The panel awarded the major prize to the "Let's help the bees…

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Carrefour now with 100 “Market” supermarkets in Romania

Carrefour Romania opened 2 new supermarkets. Timisoara, Romania, 2015-10-21 — /EPR Retail News/ — On September 30th, Carrefour inaugurated a new store in Timisoara. Market Uranus extends over a sales area of 800m², and focuses on a range of approximately 5,000 products. On October 8th 2015, Carrefour opened its first supermarket in Floresti – Cluj, bringing the…

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Carrefour / COP21: Avi Coop. S.c.a (Amadori), won the “Major challenge for Suppliers regarding Climate” in Italy

MILAN, ITALY, 2015-10-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — Avi Coop. S.C.A (Amadori), whose waste recycling and energy consumption reduction initiatives helped it secure first place in a competition involving a total of 651 participating suppliers Within the framework of Carrefour’s official involvement in the COP21 international conference on climate, Avi Coop. S.c.a (Amadori), winner of the…

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Carrefour and the Avril collaborate within the framework of the @SolutionsCOP21 Diet and Climate working group in preparation for COP21

Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2015-10-9 — /EPR Retail News/ — Because what we eat influences our climate, Carrefour and the Avril group have been working together within the framework of the @SolutionsCOP21 Diet and Climate working group in preparation for COP21. Our shared aim? Showcase our concrete solutions upstream of the farming sector to ensure that average global temperatures do…

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Carrefour Foundation donates €100,000 to flood victims in southeastern France

Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2015-10-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — In response to the heavy flooding that has hammered southeastern France over the past 48 hours, the Carrefour Foundation has released €100,000 to provide aid to victims in the Var and Alpes Maritimes departments. This donation to Secours Populaire in France will provide cleaning equipment to the flood…

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Carrefour opened its third Easy Carrefour store in Shanghai

Shanghai, China, 2015-10-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — On September 20, Carrefour officially launched its third Easy Carrefour store in Shanghai. Sitting on Huangjincheng Road 776, Changning District, the store covers a business area of 450 square meters and has over 4,500 items for sale. Easy Carrefour is a signature brand of Carrefour in China…

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Carrefour Poland opened the “Smak Kariery” training centre to train new Carrefour recruits in food preparation

POLAND, 2015-10-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — On September 22, Carrefour Poland opened the "Smak Kariery" training centre exclusively for Carrefour employees. Guillaume de Colonges, Carrefour Poland's Executive Director, and Justyna Orzeł, Head of Human Resources at Carrefour Poland, opened the training centre on September 22. Representatives of Poland's Ministry of Labour and Social Policy who…

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Carrefour gives its customers and stakeholders a look behind the scenes at its stores

Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2015-9-29 — /EPR Retail News/ — This is the first time anything like this has been done in France: a major retailer is giving its customers and stakeholders a look behind the scenes at its stores. This event – branded "J’optimisme – behind the scenes" will run from 5 to 11 October at Carrefour…

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Kingfisher: survey across Europe shows 85 per cent support for better laws that ensure the legality of wood products on the market

LONDON, 2015-9-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Kingfisher plc, in conjunction with over 60 other timber-related business and seven trade federations, has signed an industry statement to secure measures to make the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) fully effective across the EU. Timber is an essential raw material for our business, used in up to 40% of…

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Carrefour CSR Director Bertrand Swiderski presented at Ethos 360° conference in Sao Paulo

SAO PAULO, Brazil, 2015-9-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — Bertrand Swiderski, Group CSR Director,  gave a presentation at the Ethos 360° conference,  the largest conference on sustainable development in Latin America, about Carrefour’s sustainable development policies, notably our actions to fight climate change in stores and transportation. He spoke extensively of Carrefour’s commitments to cut CO2…

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Carrefour becomes the first major retailer to offer its customers an online virtual fitting service

Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2015-9-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — As September gets under way, Carrefour continues to break new ground and has just become the first major retailer to offer its customers an online virtual fitting service. A new technology recently developed by start-up company Fitle and adopted by Carrefour for the launch of its new TEX…

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Carrefour’s Ooshop.com partnering the 19th Parisienne race

Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2015-9-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — Ooshop.com, Carrefour’s online home delivery online sales website, is partnering the 19th Parisienne race and is helping to organise this famous women-only athletics event. Ooshop.com will therefore be welcoming all the runners at its stand in Paris on 11, 12 and 13 September. For more than 16 years now,…

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Carrefour sponsored the sixth edition of one the largest cycling events in Latin America

BRAZIL, 2015-9-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — Carrefour was a sponsor of the sixth edition of one the largest cycling events in Latin America as part of its program, launched this year, to encourage the sport, in line with Carrefour’s support of cycling events elsewhere. The event took place in the cities of Angra dos Reis,…

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Carrefour to acquire 100% of the shares of Rue du Commerce from Altarea Cogedim

Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2015-8-25— /EPR Retail News/ — Carrefour announces that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with Altarea Cogedim for the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Rue du Commerce. With more than 5 million unique visitors per month, Rue du Commerce is a major player in the non-food e-commerce market in France and boasts a…

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Nearly 143 Carrefour stores in Brazil donate products nearing their expiry dates to Food Bank branches in the country

BRAZIL, 2015-8-25— /EPR Retail News/ — Carrefour is putting its retail expertise to good use, as well as the skills of its employees, helping with initiatives designed to tackle food waste. These initiatives include making food donations to charities. In 2014, Carrefour stores donated the equivalent of 88 million meals all around the world. Carrefour is…

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Carrefour expands in Belgium with three new Carrefour express stores to open before the end of summer 2015

BELGIUM, 2015-7-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — Carrefour is continuing to expand in Belgium: before the end of summer 2015, three new Carrefour express stores will have opened to the public. The first will open in Mol, and the others near Leuven and Brussels. This year, several convenience stores have been opened in Belgium, including one…

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Carrefour steps up its efforts to make the start of the autumn term simpler and less expensive

Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 2015-7-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — Carrefour is focusing on getting ready for September with innovative services (like its new Click List platform), useful tips and an extended selection of items at affordable prices. The retailer is stepping up its efforts to make the start of the autumn term simpler and less expensive. NEW SERVICES…

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Carrefour launches two tinned tuna products fished using the pole and line technique; honouring its commitment to promoting responsible fishing

Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 2015-7-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — Carrefour has just announced the launch of two tinned tuna products fished using the pole and line technique which will be going on sale in its Carrefour and Carrefour Market stores. This fishing technique is more selective and prevents unwanted species from being caught, thus helping to preserve…

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Carrefour partners with French Alpine dairy farmers to launch a new PDO Beaufort Chalet d’Alpage Quality Line

Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 2015-7-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — On 2 July 2015, Carrefour joined forces with 3 of the last 18 French Alpine dairy farmers to launch a new PDO Beaufort Chalet d’Alpage Quality Line. The retailer's commitment to preserving traditional know-how and a guarantee for customers that they are getting an authentic product with an…

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Carrefour opens its second Easy Carrefour store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, 2015-7-6 — /EPR Retail News/ — On June 30th 2015, Carrefour launched its second Easy Carrefour store in Shanghai. It is located on Chaling North Road, Xuhui District. Customers said the new format of Carrefour was more convenient, and the shopping atmosphere was more comfortable. Easy Carrefour is outstanding in both pattern and function. Easy…

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Carrefour to fund international mobility grants and support Paris-Dauphine University’s “Campus” initiatives for all students

Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 2015-6-8 — /EPR Retail News/ —  On Wednesday 3 June, Georges Plassat, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Carrefour, signed a partnership agreement alongside Laurent Batsch, President of the Paris-Dauphine University and its Foundation. The purpose of this agreement is to fund international mobility grants and support the University's "Campus" initiatives for all students. Carrefour…

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Carrefour debuts new “Gourmet” Carrefour Market on Corso Europa in Naples

Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 2015-6-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — From 21 May 2015 onwards, you can go shopping at any time of the day and night, seven days a week.  It’s the debut, under the banner of typical products and flavours of Neapolitan cuisine, of the new “Gourmet” Carrefour Market on Corso Europa. To celebrate the opening of…

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