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Carrefour SA
CA · XBRU · Grocery Stores · France
Carrefour SA is a leading French multinational retail corporation, renowned as one of the world's largest food retailers. Founded in 1959, it pioneered the hypermarket format in Europe with its first store opening in 1963 in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, near Paris, and has since expanded to operate over 15,000 stores across more than 40 countries. The company manages a diverse portfolio of formats, including hypermarkets, supermarkets like Carrefour Market, convenience stores such as Shopi and Marché Plus, discount chains like Dia and Ed, cash-and-carry outlets like Promocash, and club stores, alongside robust e-commerce platforms and service stations. Headquartered in Massy, France, Carrefour generates nearly half its revenue from its home market while maintaining strong presences in Europe, Latin America (notably Brazil via Atacadão), and other regions in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. It also engages in financial services, banking, insurance, property development, and franchise operations. Through initiatives like Act for Food, Carrefour emphasizes sustainable, healthy, and locally sourced products, private-label innovation, and omnichannel accessibility to meet evolving consumer demands for quality and environmental responsibility. With around 325,000 employees, it plays a pivotal role in the global consumer staples distribution sector, adapting through strategic acquisitions, divestitures, and digital transformation.
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Grocery Stores
Consumer Defensive sector · France
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Processed Food Supply Chain
The processed food supply chain is shaped by three root constraints: ingredient sourcing complexity where a single product may contain 20 to 50 ingredients from a dozen countries with each ingredient carrying its own supply chain, food safety regulation where every facility, process, and ingredient must meet standards and a contamination event at any point triggers recalls across the entire distribution chain, and shelf life engineering where formulations are designed to last weeks to months but require specific preservatives, packaging, and storage conditions — making the recipe itself a supply chain constraint.
Beef Supply Chain
The beef supply chain is shaped by three root constraints: a biological growth cycle that delays production response by 18 to 24 months, a cold chain dependency that requires unbroken refrigeration from slaughter through retail, and processing concentration where four companies handle roughly 85% of US beef — a structure driven by the capital intensity and regulatory burden of large-scale slaughter facilities.