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Founded | 1970 |
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Headquarters | , |
Products | Hypermarket |
Parent | Groupe Casino |
Website | www.geantcasino.fr |
Géant Casino (French pronunciation: [ʒeɑ̃ kɑzino]) is a hypermarket chain based in Saint-Étienne, France, part of the French retailing giant Groupe Casino.
As of February 2016, it had 120 stores in France.[1]
Géant was opened its first hypermarket in 1970. In Dec 2015, Géant Casino had about 142 hypermarkets all over the world. The concept is, like most hypermarkets, to have all kinds of items available under one roof. A loyalty card system has been introduced by Géant, with a price discount on certain groceries. There are over two million Géant card-holders.
Géant Casino is the fifth largest hypermarket chain in the world and the fourth largest in France after Carrefour, E.Leclerc and Auchan.[citation needed]
Country | First store | Stores |
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France | 1970 | 120 |
Martinique | 1997 | 2 |
Djibouti | 2017 | 1 |
Uruguay | 1999 | 2 |
Qatar | 2013 | 1 |
Tunisia | 2005 | 1 |
Guadeloupe | 2010 | 1 |
Guyane | 2010 | 1 |
Wallis-et-Futuna | 2012 | 4 |
Fu-Com joined with Groupe Casino to bring the Géant hypermarket brand to the Middle East where Géant opened its first store in Bahrain in May 2001. A store was opened in Dubai in 2005 and one in Abu Dhabi in 2015 at Yas Mall. Géant expanded its operations to Kuwait by opening a store in 2005 in Kuwait City.
Acquisition by Majid Al Futtaim Group
In 2017, Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim Group bought 26 Geant hypermarkets in the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait by acquiring the Geant franchise owner Retail Arabia from BMA International for an undisclosed amount. The acquired stores were rebranded as Carrefour and Carrefour Market depending on their store format or size.
In Qatar, Groupe Casino joined with local supermarket chain Al Meera to open a hypermarket in Hyatt Plaza, and to sell Casino products in Al Meera stores.
1970 - 1992 | 1992 - 2007 (still used in Uruguay) | 2007–2015 | 2015–present |
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