Hypercacher (pronounced [ipɛʁkaʃɛʁ]; also Hyper Cacher or HyperCacher; translated as "Hyper Kosher") [1] is a chain of kosher supermarkets in France and Italy.
There are branches in and around Paris ( Porte de Vincennes, rue de Manin, rue de l'Ourcq, La Villette, rue Bayen, rue Jean-de-la-La-Fontaine, Montreuil, Créteil, Sarcelles, Saint Gratien), as well as in Nice and Rome. [2] [3]
The first branch was opened in March 1992 in Montreuil, and branches have been opened from that date until 2013. [4] The company's president is Michel Emsalem. [4]
On 9 January 2015, Islamist terrorist Amedy Coulibaly held several hostages at gunpoint at the Porte de Vincennes branch in the eastern suburbs of Paris. [1] [5] Four hostages were murdered by Coulibaly, who was then killed by police. [6]
Some of those saved were saved by Lassana Bathily, a Muslim of Malian descent, who hid them in the basement of the shop. [7]
Hypercacher (pronounced [ipɛʁkaʃɛʁ]; also Hyper Cacher or HyperCacher; translated as "Hyper Kosher") [1] is a chain of kosher supermarkets in France and Italy.
There are branches in and around Paris ( Porte de Vincennes, rue de Manin, rue de l'Ourcq, La Villette, rue Bayen, rue Jean-de-la-La-Fontaine, Montreuil, Créteil, Sarcelles, Saint Gratien), as well as in Nice and Rome. [2] [3]
The first branch was opened in March 1992 in Montreuil, and branches have been opened from that date until 2013. [4] The company's president is Michel Emsalem. [4]
On 9 January 2015, Islamist terrorist Amedy Coulibaly held several hostages at gunpoint at the Porte de Vincennes branch in the eastern suburbs of Paris. [1] [5] Four hostages were murdered by Coulibaly, who was then killed by police. [6]
Some of those saved were saved by Lassana Bathily, a Muslim of Malian descent, who hid them in the basement of the shop. [7]