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| Company type | S.A |
|---|---|
| Industry |
Hypermarket Supermarket |
| Founded | 1961, France |
| Divisions | Continent Champion Shopi Dia |
Promodès is a former French group of retailers. It was owned up to 56% by the Halley family. Paul-Auguste Halley, which was a simple grocer in the Manche in the 1950s, had the idea of importing the concept of supermarkets in France.
With his two sons, Paul-Louis and Robert, he founded the group Promodis (future Promodès) in 1961 in Caen (Calvados) by combining several Norman families of wholesalers: the Halley's, the Duval-Lemonnier and the Marette.
From the 1960s, the group grows rapidly in Europe and internationally in Belgium in 1969, Spain in 1973, Brazil in 1975, and the United States ( Red Food) in 1979. [1]
Merger with Carrefour
In 1999, Paul-Louis Halley announced the merger between the groups Promodes and Carrefour making the biggest retail group in Europe and the second in the world after Wal-Mart.
After an exchange of shares, the Halley family became the largest shareholder in the new group with a 13% stake of Group Carrefour. [2]
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| This article needs additional citations for
verification. (February 2011) |
| Company type | S.A |
|---|---|
| Industry |
Hypermarket Supermarket |
| Founded | 1961, France |
| Divisions | Continent Champion Shopi Dia |
Promodès is a former French group of retailers. It was owned up to 56% by the Halley family. Paul-Auguste Halley, which was a simple grocer in the Manche in the 1950s, had the idea of importing the concept of supermarkets in France.
With his two sons, Paul-Louis and Robert, he founded the group Promodis (future Promodès) in 1961 in Caen (Calvados) by combining several Norman families of wholesalers: the Halley's, the Duval-Lemonnier and the Marette.
From the 1960s, the group grows rapidly in Europe and internationally in Belgium in 1969, Spain in 1973, Brazil in 1975, and the United States ( Red Food) in 1979. [1]
Merger with Carrefour
In 1999, Paul-Louis Halley announced the merger between the groups Promodes and Carrefour making the biggest retail group in Europe and the second in the world after Wal-Mart.
After an exchange of shares, the Halley family became the largest shareholder in the new group with a 13% stake of Group Carrefour. [2]