Carrefour officially begins operations in Cyprus

Carrefour, the French multinational retailing giant has officially launched its operations in Cyprus from Monday promising to deliver everyday low prices, vast choice, superior quality and the unbelievable special offers.
Carrefour is the number one retailer in Europe and the world’s second largest, with a presence in 29 countries with 12,078 retail stores employing 436,000 people.
Following the acquisition of Chris Cash & Carry, Carrefour currently has nine stores on the island – five hypermarkets and four supermarkets. Hypermarkets in Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos have been upgraded and re-named from Chris Cash and Carry to Carrefour.
Two new hypermarkets are set to open in Nicosia, in Athalassa and Engomi in 2007.
The French company, which opened its first supermarket in Annecy, Haute-Savoire, in 1959, utilises the formats of the hypermarket, supermarket, hard discount and convenience store.
Since 1995, Carrefour has put in place an ambitious policy governing packaging used with Carrefour brand products. The policy emphasises the reduction of packaging weight, recyclability and the elimination of substances presenting a potential environmental risk.
Carrefour tries to buy locally in every country of operation. “This policy reduces the length of supply chains, in turn minimising their environmental impact,” states the company website.
Over recent years, food safety has become of primary concern to consumers. Carrefour has always made a priority of guaranteeing the supply of safe products to its customers with product trace-ability, the testing of the bacteriological quality of products offered for sale and a fast and effective product recall procedure.