Carrefour is selling its subsidiary in Portugal
Adeus Portugal! Carrefour prepares to leave Portugal. According to our information, the number two global distribution has taken the decision to sell the 524 hard discount stores it operates locally under the brand Minipre?o. The French group is preparing to start the transfer process. Contacted by Le Figaro, his spokeswoman declined to make comment. The Portuguese are attached to Minipre?o Dia hard discount branch of Carrefour.
Last year, its turnover reached 915 million euros, down 0.9% compared to 2008. This development has been permitted by opening 26 new outlets. At comparable number of stores, sales fell 6.8%. If it was buckled, this sale would mean the end of the adventure Carrefour Portugal, where the group was present since 1990.In July 2007, the group had already sold for 662 million euros twelve hypermarkets, whose turnover reached 530 million euros so.