date:Mar 19, 2014
investment It allows backup network proximity and the maintenance of jobs with the transfer of 452 employees, Coop Alsace said in a statement back in January.
French retail magazine LSA say that less than half of the 128 Coop Alsace stores will switch to either the Carrefour City or Carrefour Express branding.
Carrefour was preferred to one of its primary rivals, the Casino Group, which had earlier in the year also been involved in acquisition talks with Coop Alsace.
The Strasbourg-based Coop