Since 1975, the Carrefour Brazil Group has opened paths which converge towards transformation in the country
The history of the Grupo Carrefour began with a street meeting. It was at a point where two streets crossed in the municipality of Annecy, in southeastern France, that the first unit came into being. The year was 1959 and the name of the establishment founded there was chosen precisely because of its location: Carrefour, which in French means “intersection”. Since then, many other paths have converged along the group’s trajectory, which is present in more than 30 countries and arrived in Brazil in 1975 with the opening of the first Carrefour hypermarket, in São Paulo. See below a summary of the history of the Grupo Carrefour Brasil, highlighting the main events of Atacadão and Carrefour:
1975
First Carrefour hypermarket in São Paulo
1989
Launch of the Carrefour credit card
2007
Acquisition of Atacadão
2012
Partnership with Itaú Unibanco to operate Banco Carrefour
2014
- First Express store in São Paulo
- Península acquires 10% of the Grupo Carrefour Brasil
2015
First food retailer present in all Brazilian states
2016
- Launch of Atacadão financial solutions
- Launch of Carrefour non-food electronic commerce
2017
- Launch of Carrefour food electronic commerce
- IPO of Carrefour Brasil
2018
2020
Accelerated expansion at Atacadão: acquisition of 30 Makro stores
2021
Opening of the 250 Atacadão store
2022
Grupo Carrefour Brasil becomes the undisputed leader in Brazilian food retail through the acquisition of Grupo BIG
