Carrefour opens supermarkets in Serbia

- French Carrefour, the largest market chain in Europe and the second largest in the world, and Greek company Marinopoulos plan to soon open numerous hypermarkets and supermarkets in the Balkans - people from that company confirmed for newspaper 24 Sata.

- Thanks to long-time successful cooperation, Carrefour and Marinopoulos have decided to form a joint venture with the aim of opening Carrefour hypermarkets and supermarkets in the Balkans. We plan to expand to Serbia, Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia - people from Carrefour told 24 Sata.

When asked when and in what cities in Serbia they plan to offer their services, people from Carrefour were unable to give a specific answer, but what is for sure is that 60% of the company would be owned by the Frenchmen, while the rest would be in the possession of Carrefour-Marinopoulos, the joint venture formed 17 years ago.

- By opening a new branch, we would take a step forward in the Balkans' market, which is quite promising - said the people from the company whose headquarters is in Paris.

The announcement of the French company's arrival did not upset people in Serbia's biggest market chain Delta Maxi.

- We do not fear competition. It is always welcome because it makes us be even better. We are a modern European market chain with the network stretching outside the borders of our country. With the standards that we set in Serbia, we can open a store in any city in Europe. At any moment, consumers can trust us, the quality of our service, assortment of products. If we did not do business like that, every new market chain would beat us - people from Delta Maxi told 24 Sata.

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