Cora (hypermarket)
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| Type | SA |
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| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
| Key people | Philippe Bouriez |
| Products | Hypermarkets |
| Parent | Louis Delhaize Group |
| Website | www.cora.fr |
Cora is a retail group based in Belgium which owns several supermarket and hypermarket chains internationally. Formed in 1974, the corporation's brands include Match, Profi, Truffaut, Ecomax, Animalis, Sovena and Houra, as well as Cora-branded hypermarkets.
The name comes from the Greek goddess Persephone (Roman: Proserpina) who is also known as Cora.
[edit] Cora around the world
Cora hypermarkets can be found in:
France (including Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana)
Belgium
Romania
Hungary
Luxembourg
In Hungary the company has seven hypermarkets, three in the Budapest municipality (Budakalász, Fót, Törökbálint), and four in other cities(Miskolc,Debrecen,Szolnok,Szeged). As of 2011, Cora has six hypermarkets in Romania, three of which are in Bucharest, and two more under construction in Arad and Constanţa.
[edit] Statistics
| Country | Number of stores |
| France | 59 |
| Belgium | 7 |
| Hungary | 7 |
| Romania | 6 |
| French West Indies | 4 |
| Luxembourg | 2 |
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