Cora (hypermarket)
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| Type | Private, SA |
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| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
| Key people | Philippe Bouriez |
| Products | Hypermarkets |
| Parent | Louis Delhaize Group |
| Website | 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.
Operations around the world [edit]
| Country | Number of stores |
|---|---|
 France |
59 |
 Romania |
8 |
 Belgium |
7 |
| French West Indies |
4 |
 Luxembourg |
29 |
As of 2011, Cora has eight hypermarkets in Romania, three of which are in Bucharest, and five more in Arad, Baia Mare, Constanța, Cluj-Napoca and Drobeta-Turnu Severin.
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