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Géant Casino
Founded1970
Headquarters
Saint-Étienne
,
France
ProductsHypermarket
ParentGroupe Casino
Websitegeantcasino.fr

Géant Casino (French pronunciation: [ʒeɑ̃ kɑzino]) part of French retailing giant Groupe Casino, is a European hypermarket chain and is based in France.

History

A Géant hypermarket in Narbonne, France.

Géant was created in 1970, and as of June 2013 has about 130 hypermarkets all over the world. The concept is to have all kinds of items available under one roof. The Géant card system has been introduced which rewards customers for the chain's loyalty. There are over two million Géant card-holders today.

Géant Casino is recognised as the 5th largest hypermarket chain in the world and the fourth largest in France after Carrefour, E.Leclerc and Auchan.

Géant in different parts of the world

Country First store Stores
France France 1970 120
Martinique Martinique 1997 2
Uruguay Uruguay 1999 1
Bahrain Bahrain 2001 2
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 2005 1
Kuwait Kuwait 2005 1
Tunisia Tunisia 2005 1
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 2010 1
French Guiana Guyane 2010 1

Middle East

Fu-Com joined hands with Groupe Casino, to bring the Géant hypermarket brand to the Middle-East for the first time.

In May 2001, Géant opened its first store in Bahrain and in Dubai in 2005.

Closed

  •  Lebanon: Géant had 1 hypermarket in Lebanon, it was bought in late 2008 by Sultan Trading Center, and was replaced by TSC mega.
  •  Poland: Géant had 12 hypermarkets in Poland, they were bought in late 2007 and early 2008 by German company Metro AG and replaced with Real.
  •  Republic of China: Géant had several hypermarket locations in Taiwan as a joint venture with another Taiwanese company. After Géant pulled out of the country, the existing hypermarkets were renamed a.mart.
  •  Saudi Arabia: Géant operated several hypermarkets in the kingdom until 2009 when it was sold to rival Hyper Panda by the local franchisée partner of Géant France.

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See also

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