Global supermarket chain Carrefour and Greek company Marinopoulos have decided to develop hypermarkets and supermarkets under the Carrefour franchise in the Balkans. "We plan to expand in Serbia, Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Slovenia. By opening a new branch, we would take a step forward in the Balkan market, which is quite promising" stated Carrefour's representatives. They could not specify the starting day for launching their operations, but pointed out that the new company would be 60% owned by the French company, while the rest would be in the hands of Carrefour-Marinopulos. Carrefour has more than 495,000 employees in 15,500 stores in 35 countries.

SIEPA; Balkans.com