date:May 13, 2014
French retailer, Auchan, will take over 25 Casino stores in Paris. Requirements from the French Competition Authority meant that Casino had to give up 55 stores following their takeover of Monoprix a couple of years ago.
Auchan will make the the 25 selling points into 'A2Pas' stores (in2Steps), a small urban supermarket format that the chain is in the process of deploying.
Seven other Casino stores will be taken over by G20, an independent group linked to the regional group Diapar. Marks