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Grand Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Sector
Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Retail sale of cultural and recreational goods 47.64 - Retail sale of games and toys
650 - 950 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 June 2025
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2026
Foreseen end date
30 June 2026
Description
Colruyt, the Belgian retail chain, has put all 104 of its French shops up for sale. Negotiations are underway with Intermarché (Les Mousquetaires group) to acquire 81 of these supermarkets in France for €215 million, a deal that would secure the jobs of 1,319 employees. However, 24 facilities still do not have a buyer.
This acquisition mainly concerns shops located in the Grand Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions.
The predicted job losses are around 850, but trade unions estimate that it could reach the number of 950 redundancies.
The takeover could be effective in the first half of 2026, subject to approval by the French Competition Authority.
Eurofound (2025), Colruyt, Merger/Acquisition in France, factsheet number 202990, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202990.
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