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Intermarché and Auchan to buy more than 300 Casino stores in France

‘It's the worst Christmas present the staff could have had,’ said a representative of the CGT union, saying workers will not ‘let themselves be thrown away without reacting’

French MPs want shops to swap plastic packaging for refill stations

A new law is under debate to target plastic packaging by making it easier for shoppers to refill their own reusable containers in supermarkets

Supermarkets in France start selling second-hand goods

Supermarkets and hypermarkets in France are to start selling second-hand items, with the Système U group starting last week with sites in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Pays de la Loire.

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France shopping less at hypermarkets, says Auchan

French people are becoming less likely to shop at huge hypermarkets, retail group Auchan has said, as it announces some 677 “voluntary redundancies” and a new plan to revive its stores.

Changes in store as Carrefour fights falling sales

Supermarket chains struggling to cope with changing shopping habits in France

French giant Carrefour presents ‘transformation’ plans

French supermarket giant Carrefour has launched a new “transformation” plan to revitalise declining hypermarkets in France.

Controversy over automatic tills in French hypermarché

A French supermarket that is set to use only automatic cashier tills on Sunday afternoons is causing controversy, and been accused of ushering in a “dehumanised society”.

Hypermarket chains ‘owe €418bn in unpaid fines’

Hypermarket chains in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur alone have accumulated unpaid fines of €418billion according to an association fighting for rights of small shopkeepers.

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Intermarché and Auchan to buy more than 300 Casino stores in France

French MPs want shops to swap plastic packaging for refill stations

Supermarkets in France start selling second-hand goods

France shopping less at hypermarkets, says Auchan

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