September 30, 2021
PARIS (Reuters) – French supermarket group Carrefour’s CEO Alexandre Bompard is examining options for sector consolidation and talks have taken place with the family behind the Auchan chain of stores, French daily Le Monde reported on Thursday.
Le Monde added that both Carrefour and Auchan declined to comment on reports of talks between the two companies over a possible deal.
Shares in Carrefour were up 1.06% at 0917 GMT.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; writing by Matthieu Protard; editing by Jason Neely)
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