Carrefour had to undertake certain commitments, namely to sell three active supermarkets in Braila (two Carrefour Market stores and one Billa store) and not get involved in the activity of sold units for minimum 10 years. Carrefour will also have to provide information related to the potential buyers and get the Competition Council’s approval for the buyer.
Carrefour is a member of French group Carrefour, which operates in over 30 countries. In Romania, Carrefour operates through hypermarket-type stores (Carrefour Hypermarket), supermarket-type units (Carrefour Market), as well as through convenience stores (Carrefour Express).
End-December 2015, Carrefour said it had signed an agreement with German group Rewe for the acquisition of Billa Romania, with a network of 86 supermarkets countrywide.