Cora is a chain of

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owned by

Louis Delhaize Group The Louis Delhaize Group is a Belgian retail group established in 1875 by Louis Delhaize. The principal activity is the operation of food supermarkets and hypermarkets in Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Romania. On February 23, 2022, Louis Delh ...

in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the French overseas territory of Mayotte and Romania. Cora was founded in 1974 by the supermarket holding

after taking over three Carrefour hypermarkets located in Belgium. These three were originally established around 1969 as a joint venture franchise between two other companies: the

Carrefour Group Carrefour () is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France. The eighth-largest retailer in the world by revenue, it operates a chain of hypermarkets, groceries stores and convenience stores, which ...

and the

Delhaize Group Delhaize Group SA (, ) was a Belgian multinational retail company headquartered in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels, Belgium, and operated in seven countries and on three continents. The principal activity of Delhaize Group was the operation of f ...

.Brussels Studies "A forgotten anniversary: the first European hypermarkets open in Brussels in 1961" --Jean-Pierre Grimmeau
/ref> The Louis Delhaize Group also includes the supermarket chain

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, the online supermarket Houra, the Truffaut

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chain and the Animalis pet shop chain. The name 'Cora' is borrowed from the

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(Roman:

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) who is also known as Cora.

Operations around the world

References

External links

Cora France

Cora Belgium

Cora Romania

Cora Luxembourg
{{French supermarkets Supermarkets of Belgium Hypermarkets of France Supermarkets of Romania Retail companies established in 1974 Retail companies of Belgium Belgian companies established in 1974