The Docks de France group is a former French distributor, bought in 1996 by

Auchan Auchan () is a French multinational retail group headquartered in Croix, France. It was founded in 1961 by Gérard Mulliez and is owned by the Mulliez family, who has 95% stake in the company. With 354,851 employees, of which 261,000 have 5% s ...

History

* 1904 : Toulouse and Picard creates the Central Docks Company in Tours, France * 1957 : Docks de France settles in the Paris region * 1963 : The first French

hypermarket A hypermarket (sometimes called a hyperstore, supercentre or superstore) is a big-box store combining a supermarket and a department store. The result is an expansive retail facility carrying a wide range of products under one roof, including ...

opens its doors * 1966 : Docks de France opens its first hypermarket under the brand SuperSuma * 1964 - 1993 Docks de France buys several regional companies * 1968 : Creation of the subsidiary Sabeco in Spain * 1969 : Creation of the Mammouth hypermarkets * 1978 : Creation of the Lil' Champ Food Stores in the SE United States * 1979 : Acquisition of the Picardy Beehive * 1982 : Creation of 'Atac * 1986 : Creation of the Super Pakbo warehouse storesArticle Les Echos n° 15986 du 3 Octobre 1991 Page 21
/ref> * 1987 : Acquisition of Économats du Centre * 1991 : Shut down of Super Pakbo * 1993 : Acquisition of the Alsatian Supermarkets Company * 1995 : Equity in a distribution company in

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* 1996 : Auchan Group takeover of Docks de France * 1997 : Lil' Champ Food Stores sold to

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* 1998 : The Distribution companies: 'Société de Distribution de l'Ouest', 'Société de Distribution du Centre', 'Société de Distribution Alsacienne', 'Société Lyonnaise de Distribution' and 'Société de Distribution la Ruche Picarde' merged with the 'Société de Distribution Parisienne' under the name Atac. * 1999 : Reorganisation of the Auchan group **The hypermarkets Auchan and Mammouth amalgamate under the name of Auchan **

supermarket A supermarket is a self-service Retail#Types of outlets, shop offering a wide variety of food, Drink, beverages and Household goods, household products, organized into sections. This kind of store is larger and has a wider selection than earli ...

s and shops of

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and Eco Service merge with the name of Atac * 2005 : Atac supermarkets rebrand as

Simply Market Simply Market is a brand of French supermarkets formed in 2005. This brand is a new concept to eventually replace Atac supermarkets. The brand belongs to the AuchanSuper subsidiary that manages the branches of Auchan supermarkets. The group plan ...

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History of SUMA

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