Introduction to Auchan factory inspection in France

Auchan Company Introduction

Founded in 1961, Auchan Group is an international business group that mainly operates large-scale comprehensive supermarkets. It is currently ranked second in France and sixth in Europe. Its turnover in 2002 reached US$26 billion, and it ranked 162nd in the Fortune Global 500 in 2002.

The group is a family-controlled company, with the French Milier family holding 83.7% and employees holding 16.22%. The main business formats of the Auchan Group are large supermarkets, hypermarkets, and convenience stores, and it also involves processing production and finance. Currently, it has more than 300 large supermarkets, more than 600 supermarkets, and more than 600 convenience stores around the world. The number of employees reaches 160,000. Auchan supermarkets are mainly retail, and 60% of their products are food. The business philosophy of the Auchan Group is to provide consumers with cheap goods and services, improve consumers' purchasing power and improve their living standards.

In addition, the group has also integrated its supermarkets distributed around the world, closed two large supermarkets in Houston, USA, transferred five supermarkets in Mexico, and closed two supermarkets in Madrid. At the same time, it has repositioned e-commerce. It distributes tens of thousands of products, has a wide international marketing network, first-class management level and scientific operating mechanism, and enjoys a high reputation in the world trade and retail industry.

The group's current business objectives are: integrity, fairness and progress.