Casino Group’s France Retail net sales were down -6.5% year-on-year (YoY), and -5.6% in like-for-like sales (LFL), resulting in €3.4bn in Q3 2023. Similar to the first half of the year, the only small positive was its Parisian and convenience banners, while Supermarkets, Hypermarkets and Cdiscount experienced a continued decline in net sales.  Supermarkets are slowly recovering while Hypermark...

I assess the news from across the discounter’s European markets. Slowing down of network growth continues France has become the latest market where Lidl has announced plans to reduce the number of store openings, with only 10 new stores this year. The discounter had been opening between 20 and 30 stores per year and was gaining momentum in the challenging market, but in recent months it has...

In France, we’ve seen several tactics to address multiple rising issues of theft and shrinkflation in the market. Explore how Leclerc is trialling anti-theft technology while Carrefour targets suppliers with its price warning labels. Leclerc trials anti-theft technology French market leader Leclerc partners with Knap to test 40 connected shopping trolleys in its hypermarket based in La Coll...