Carrefour

E131992

hypermarket chain multinational retail corporation

Carrefour is a major French multinational retail corporation and one of the world’s largest hypermarket chains.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Carrefour canonical	2
Carrefour Bio	2
Carrefour Assurance	1
Carrefour City	1
Carrefour Contact	1
Carrefour Discount	1
Carrefour Express	1
Carrefour Market	1
Carrefour Selection	1
Carrefour Spectacles	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1151497 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Carrefour
Context triple: [CAC 40, hasComponent, Carrefour]

A. Sainsbury
Sainsbury is a prominent British family name most closely associated with the founders and owners of the J Sainsbury supermarket chain and notable figures in business and public life.
B. Kroger
Kroger is one of the largest supermarket and retail grocery chains in the United States, operating thousands of stores under various banners nationwide.
C. J Sainsbury plc
J Sainsbury plc is a major British supermarket and retail chain, one of the largest and oldest in the United Kingdom.
D. Loblaws supermarket
Loblaws supermarket is a major Canadian grocery store chain known for its large-format supermarkets and wide selection of food and household products.
E. Kmart Corporation
Kmart Corporation is a U.S.-based discount retail chain that became part of Sears Holdings after merging with Sears, Roebuck & Co.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Carrefour
Target entity description: Carrefour is a major French multinational retail corporation and one of the world’s largest hypermarket chains.

A. Sainsbury
Sainsbury is a prominent British family name most closely associated with the founders and owners of the J Sainsbury supermarket chain and notable figures in business and public life.
B. Kroger
Kroger is one of the largest supermarket and retail grocery chains in the United States, operating thousands of stores under various banners nationwide.
C. J Sainsbury plc
J Sainsbury plc is a major British supermarket and retail chain, one of the largest and oldest in the United Kingdom.
D. Loblaws supermarket
Loblaws supermarket is a major Canadian grocery store chain known for its large-format supermarkets and wide selection of food and household products.
E. Kmart Corporation
Kmart Corporation is a U.S.-based discount retail chain that became part of Sears Holdings after merging with Sears, Roebuck & Co.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hypermarket chain ⓘ multinational retail corporation ⓘ
businessModel	franchising ⓘ multi-format retailing ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
firstHypermarketLocation	Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Essonne, France ⓘ
foundedBy	Denis Defforey ⓘ Jacques Defforey ⓘ Marcel Fournier ⓘ
foundedInCity	Annecy ⓘ surface form: Annecy, France
hasBrand	Carrefour self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carrefour Assurance Carrefour Banque ⓘ Carrefour self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carrefour Bio Carrefour self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carrefour City Carrefour self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carrefour Contact Carrefour Drive ⓘ Carrefour self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carrefour Express Carrefour self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carrefour Market Carrefour self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carrefour Spectacles Carrefour Voyages ⓘ
hasKeyActivity	convenience store operation ⓘ e-commerce retailing ⓘ hypermarket operation ⓘ supermarket operation ⓘ
hasNumberOfEmployees	over 300000 (approximate) ⓘ
hasNumberOfStores	over 12000 (approximate) ⓘ
hasPrivateLabel	Carrefour self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carrefour Bio Carrefour self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carrefour Discount Carrefour self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carrefour Selection Carrefour brand products ⓘ
hasSlogan	“J’optimisme” ⓘ “Positive is back” ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Massy, Essonne ⓘ surface form: Massy, France
inception	1959 ⓘ
industry	convenience stores ⓘ grocery retail ⓘ hypermarkets ⓘ retail ⓘ supermarkets ⓘ
legalForm	société anonyme ⓘ
offersService	click and collect ⓘ financial services ⓘ mobile telephony services ⓘ online grocery delivery ⓘ
openedFirstHypermarket	1963 ⓘ
openedFirstStore	1960 ⓘ
operatesInCountry	Argentina ⓘ Belgium ⓘ Brazil ⓘ China ⓘ Egypt ⓘ France ⓘ Italy ⓘ Morocco ⓘ Poland ⓘ Qatar ⓘ Romania ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ Spain ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan Turkey ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ
productCategory	food ⓘ non-food consumer goods ⓘ
stockExchange	Euronext ⓘ surface form: Euronext Paris
stockIndex	CAC 40 ⓘ