Les Mousquetaires
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Les Mousquetaires is the parent company of various shop chains, there are various brands. The stores are independent entities in their own right, but are under the ownership of the Les Mousquetaires group. They are mostly suffixed by the term "marché" (French for market).
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[edit] Intermarché
This is the main chain of supermarkets of the group, with 2,000 stores. It was founded in 1969 and is the first chain operating under the Les Mousquetaires brand. They have stores in France, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Bosnia and Romania. The stores have a sales area of between 2,000 and 2,500 m² They mostly sell food and beverage products. [1]
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[edit] Ecomarché
This is the rural supermarket chain, they are similar to Intermarché, they are on a smaller scale (sales area is between 400 and 800 m²). There are about 400 stores in Europe, and Ecomarchés can be found in Belgium, Portugal and France. The aim of the chain is to compensate for the lack of local shops and focus upon customer care, attention to the product, quality, choice and the environment[2]
[edit] Restaumarché
This is the chain of restaurants in France, and are normally found in large shopping parks owned by the Les Mousquetaires (known as Les Marchés des Mousquetaires). It was formed in 1980 and has 75 restaurants. In 2005 it served 4.2 million meals. [3]
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[edit] Le Relais des Mousquetaires
These are rural convenience stores, founded in 1989. Their key principal is to "bring life back to the villages and combat the rural exodus" and offer basic products that are needed in these small isolated villages[4]
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[edit] Netto
- This Netto is in no way affiliated with the Danish discount chain Netto
Netto (formerly Comptoir des Marchands) is, like its Danish namesake, it is a hard-discount store. The chain offers 1,800 lines of merchandise. There are 360 stores with a sales area of either 299m² or 650m². [5]
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[edit] Bricomarché
These offer decorating, DIY, materials, gardening and pet products lines. Founded in 1979, and operating 500 stores in 4 countries (Poland, Portugal, Belgium and France), each store's sales area is between 1,500 and 2,300m², and have three basic principals:
- Proximity to customers
- Low Prices
- Every thing sold under one roof [6]
[edit] Logimarché
These offer DIY sales in rural areas, selling DIY, decorating and gardening products. This chain was formed in 1998 and operate 60 stores in France. The stores have a total sales area of 540m² [7]
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[edit] Vêti
These stores are (as the name suggests) clothes stores. Formerly called Vêtimarché, they offer several own brand lines of clothing, as well as some major brands. There are 159 stores (150 in France, 9 in Portugal). Its slogan is "My style, my prices, for my pleasure". The store has a sales area of 999m² [8][9]
[edit] Roady
These are garages and car supplies stores, normally form part of a shopping centre (such as Les Marchés des Mousquetaires). There are more than 100 branches in France, offering around 3,500 products. They are broken down into two areas of 350m² each, half is a workshop, half is the sales area. [10][11]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Les Mosquetaires sub-site for Intermarché
- ^ Les Mosquetaires sub-site for Ecomarché
- ^ Restaumarche Website
- ^ Les Mosquetaires sub-site for Les Relais des Mosquetaires
- ^ Connaissez Vous Netto? (do you know Netto?) (Link is in French)
- ^ Les Mosquetaires sub-site for Bricomarché
- ^ Les Mosquetaires sub-site for Logimarché
- ^ Vêti sub-site on Les Mousquetaires official site
- ^ Vêti Key Facts on official site, in French
- ^ Roady sub-page on the Les Mousquetaires site
- ^ Facts, on official site (French)
