In the first half of 2023, Carrefour is changing 41 French stores (16 hypermarkets and 25 supermarkets) from integrated to lease management contracts. According to the group, this strategy aims to “reform the model of hypermarkets so that they can return to growth”.
In a lease-management contract, the store manager and the company which owns the business are two different legal entities. In an integrated network, the store is a branch and managers are employees. “Alexandre Bompard wants to...