Docks de France

For the Atac supermarket brand, see Atac. For the current Auchan group, see Auchan.

The Docks de France group is a former French distributor, bought in 1996 by Auchan .

History

• 1904 : Ernest Toulouse creates the Central Docks Company in Tours, France
• 1957 : Docks de France settles in the Paris region
• 1963 : The first French hypermarket opens its doors
• 1966 : Docks de France opens its first hypermarket under the brand SuperSuma
• 1964 - 1993 Docks de France buys several regional companies
• 1968 : Creation of the subsidiary Sabeco in Spain
• 1969 : Creation of the Mammouth hypermarkets
• 1978 : Creation of the Lil' Champ Food Stores in the United States
• 1979 : Acquisition of the Picardy Beehive
• 1982 : Creation of 'Atac
• 1986 : Creation of the Super Pakbo warehouse stores^[1]
• 1987 : Acquisition of Économats du Centre
• 1991 : Shut down of Super Pakbo
• 1993 : Acquisition of the Alsatian Supermarkets Company
• 1995 : Equity in a distribution company in Poland
• 1996 : Auchan Group takeover of Docks de France
• 1997 : Lil' Champ Food Stores sold to The Pantry
• 1998 : The Distribution companies: 'West Corporation Distribution Center', 'Alsatian Society Distribution', the Society of Lyon and Picardy Beehive merge with the Company of Parisian Distribution who took the name Atac.
• 1999 : Reorganisation of the Auchan group
  • The hypermarkets Auchan and Mammouth fuse with the name of Auchan
  • The supermarkets and shops of Atac and Eco Service fuse with the name of Atac
  • The supermarkets and shops of Atac fuse and rebrand to Simply Market

External links

• History of SUMA (French)
• History of Atac (French)
• History of Mammouth (French)

References

1. ^ Article Les Echos n° 15986 du 3 Octobre 1991 Page 21