Yesterday Carrefour stopped operating in Kuwait. They don’t list a reason for why, but it’s assumed the boycott hurt them a lot.
A reader emailed me to let me know that some Carrefour locations are now branded Hypermax. Hypermax like Carrefour is also owned by Majid Al Futtaim and is their own brand, not a franchise.
I previously mentioned that Spinneys would be taking over the Carrefour location in The Avenues. I think the chances of that happening now are really high.
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Carrefour didn’t have good products for years, and it’s the same thing that happened to Geant. These supermarkets became as mediocre as most co-ops. The peak years for Carrefour were 2007-2015, they had good imported food products, they sold books, good quality toys, physical media, game consoles (I find it ironic that at one point they sold gaming accessories, but no games and game consoles).
Why would Majid Al Futtaim replace their own brand with Spinneys?
They replaced carrefour with hypermax
I hope those employees do not lose their jobs but are instead re-hired for the new branded store. It is very difficult to get a job now a days, and imagine how many employees were working in Carrefour branches.
I think they just rebranded the stores, nothing else changing
I saw Alshaya is to closing down Jack Wills in the avenues so I think that will be the spot for Spinneys.
That’s a tiny location, Spinneys isn’t a baqala
Not too tiny in my opinion, it’s also 2 floors btw, but I agree that Carrefour is still a better location for spinneys in my opinion.
It’s tiny for a supermarket, it’s fine for a trolley. Also why would they put a supermarket there? How will people access It? Where do all the trolleys go?
Its most likely gonna be in the old dean and deluca location maybe? since they had already leased it previously.
That’s ULTA, it was announced a few months ago
So he is completely free from Carrefour or is it Carrefour in disguise?
The much reviled Fresh Market if they ever find it worth their while to open in Kwt will bring a certain freshness to produce which is lacking in the local market.
Al Futtaim has been having issues with Carrefour for some time, and the decision to go with their brand is to save on the margins they have to give Carrefour .I don’t think the boycott played a part in this , especially since the French are not supporters of the war.
it has nothing to do with France not supporting the war https://bdsmovement.net/boycott-carrefour
Why do people not bocyott apple and its products?
Why would people boycott Apple?
https://boycott.thewitness.news/target/apple
People are boycotting Microsoft and Google.
https://boycott.thewitness.news/target/google
https://boycott.thewitness.news/target/microsoft
By your comment I’m assuming you’re wrongfully boycotting Apple and are using either an Android phone (Google) and a Windows computer (Microsoft).