Carrefour, the biggest retail group in Europe and the second-largest retail group in the world, officially opened its first hypermarket in Bulgaria. It is located in Burgas Plaza Mall - first shopping centre in the Black Sea city of Burgas.

The hypermarket spreads over an area of 13,000 sq. m., of which 8,300 sq. m. is shopping space. It offers more than 50,000 goods and 3,500 Carrefour-branded products. A total of 220 people are employed in the hypermarket.

Carrefour works with more than 700 suppliers, most of which are Bulgarian companies. The concept of the hypermarket is to work with local suppliers and the offering of Bulgarian products in order to keep local traditions. A special zone in the hypermarket offers draft wine from Bulgarian producers.

Internal team and an audit agency are responsible for inspecting the safety and the quality of the offered goods in the first hypermarket Carrefour in Bulgaria, as well as for ensuring whether the suppliers follow the trade standards and the best business practices.

Carrefour Group is the first retailer in Europe, and the second largest worldwide, with more than 15,000 stores under banner in 32 countries and more than 490,000 employees. For over forty years, Carrefour has been a partner in the day-to-day lives of more than twenty million customers in Europe, Asia and Latin America.