Sale of the Carrefour hypermarket in Hérouville Saint-Clair: we know the buyer

The announcement had the effect of a blow in mars 2025. Both on the side of the mayor of Hérouville-Clair (Calvados), Rodolphe Thomas, as well as on the side of the inhabitants of The second of the Caen agglomeration. The Carrefour hypermarket must be sold and change its sign.

After the takeover of Cora, Carrefour had to separate from one of his hypermarkets

Indeed by buying around sixty Cora hypermarkets in France, the Carrefour France group, to comply with the rules of competition and avoid a massive concentration of its stores, A the obligation to sell several points of sale in France. That of Hérouville is one of them.

A recovery in the first quarter of 2026

This July 11, 2025, the U cooperative group U confirms Liberty Caen that the Carrefour Hérouville store is part of a group purchase of Seven crossroads in France. The store of a sales area of ​​10,000m² will therefore pass under a hyper u brand.

The recovery should be carried out during the first quarter of 2026.

Carrefour France had a year to offer buyout solutions.

It would be of the third hyper u in the Caen agglomeration after that of Blainville-sur-Orne and Douvres-la-Délivrande. In addition, a Super U is already located in Hérouville, near the Calix viaduct.

A story of competition

Following the acquisition by the Carrefour group of 60 CORA and Match stores in France, including that of ROTS, The Competition Authority had made his decision on March 13, 2025.
“Thus, after examining the acquisition operation, the authority authorizes the Carrefour group to take control of the French activities of the Louis Delhaize group (Cora and Match stores), provided that seven stores are sold to competing brands And that a franchise contract is terminated for the benefit of a competing brand, so that consumers can benefit from sufficient alternatives to make competition play for their purchases of consumer products, “it was indicated in a summary note.

It is specified that the buyers must be able to ensure the viability of the activity and be ready to integrate employed staff in the stores affected by the covers.

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