Carrefour expands organic food offer, launches new stores

Carrefour Polska wants to further develop its cooperation with local food producers, particularly in the organic food segment. The company will also continue expanding its retail network, Robert Noceń, director at Carrefour Polska, told ISBnews. “We want to expand our offer with high-quality organic foodstuffs from local suppliers. Currently we have 75 percent of all domestic products and we want to strengthen our fresh produce offer,” Noceń said. “We cooperate with 400 domestic producers, but the pool of suppliers is practically limitless,” he added. As part of the chain’s refurbishing of its stores across the country, Carrefour is adding a healthy food section to its supermarkets, called Strefa Świat Zdrowia (“World of Health” Zone). Such sections already operate in Carrefour’s four Warsaw stores and one in Kraków. “This year, the section will be introduced in our stores in Gdańsk, Łódź and Wrocław as part of the refurbishing process, and later also in other locations,” Noceń explained. The group is also back on track with its expansion plans. According to Noceń, it is opening up to a few dozen convenience stores each month and is actively pursuing new locations for supermarkets and hypermarkets.