Carrefour Polska to double the size of its network by 2010

"We will start in 2006 by opening 4 hypermarkets and 15-20 Champion supermarkets. We also want to open shopping malls in Zamość (worth zł.40 million) and Gliwice (worth zł.100 million). We will also start opening gas stations near our facilities, which translates into expenditures of between zł.250-300 million," said Alain Souillard, Carrefour Polska president. At the moment the company owns 32 hypermarkets, 71 supermarkets, 10 gas stations and 2 warehouses. Souillard revealed that, when it comes to the company's future development in this country, Carrefour is not interested in taking over shopping networks or individual stores. However, he did not exclude opening stores below 1,000 square meters in small towns. (Puls Biznesu, p. 11) D.W.