Cora Hypermarchés: The latest figures, news and market research on Cora Hypermarchés

Turnover: 3.8 billion EUR (2023)

Country: France

Cora is a subsidiary of the Belgian Louis Delhaize group, which specializes in food retailing. There are over 60 Cora hypermarkets in France, located on the outskirts of towns in the north-eastern quarter of the country.
Cora's brands include Soleil Bleu, a parapharmacy store with 23 outlets in shopping malls across France.
The group also owns the Match supermarkets.

Carrefour acquires one of the last regional retailers | Carrefour buys Cora 13/07/2023

Cora is a retail chain belonging to the Louis Delhaize Group, with some sixty hypermarkets averaging 8,500 m2 and as many drives
Cora has a particularly strong presence in the Grand Est region (27 hypermarkets), Hauts-de-France (10 hypermarkets) and Île-de-France
The first Cora hypermarket was opened in 1969 by André Bouriez, followed by ten more between 1970 and 1975
Cora sales have fallen by almost 20% in ten years
In 2023, Cora and the 113 Match supermarkets generated sales "excluding tax" of 5.2 billion euros.
In 2020, sales for hypermarkets alone were 3.85 billion euros
Cora has divested its 10 hypermarkets and 8 Cora Urban convenience stores in Romania in April 2023.

A solid 2022 for Cora and Match in France 24/05/2023

Cora alimentaire France (Cora, Match, Houra) : - +5.2% growth - 5.3 billion euros sales excluding VAT (including petrol)
E. Leclerc: - +4% excluding petrol (43.9 billion euros) - +8.5% including petrol (55.6 billion euros)
Système U : - +4% growth - sales of 23.88 billion euros (excluding petrol)
Carrefour France: - +3.4% excluding fuel (sales of 42 billion euros) - +6.8% with petrol
Les Mousquetaires: - +2.3% growth (36.055 billion euros in sales, excluding fuel) - +8.2% with fuel (48.93 billion euros)
Auchan France: - +1.7% like-for-like (sales of 16.6 billion euros) - +6.2% with petrol
Casino France Retail: - +1% growth - sales of 14.2 billion euros

Cora and Intermarché enter into partnership 05/07/2022

Louis Delhaize Group and Intermarché (Groupement Les Mousquetaires) have just announced a supply partnership for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG)

DUNS: 786920306

Legal Name: CORA

Address: 1 RUE DU CHENIL DOMAINE DE BEAUBOURG, 77183 CROISSY-BEAUBOURG

Number of employees: Plus de 10 000 salariés (2020)

Capital: 5 644 000 EUR

Financial Data:

Year	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Turnover	3 821 801 109	3 854 072 278	4 086 526 316	4 618 437 107	4 688 059 196	4 700 261 289	4 719 901 198
Gross margin (€)	1 095 916 405	1 135 764 973	1 139 405 393	1 179 612 417	1 201 435 556	1 206 831 130	-
EBITDA (€)	73 604 724	83 846 839	117 182 379	161 562 291	186 484 218	196 108 374	-
Operating profit (€)	47 622 511	59 946 124	80 409 151	113 530 744	157 544 140	161 036 738	-
Net profit (€)	45 052 743	7 696 601	46 781 957	59 593 204	77 212 527	418 466 471	68 911 955
Turnover growth rate (%)	-0,8	-5,7	-11,5	-1,5	-0,3	-0,4	-
Ebitda margin rate (%)	1,9	2,2	2,9	3,5	4	4,2	-
Operating margin rate (%)	1,2	1,6	2	2,5	3,4	3,4	-
Working Capital (turnover days)	-16,2	-16,1	-19,4	-16,3	-21,3	-17,6	-
Working Capital requirements (turnover days)	-13,6	-5,3	-9,7	-11,8	-26,3	-25,2	-
Net margin (%)	1,2	0,2	1,1	1,3	1,6	8,9	-
Added value / Turnover (%)	17,2	18,1	17,5	16,3	16,6	16,8	-
Wages and social charges (€)	533 482 344	554 497 459	540 800 481	531 268 875	521 059 272	520 526 809	-
Salaries / Turnover (%)	14	14,4	13,2	11,5	11,1	11,1	-

Company Managers:

Position	First Name	Last Name	Age	Linkedin
Directeur général	Ludovic Sylvain Amedee	CHATELAIS	49

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