What is Colruyt?
The group’s main business is its Colruyt discount supermarket stores, with over 220 locations in Belgium. The brand competes directly with discount retailers such as Aldi and Lidl. Other food retail brands operated by the company include the grocery store chain OKay and the organic supermarket Bio-Planet.
Is Colruyt a discounter?
Colruyt is part of Colruyt Group, a Belgian multinational family business in wholesale distribution that evolved from the Colruyt supermarkets. It is competing with hard discounters such as Aldi and Lidl in Benelux countries where it is a well established market leader.
In what countries is Colruyt?
The Colruyt Group is a Belgian retailer in food and non-food products and is known for the supermarket chain which has the same name in Belgium, Luxembourg and France. Next to the Colruyt supermarkets, the Colruyt Group also owns other supermarket chains, such as OKay and Bio-Planet.
Where is the headquarters of the Colruyt Group?
Colruyt Group is headquartered in the city of Halle, south of Brussels, and has operations in Belgium, France and Luxembourg.
How many Colruyt stores are there in Belgium?
Colruyt Group operates in the food and non-food distribution sector in Belgium, France and Luxembourg with approximately 550 own stores and over 580 affiliated stores. In Belgium this includes Colruyt, OKay, Bio-Planet, Cru, Dreamland, Dreambaby and the affiliated stores Spar and Spar Compact.
What kind of farmers are the Colruyt Group?
Colruyt Group supports Belgian apple and pear growers and pig farmers, with volume purchases for example. Colruyt Group acquires 50% of the Belgian clothing chain, ZEB. Symeta stops its offset printing activities. Colruyt Group Fine Food Bread bakes its first bread for Colruyt and OKay.
Is there a Colruyt office in Kortrijk?
Opening of new regional office in Kortrijk, after Merelbeke in June 2019 and Denderhoutem at the end of 2018. Colruyt Kortrijk tests scales with automatic product recognition, for loose products without a barcode. Our online shopping service Collect&Go tests a home delivery service in the Brussels periphery.