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Over
21,000
Carrefour Quality Line
suppliers worldwide
Working with producers tomeet the needs of the Group and consumers,
helping them identify their targets for progress and supporting them in
implementing viable solutions for an industrial, economic and environ-
mental plan: these are the challenges of the developed partnerships
that Carrefour has with its suppliers over the long term. For the Group, it’s
an essential lever in its approach, which stimulates local dynamics in
variouscountries.
Supporting small businesses
As with the SME plan set inmotion in France in 2014, Carrefour is coming
upwithnewsolutions toboost partnershipsbetweenthecompany, itsSME
suppliers and the agricultural realm, particularly through simplification
of local product referencing and the introduction of budgetary support
structures. Between 2012 and 2015, the SME product offering in stores
grewbymorethan140%,anincreasefrom25,000referencestomorethan
60,000bytheendof2015.InBelgium,therearenearly700localproducers
who work closely with Carrefour to offer more than 9,000 references in
stores.Atthesametime,Carrefourfavourslocalsupplierstoexpanditsfood
products fromdistributors’ private labels. In themarkets of Argentina and
Brazil,96%ofsuchproductssoldcomefromlocalsuppliers.
Sustainable partnerships
Since 1992, Carrefour has committed to a collaborative, sustainable
approachwith partner producers, breeders, processors, refiners, slaughter-
houses, and packagers as part of the Carrefour Quality Lines. Within
the context of long-term commitments and safety guarantees for the
operators,thesepartnershipsarereflectedinthecommitmentofmorethan
21,000 producers involved in 438 Carrefour Quality Lines at the end
of 2015. The common basis is to give customers noticeable value-added
Sustainable
commitment
with suppliers
In order to offer the best products at
a better price, Carrefour is committed
to its suppliers over the long term.
Guaranteeing quality and the sustainability
of supply is accomplished through
an initiative that benefits Carrefour,
its customers, and its suppliers.
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