Groupe Casino subsidiary Casino Restauration has signed a deal with Starbucks Coffee Company that will open Starbucks stores within Géant Casino Hypermarkets and Casino Supermarkets across France.
Casino has confirmed that the first store is expected to open before the end of the year, with Casino Restauration operating full-format Starbucks stores alongside Groupe Casino’s grocery sites.
Kris Engskov, president, Starbucks EMEA, said, "This new partnership with Casino Restauration means we can deliver a quality Starbucks experience to many more people in convenient locations across France. Casino Restauration has the perfect network and local expertise to deliver this new growth in the hypermarkets and supermarkets right across the country, where our customers want us to be."
William Charles, CEO of Casino Restauration, added, “For more than 40 years, Casino Restauration has been deeply committed to maintaining a constant focus on quality and to fostering continuous innovation to adapt to consumers’ changing tastes, eating habits and expectations."
In France, Groupe Casino currently operates 10,416 stores, including 127 Géant Casino hypermarkets and 444 Casino Supermarkets.
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