Last year, Carrefour got rid of the chain of stores operating under the Galerie Obati banner. More than 20 stores employing around 160 people lost their jobs. Galerie Obati was the store that Carrefour Polska took over from the capital group Belvedere.
French Carrefour has a network of around 40 petrol stations in Poland. In May this year, the chain signed a strategic cooperation agreement in the Polish market with the Estonian company Eleport, which involves the launch of 170 charging points at more than 70 commercial facilities of the French chain, located in 65 Polish cities.
Eleport is a company that builds an electric vehicle charging network in Central and Eastern Europe, its shareholders include: Bolt and Gren (Partner Group).
According to data from the Polish Petroleum Industry and Trade Organization, at the end of 2022, there were 171 gas stations operating near stores, compared to 178 a year earlier.