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Auchan has branches in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Poland, Hungary, Russia, Morocco, China, Romania and Taiwan.

As of 26 October 2005, Auchan has 356 hypermarkets, 646 supermarkets and 2027 small shops around the world, as well as 116 hypermarkets in France. is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Mulliez family

Auchan SA is controlled by the Mulliez family, one of the wealthiest in France. The Mulliez family has created a number of companies:

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Slogan

The slogan of the company was La Vie, La Vraie, which translates into English as "Life, real life". The slogan was changed in 2007 to: La vie Auchan, elle change la vie - "Auchan's lifestyle changes your life".

Auchan around the world in May 2007

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Auchan's own-label product brands

Auchan divisions

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Auchan's withdrawn ventures

Auchan opened its first hypermarket in the United States in 1988 in Houston off the Sam Houston Tollway between Beechnut and Bissonnet streets. A second Houston location was opened in 2000 in a building just off the South Loop, which had formerly housed a Target store. Right before Auchan had decided on a second location, there were 55 checkout stands. Packaged food aisles of Fred Meyer in Portland, Oregon In commerce, a hypermarket or multi-department store is a superstore which combines a supermarket and a department store. ... Houston redirects here. ... Beltway 8 is a highway located in Houston, Texas. ... Interstate 610 (abbreviated I-610 or in Texas IH-610) is a freeway that forms a loop around the city of Houston, Texas. ... This article is about the United States retail company. ...

Auchan also tried opening a store in the Chicago market in 1989. The store was a large hypermarket in the suburb of Bridgeview, Illinois. ^[1] The store was not successful and was later bought by a local Chicago chain, Dominick's supermarkets, and converted into an Omni Superstore by 1991. For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... Bridgeview is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. ... Dominicks is a grocery store chain based mainly in the Chicago area. ... Omni Superstore was a chain of supermarkets in the Chicago area and was owned by Dominicks. ...

All US locations were closed by March 2003, leaving Auchan with no presence in the United States.

Auchan opened a number of stores in Mexico; the first of these opened in Mexico City in 1997 and eventually grew to five stores. Faced with stiff competition from Wal-Mart, as well as local superstore chains Gigante and Comercial Mexicana, and French rival Carrefour (who also sold their stores and left the country in March 2005) , Auchan decided to sell their stores to Comercial Mexicana and withdrew from Mexico in early 2005. Nickname: Location of Mexico City Coordinates: , Country Federal entity Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded c. ... Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ... Vincent Chin Gigs Gigante (March 29, 1928 â€“ December 19, 2005) was an Italian-American Mafioso who headed the Genovese crime family for years, at times while in prison. ... Comercial Mexicana Logo Comercial Mexicana is a Mexican hypermarket group, which features stores similar to those owned by Wal-Mart in the United States or Carrefour in France. ... For other uses, see Carrefour (disambiguation). ... Comercial Mexicana Logo Comercial Mexicana is a Mexican hypermarket group, which features stores similar to those owned by Wal-Mart in the United States or Carrefour in France. ...

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