Guyenne et Gascogne SA is a France-based food retail company that operates hypermarkets and supermarkets in the south west region of France and in Spain.
The Company is a direct franchise operator of six Carrefour hypermarkets and 28 Champion supermarkets. Guyenne et Gascogne owns 50% of Sogara, with the other 50% of the capital held by the Carrefour Group. Sogara has a network of 13 hypermarkets, which are commercially managed by Carrefour France.
Sogara also has an 8.23% stake in the Spanish market retailer, Centros Commerciales, which has a network of 168 Carrefour hypermarkets and 98 Carrefour Express supermarkets, among others.
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