When Carrefour is mentioned any where on earth, it instantly portrays the real meaning of the luxurious French retail supermarkets and hypermarkets, and the perfect lovely picture that Carrefour was able to show along several long years through the concepts of the best quality, diversity, open spaces, good prices and the pleasure of shopping at the same time, and the success that can’t be found anywhere else.

The first branch of Carrefour was opened in the June of 1957 in the suburbs of Annecey, France, which is now the smallest branch among the other 14,500 branches worldwide that has more than 490,000 employees, where one new store opens every week across the world. In 1992, Majid Al Futtaim Group of companies was founded with a 100% UAE capital, and then it soon proved it self in the Arabian Gulf region as the largest and most successful business group in the middle east. An agreement was made between the Group and Carrefour France to found the MAF Hypermarkets Company, to become the group with the premier trade mark of Carrefour in the Middle East region and other countries. Moreover, it was the first to introduce and develop the Hypermarket concept into the region. In Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Hypermarkets Company “Carrefour” was founded in 2004 to become one of the largest and most unique company in the group; the company follows yearly researched plans to enlarge its periphery, as it opened more than ten branches up till now, that are found in all main cities in the kingdom. Carrefour also has several branches in UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria; and it is the largest chain of retail stores in the world, it hosts more than 107 million customers every year worldwide.

Carrefour Saudi Arabian stores have earned their reputation, since they started in KSA, by their constant quest of studying the needs of customers and working to make viable possibilities and gain their trust. What make us unique are:

• We have the best products and prices.
• All products under the same roof, including specialty departments like fish, bakery, delicatessen, fresh meat, clothing, hardware, and even electronics.
• A huge selling area for ease of shopping with out crowds.
• A huge free parking space.
• Luxurious quality, from continuous training and shaping young competent workers with the best management courses, to achieve the quality standards that reflect the highest point we could reach in serving our customers.
• Worry free shopping without the hassle on products being clean and of a good quality, this is achieved through our internal laboratories that work 24/7 and succeeded in getting the highest-level ISO 22000 quality certificate.

Our mission centers on providing everything that is hoped and asked by our customers, and being deserving of the name of the best modern retail stores in the Middle East, and the most visited; all that is achieved through providing the following:

To our customers

The best products and options, the best prices, with the non-stop quest of guaranteeing the comfort and trust of our customers, to make shopping a pleasant experience in every store and everywhere.

To our employees

The possibility of growth and fulfillment in a trusting environment, providing challenging and motivational compensation for both males and females.

To our shareholders

A sustained return on their investment and the growth prospects through the best retail store standards in the world.

To our suppliers

The best markets, customer intelligence, and cooperation to improve products through long-term mutually beneficial relationships.

To local and national communities

Continuing to support community events through a deep commitment to the community, as a socially responsible economic actor and a good corporate citizen, with the feel of responsibility towards the local and national communities.