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Colruyt Group is a Belgian family-owned retail corporation that is managing the Colruyt supermarkets and other subsidiaries such as OKay, Bio-Planet, DATS 24, DreamLand, DreamBaby, and more. Founded in 1928 by Franz Colruyt, the group today is most significantly known for its eponymous discount supermarket chain, which is one of the major ...
Richard Blass (24 October 1945 – 24 January 1975) was a Canadian gangster and a multiple murderer. Born in Montreal, he was nicknamed Le Chat, French for The Cat, because of his luck in evading death after surviving at least three assassination attempts and a police shootout, and escaping from custody twice.
Colruyt (Dutch pronunciation: [kɔlˈrœyt]) is a Belgian supermarket chain with the headquarters in Halle, Belgium. Colruyt carries the surname of the founder of the family business, the Colruyt family still owns the company.
Le Chat is an adult, human-sized obese, anthropomorphic cat who typically wears a suit. He always has the same physical expression. He often comes up with elaborate reasonings which lead to hilariously absurd conclusions e.g. by taking metaphors literally or by adding increasingly unlikely what-ifs to ordinary situations.
Joseph Marie Léonard Colruyt, (1900–1986): [6] Artist, painter. François Jean Baptiste Marie Colruyt,(1901–1958): married in 1927 to Adeline Alphonsine Marie Moens. [7] Joseph Alphonse Marie Colruyt, (1928–1994): married in 1953 to Rita De Man. Jozef Maria, 1st Baron Colruyt, created by King Albert II. Gustaaf Maria Veroon Colruyt,(1903 ...
The second new large corporate tenant was the Aluminum Company of Canada who established in November 1962 occupying 6 floors of the building. [8] The central plaza became an important new public space in downtown Montreal, hosting an historic election rally for Pierre Elliott Trudeau during the 1968 federal election. [6]
Joseph Alphonse Marie Colruyt (2 August 1928, Uccle – 6 October 1994, Puget-Théniers) [1] was a Belgian business owner. He was the son of Franz Colruyt , founder of the Colruyt company. Under his leadership, the company began the Colruyt retail chain known for its "lowest price" strategy.
In 1950, Franz Colruyt founds the "Etablissementen Franz Colruyt nv" with a capital of 5 million francs (€125,000). His brothers Henri and Jules are also part of the business. In the 1950s, the first mini-supermarkets and supermarkets open in Belgium. As a reaction to this, Franz Colruyt opens the Boni stores.