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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 ...
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.
With the same purpose Colruyt Group launched the Eco-score in Belgium in March 2021. The group behind Colruyt, OKay, Spar, Bio-Planet, Cru and others, also intends to make its private label products more sustainable based on this calculation. [ 2 ]
In the mid-1960s, Jo Colruyt chose to switch to retail and took over the self-service business Verloo in Ixelles/Elsene and launched his lowest prices policy, offering famous brands 10% cheaper. This was when the struggle for efficiency, simplicity and economy typical of Colruyt stores began. At the time, the company was nearly broke.
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.
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Colruyt may refer to: Colruyt Group, a Belgian family-owned retail corporation; Colruyt (supermarket), a Belgian supermarket chain; Colruyt family, a Belgian noble family
Jef is the son of Jo Colruyt and grandson of Franz Colruyt, the founder of the Colruyt company. He was elected Manager of the Year by Trends magazine in 2002, ten years after his father Jo. [4] Jef Colruyt was made honorary citizen of the municipality of Beersel in 2008. [5] In 2012, he was ennobled by King Albert II of Belgium. Since then, he ...