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Every year, the Grote Markt is the main meeting place for the Carnival of Aalst. In 2022, when Carnival was not organised by the city due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, local Carnival-goers met up there to celebrate. [4] Since 2022, the market square has functioned as the location to announce the winner of Prince Carnival. [5]
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.
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.
Aalst railway station in the 1970s. The station originally opened on line 57 (Aalst–Dendermonde–Lokeren) with line 50 opening on 7 April 1855.On 1 June 1876, the station was connected with Zottegem on line 82 and on 12 October 1879, the line 61 to Antwerp opened.
Aalst (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ; French: Alost, pronounced; Brabantian: Oilsjt) is a city and municipality in the province of East Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located on the Dender River, about 31 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Brussels .
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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