The French retailer Carrefour announced that its financial results for the first quarter of 2012 had met expectations, after sales rose 1.5 percent to €22.5b globally. In Europe, Carrefour’s result was €6.2bn, of which Polish sales made up €496m. The company currently operates 4,128 stores across Europe, including 509 hypermarkets, 1,858 supermarkets and 1,746 convenience stores. In the first quarter of 2012, it opened one hypermarket, 12 supermarkets, and 58 convenience stores.
