Système U (company)
| Système U | |
|---|---|
| legal form | cooperative |
| founding | 1894 |
| Seat |
Rungis , France
|
| management | Serge Papin |
| Number of employees | 65,000 (2017) |
| sales | 16.576 billion euros (2009) |
| Branch | Wholesale, food retail |
| Website | Website Système U |
Système U is a French company organized as a cooperative , operating as an umbrella organization for the retailers Hyper U, Super U, U express, Marché U and Station U ( petrol stations ).
history
The company goes back to the retailer Auguste Juhel from Savenay , who in 1894 was able to convince various retailers in the region to merge into a purchasing cooperative under the name Le Pain Quotidien . In 1920 the cooperative already had 300 members. This emerged after the Second World War the UNICO, which as since 1982 Système U trades.
As part of the 2017 Fipronil scandal , the French Ministry of Agriculture published a list in which Système U appears as one of the distributors of contaminated egg-based products.
In 2019, Système U had 1,559 sales outlets in France. They are divided into 719 Super U, 63 Hyper U, 359 U express, 3 Marché U and 796 Station U. Système U thus placed itself as the fourth largest company in this branch. There was a strategic partnership with E.Leclerc in 2017 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ societe.com: COOPERATIVE U ENSEIGNE - Bilan 31-12-2016 de la société COOPERATIVE U ENSEIGNE 2017
- ↑ Œufs au fipronil: des brownies et des muffins ajoutés sur la liste des produits concernés. on lefigaro.fr, 25 August 2017, accessed on 25 October 2017