Carrefour first store is located in Annecy[?] near a crossroad ('carrefour' in French). This is the smallest Carrefour store in the World.
The group was created by Marcel Fournier[?] and it growed into a network from this first sale's point.
As of 2003, they were the worlds 2nd biggest supermarket chain, after Wal-mart.
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