Carrefour to expand in Taiwan. Taking over Wellcome, Jasons.
Headed for a monopoly? That leaves PX Mart, RT Mart and CitySuper as the only competitors.
Poya 寶雅 (albeit hey have limited stock)
This clearly is a positive development. Carrefour has better beer!
I trust Carrefour
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While we’re at it, it’s pronounced car-FORE.
I just hope they don’t use this as an excuse to jack up prices.
Yep duopoly…Carrefour and PXMart.
It’s not great for consumers even if I think Carrefour markets are better than Wellcome.
I noticed carrefour rarely discount their foodstuffs. Lack of competition in that segment. Taiwan is their golden goose.
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They slimmed down globally, except Taiwan.
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Really? I always thought it was carry-4.
So no more Jason’s? Wow!
Maybe they will rebrand it but keep the same style stores?
They have a few upmarket style stores , Carrefour market, which isn’t bad. But it’s no Jason’s either. Welcome itself was already a highly localised store.
There isn’t much that the big Carrefours offer that Jason’s doesn’t nowadays.
EDIT: wrong way round.
Cha-le-fu!
If this means Wellcome will start stocking Gordon’s gin, then I’m a fan.
Carrefour, is pronounced with the French R’s, and four is like well ‘oo’ in loot.
“The French letter r is one of the two most difficult sounds in French to pronounce for most people (u is the other one). The r is a kind of raspy sound pronounced in the back of the throat. There is no equivalent sound in English.”
Carrefour markets are like small PXMarts, Just a significantly pared down version of the main store.
The point isn’t the ambience, but the inventory. Jasons has a lot more imports and weird stuff-which probably explains why they are getting bought out and not the other way around – but that’s what I’m going to miss.
Time to go shopping!
Do any articles say an ETA on when the Jason’s will be obliterated?
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Expect some stores to close, especially places where any of the three of them are nearby each other.
Making it harder to shop.
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… and 24h.