Marinopoulos Market

Marinopoulos S.A.
Company typeAnonymi Etairia
IndustryRetail
Founded1962 (1962)
FounderDimitrios Marinopoulos
DefunctMarch 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)
HeadquartersAgiou Dimitriou 63, Alimos, Greece
Area served
  • Greece
  • Cyprus
  • Albania
  • Bulgaria
  • Republic of North Macedonia
Key people
Panos Marinopoulos
ProductsSuper market
hypermarkets
discount market
cash & carry
Revenue€2.140 billion (2014)
€131.2 million (2014)
OwnerGreek Supermarkets Sklavenitis (100%)
Number of employees
13,998 (2014)
Websitewww.carrefour.gr

Marinopoulos S.A. was, for several decades, Greece's largest group of retail and wholesale stores in food, apparel, electronics, and beverages, headquartered in Alimos, Attica. For many years, the company was the country's leading retail group; as of early 2015 it operated 749 stores across Greece—35 under the Carrefour name, 275 Carrefour Marinopoulos, 242 Carrefour Express, 6 Terra Market cash & carry, 93 Smile, and 99 OK Anytime Market—and it was also active in Cyprus. At its peak, it operated a network of 906 stores.