The Carrefour Kenya promotion. [Photo/CarrefourKe/Twitter]‏ 

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Majid Al Futtaim opens its fourth Carrefour store in Kenya at the Junction Mall on Thursday. The new store, which was first announced in November 2017, will initially offer a selected product range in a partial selling area of 1,300 square metres as refurbishment work gets underway in the rest of the selling area.It will cater for those living in residential areas along Ngong Road, Lavington, and Dagoretti Corner, as well as those who use the busy road on their daily commute. Upon the completion of the refurbishment later in the year, the hypermarket will have a total selling space of 4,700 square metres.Franck Moreau, Country Manager, at Majid Al Futtaim – Retail Kenya said, “This is yet another significant milestone since we started operations in Kenya in 2016. We are pleased and honoured to be bringing our services closer to our customers, by adopting the successful “partial selling area” model we first adopted last year, as we progressively prepare to have fully fledged operations in the popular mall.”“When fully operational later in the year, the Junction Mall store will stock over 30,000 food and non-food items, and host some of our specialist sections such as, fresh produce, groceries, a fresh bakery, and a butchery. This, will not only create a befitting experience for our shoppers but also have a positive impact on the economy through local suppliers who provide us with 99% of all the items we stock,” Moreau added.Carrefour takes the strategic location formerly occupied by Nakumatt which is beleaguered by financial crises which have seen it lose most of its retail space in most malls countrywide.The first Carrefour store in Kenya opened in May 2016 at The Hub in Karen, followed by its second store in March 2017 at the Two Rivers Mall. In November, last year, the company opened the third store at The Thika Road Mall with the retailer cumulatively employing more than 1,100 staff, within its first two years of operations.Majid Al Futtaim holds the exclusive franchise rights to operate Carrefour in 38 countries.

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