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{{Short description|Brazilian wholesale trade network}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Atacadão S.A.
| logo = Atacadao.jpg
| caption =
| image = Atacadão em Nova Friburgo, no bairro duas pedras.jpg
| image_caption = Atacadão in [[Nova Friburgo]], [[Brazil]]
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{b3 (stock exchange)|CRFB3}}
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| foundation = 1960
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| location_city = [[São Paulo]]
| location_country = [[Brazil]]
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| area_served = [[Latin America]]<br/>[[North Africa]]
| key_people = <small>([[Chairman]] &[[CEO]])</small>
| industry = [[Retailer|Retail]]
| products = [[Hypermarkets]]
| production =
| services =
| revenue = {{profit}} [[United States dollar|US$]] 7.3&nbsp;million <small>(2012)</small>
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| parent = [[Carrefour]]
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| homepage = {{URL|www.atacadao.com.br}}
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'''Atacadão''' is a Brazilian chain of [[warehouse stores]]. It was established by Alcides Parizotto and then became property of the Lima family and the executives Farid Curi and Herberto Uli Schmeil. In 2007, it was bought by [[Carrefour]] for R$2,2 billion [[Brazilian real|Reais]]. In 2010, the company has 102 stores and 7 distribution centers in 26 Brazilian states. The company competes with [[Assaí Atacadista]], owned by [[Cassinò]].Atacadão also runs hypermarkets in [[Morocco]] and [[France]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agências |date=2024-01-08 |title=Atacadão abre primeira loja na França, mesmo sob ataque de moradores {{!}} O TEMPO |url=https://www.otempo.com.br/mundo/atacadao-abre-primeira-loja-na-franca-mesmo-sob-ataque-de-moradores-1.3307564 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=www.otempo.com.br |language=pt-BR}}</ref> where it is present along with its parent company Carrefour.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maroc – Ouverture du 8ème magasin Atacadao|url=http://www.carrefour.com/fr/actualit%C3%A9s/maroc-%E2%80%93-ouverture-du-8%C3%A8me-magasin-atacadao|accessdate=23 February 2014|date=11 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906032119/http://www.carrefour.com/fr/actualit%C3%A9s/maroc-%E2%80%93-ouverture-du-8%C3%A8me-magasin-atacadao|archive-date=6 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On April 12, 2022, the company completed 60 years of history with more than 60 thousand employees.
== History ==
[[File:Atacadão Santa Maria.JPG|thumb|Atacadão store in [[Santa Maria (Rio Grande do Sul)|Santa Maria]], in [[Rio Grande do Sul]]. Supermarket located between the neighborhoods [[São José (Santa Maria)|São José]] and [[Camobi]].|left]]Atacadão was founded in 1962, in the city of Maringá in Paraná, by Alcides Parizotto,<ref name=":0">{{cite web|author=Folha Online |title=Carrefour compra Atacadão e se transforma em líder do setor no Brasil |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/dinheiro/ult91u116357.shtml}}<!-- auto-translated from Portuguese by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> who was in charge of the network until 1991, the year he left the organization,<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2016-10-01 |title=História - Atacadão |url=https://www.atacadao.com.br/historia |work=www.atacadao.com.br}}<!-- auto-translated from Portuguese by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> and in which the company was later acquired by the Lima family and executives Farid Curi and Herberto Uli Schmeil, when it was purchased in [[2007]] by [[Carrefour Brazil|Carrefour Group]] for R$2.2 billion reais.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2020-04-10 |title=Carrefour compra Atacadão e vira líder do setor no Brasil |url=http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Economia_Negocios/0,,MUL25561-9356,00-CARREFOUR+COMPRA+ATACADAO+E+VIRA+LIDER+DO+SETOR+NO+BRASIL.html |work=G1.globo.com}}<!-- auto-translated from Portuguese by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
[[File:Atacadao-na-franca.jpg|thumb|Atacadão store to open in France in 2024]]
In 2020, the retail chain [[Carrefour]] acquired 30 stores from [[Makro]], aiming to increase [[Atacadão]]'s market share. The acquisition cost Carrefour R$1.95 billion and included 14 gas stations in the package. The transaction would allow Atacadão to expand its presence in Rio de Janeiro and the Northeast.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=16 February 2020 |publisher=Editora Abril por EXAME |title=Carrefour compra 30 lojas da rede Makro para acelerar Atacadão |url=https://exame.abril.com.br/negocios/carrefour-compra-30-lojas-da-rede-makro-para-acelerar-atacadao/}}<!-- auto-translated from Portuguese by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
In January 2023, Carrefour announced that it would relocate one of its stores in the commune of Sevran, France, as part of its strategy to target low-income populations. On January 16, the city's mayor, Stéphane Blanchet, called Carrefour's choice disastrous. In the following months, the city government launched a petition, promoted discussions, and scheduled a demonstration for March 11.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-09 |archive-date=2024-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109144709/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2023/03/franceses-torcem-o-nariz-e-carrefour-desiste-de-abrir-atacadao-em-paris.shtml |author=Ivan Finotti |date=2023-03-14 |language=pt-BR |title=Franceses torcem o nariz e Carrefour desiste de abrir Atacadão em Paris |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2023/03/franceses-torcem-o-nariz-e-carrefour-desiste-de-abrir-atacadao-em-paris.shtml |website=[[Folha de S.Paulo]]}}<!-- auto-translated from Portuguese by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> But the mayor of the city of [[Aulnay-sous-Bois]], [[Bruno Beschizza]], embraced the idea, although the population of the commune also launched a petition.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-09 |archive-date=2024-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109145618/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2024/01/ainda-sob-ataque-atacadao-troca-de-cidade-e-vai-inaugurar-1a-loja-na-grande-paris.shtml |author=Ivan Finotti |date=2024-01-08 |language=pt-BR |title=Ainda sob ataque, Atacadão troca de cidade e vai inaugurar 1ª loja na Grande Paris |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2024/01/ainda-sob-ataque-atacadao-troca-de-cidade-e-vai-inaugurar-1a-loja-na-grande-paris.shtml |website=[[Folha de S.Paulo]]}}<!-- auto-translated from Portuguese by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.atacadao.com.br Brazilian official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707052540/http://www.atacadao.com.co/html/index.html Colombian official website]
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