Bompreço (Walmart Brazil) is a chain of supermarkets and hypermarkets in Brazil. Its name means "good price" in Portuguese. As of March 2004, Bompreço is owned by Walmart.[1]
Bompreço operates mainly in northeastern Brazil, in the Bahia and Pernambuco states of Brazil.[2]
The operating company, Walmart Brasil, has its headquarters in Barueri, São Paulo State.[3] Prior to the buyout by Walmart, Bompreço S.A. Supermercados do Nordeste, headquartered in Ipatinga, Recife, Pernambuco, was owned by the Dutch retailer Ahold (now Ahold Delhaize).[4]
Currently, Bompreço supermarkets are in the process of being converted into Walmart Supermercado stores and Hiper Bompreço stores are being converted into Walmart Supercenters.[5]
See also
- List of supermarkets
- João Carlos Paes Mendonça
External links
- Bompreço, Wal-Mart Brasil Retail
- Wal-Mart Brasil Corporate
- Bompreço (Archive, 2001–2003)
- Bompreço (Archive)
References
- BRAZIL: Ahold sells Bompreco to Wal-Mart www.just-food.com, 2004-03-01, retrieved 2020-02-02^
- Walmart Corporate: Brazil Walmart, retrieved 19 January 2014^
- "No Brasil ." Walmart Brasil. Retrieved on November 7, 2011.^
- "Endereços e Telefones." Bompreço. Sunday April 20, 2003. Retrieved on November 7, 2011. "Av. Caxangá, 3841 - Iputinga Recife - PE CEP: 50.670-902"^
- Walmart investe R$ 1 bilhão para reformular lojas no Brasil retrieved 2023-08-09^