Groupe Dubreuil is a diversified family holding company, including Air Caraïbes and French Bee.
History
The Groupe Dubreuil, initially wholesaler of grocery stores and fuel distribution, was founded in 1924 by Henri Dubreuil in La Roche-sur-Yon.[1] After 1950, the company developed "a network of rural gas stations".[1] In 1961, the company partnered with Spar (a food wholesaler).[2]
In 1966, Henri Dubreuil died of a heart attack and his 24-year-old son, Jean-Paul Dubreuil, succeeded him.[1]
In 1973, two years after merging two Spar wholesalers to create Oedis, the company partnered with the wholesaler Disco (Oedisco). In 1974, Jean-Paul Dubreuil opened his first Bravo supermarket (now Hyper U), in a warehouse owned by his father-in-law.