The Docks de France group is a former French distributor, bought in 1996 by Auchan.
History 1904 : Toulouse and Picard creates the Central Docks Company in Tours, France 1957 : Docks de France settles in the Paris region 1963 : The first French hypermarket opens its doors 1966 : Docks de France opens its first hypermarket under the brand SuperSuma 1964 - 1993 Docks de France buys several regional companies 1968 : Creation of the subsidiary Sabeco in Spain 1969 : Creation of the Mammouth hypermarkets 1978 : Creation of the Lil' Champ Food Stores in the SE United States 1979 : Acquisition of the Picardy Beehive 1982 : Creation of 'Atac 1986 : Creation of the Super Pakbo warehouse storesArticle Les Echos n° 15986 du 3 Octobre 1991 Page 21 1987 : Acquisition of Économats du Centre 1991 : Shut down of Super Pakbo 1993 : Acquisition of the Alsatian Supermarkets Company 1995 : Equity in a distribution company in Poland 1996 : Auchan Group takeover of Docks de France 1997 : Lil' Champ Food Stores sold to The Pantry 1998 : The Distribution companies: 'Société de Distribution de l'Ouest', 'Société de Distribution du Centre', 'Société de Distribution Alsacienne', 'Société Lyonnaise de Distribution' and 'Société de Distribution la Ruche Picarde' merged with the 'Société de Distribution Parisienne' under the name Atac. 1999 : Reorganisation of the Auchan group The hypermarkets Auchan and Mammouth amalgamate under the name of Auchan supermarkets and shops of Atac and Eco Service merge with the name of Atac 2005 : Atac supermarkets rebrand as Simply Market
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External links History of SUMA History of Atac History of Mammouth