Carrefour and Nordic cooperatives sign partnership agreement
Carrefour International Partnership and Coop Trading and its four affiliates from Finland (SOK), Denmark (Coop Denmark), Norway (Coop Norway) and Sweden (Coop Sweden) have signed a partnership agreement that will cover private label sourcing. The agreement will see the four cooperatives participating in the buying of Carrefour’s French, Italian and Spanish food and non-food private labels. The cooperatives will gain access to the private labels, which enable them to offer a differentiated range to shoppers, while also making the manufacturing and buying process more efficient.
Commenting on the partnership, SOK’s executive vice president, Arttu Laine, said: “