SABIM operated slaughterhouses in Sable and Saint-Maixent. The industrial complex of Pont-de-l'Ane produced chocolates, confectioneries, and preserves, 85 percent for Casino's retail needs.

There was a meatpacking plant at Saint-Priest and one for roasting meat at Marseille that not only satisfied Casino's needs but also exported products overseas.

Three great bottling plants were located in Beaucaire, Lyon, and Clermont-Ferrand, and Casino began exporting two million bottles of wine a year to other European Community countries.

SAIC was a building society managing thousands of dwellings. Finally, a fleet of trucks transported goods from Casino's 11 great warehouses.

Groupe Casino's presence in the United States dates from , when it created Casino USA Inc. In March Casino USA bought a controlling interest in Thriftimart Inc.

Casino intended to use Thriftimart outlets to distribute its lines of jelly, jam, and bottled water. The French parent saw a 10 percent increase in turnover in to FFr However, Casino continued pursuing an aggressive acquisition program and in bought an 88 percent share of CEDIS, owner of hypermarkets, supermarkets, and smaller grocery stores.

Later in the year Casino entered into a joint venture with a subsidiary of the giant French oil company ELF-Aquitaine to create service stations, supermarkets, and fast-food outlets.

In Casino expanded further by acquiring a 46 percent interest in Paridoc and Giant supermarkets and a 99 percent interest in Etablissements Deloche, a wholesaler.

In that year Groupe Casino was France's third largest food-distribution company, behind LeClerc and Carrefour.

Its holdings in France consisted of 42 hypermarkets 16 under the Mammouth name of CEDIS and supermarkets, under the Casino, Suma, and Ravi names.

The company's activities in also included processed foods 12 percent of total sales and restaurants and cafeterias 6 percent.

The latter sector consisted of the restaurant chain Hippopotamus and the cafeteria chains O'Kitch and Quick, making Casino the largest food chain in France in number of meals served.

Casino then sold Quick in American operations constituted another 6 percent of the company's volume, with food distribution accounting for the other 76 percent.

Food processing declined to only 3 percent of revenues by , while American revenues increased to nearly 8 percent of the total.

Casino's acquisitions were part of the consolidation of the food industry taking place throughout France.

The American-style hypermarket first made its appearance in France in By there were of these giant stores, accounting for one-fourth of food revenues.

Hypermarkets also saw a 10 percent annual gain in sales volume, compared to 2 percent for the industry as a whole.

The big distributors expanded vertically as well as horizontally by absorbing suppliers. In Casino stock reached a price level it would not attain again during the next four difficult years.

Antoine Guichard announced in July that company employment would be cut by 1, before the end of Guichard explained that the company was being undercut by independent rivals offering lower prices because of their lower operating costs.

He said the company would respond by renovating and remodeling its stores, and reorganizing the hypermarkets, supermarkets, and smaller food stores into separate and autonomous divisions.

A new marketing division would be concerned with consumer relations, price, and the purchase and securing of provisions. Le Figaro in French.

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