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Leclerc supermarket founder dies at 85

AFP
AFP - [email protected] • 17 Sep, 2012 Updated Mon 17 Sep 2012 16:41 CEST

Edouard Leclerc, the founder of French hypermarket chain E. Leclerc, died on Monday aged 85, officials in his native region of Brittany said.

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Leclerc died in Saint-Divy in the Finistere department of the northwestern region, the town hall said.

His first supermarket opened in 1948 and his business swelled into one of France's biggest supermarket chains with more than 550 stores. It also runs 114 branches outside France.

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