The Docks de France group is a former French distributor, bought in 1996 by Auchan .
History
- 1904 : Ernest Toulouse creates, at Tours , the Central Docks Company.
- 1957 : Docks de France, settled in the Paris region.
- 1963 : The first French hypermarket opened its doors.
- 1966 : Docks de France opened 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 United States
- 1979 : Acquisition of the Picardy Beehive
- 1982 : Creation of 'Atac,
- 1986 : Creation of the Super Pakbo warehouse stores[1],
- 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
- 1998 : The Distribution companies: 'West Corporation Distribution Center', 'Alsatian Society Distribution', the Society of Lyon and Picardy Beehive merge with the Company of Parisian Distribution who took the name Atac.
- 1999 : Reorganisation of the Auchan group:
- The hypermarkets Auchan and Mammouth fuse with the name of Auchan
- The supermarkets and shops of Atac and Eco Service fuse with the name of Atac
- The supermarkets and shops of Atac fuse and rebrand to Simply Market