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Alexandre Bompard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, declared: “Carrefour continued its good commercial
performance in the first quarter, posting particularly marked growth in Latin America. The Group continues to gain market
share in all its main countries.
In an inflationary environment accentuated by the conflict in Ukraine, Carrefour relies on the professionalism and
experience of its teams to secure availability of products and protect the purchasing power of its customers.
Driven by its solid growth momentum and strengthened by its cost savings plan, the Group is continuing to consolidate its
economic model and reaffirms its confidence in achieving its strategic objectives.”
Notes: (1) Based on NielsenIQ RMS data, (2) Excluding petrol and calendar effects and at constant exchange rates, (3) Hyperinflation and
foreign exchange in Argentina
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First-quarter activity confirmed the Group’s good commercial momentum, in an environment marked by a
material acceleration of inflation and by the conflict in Ukraine. Carrefour posted solid revenue growth (+3.4%
LFL) on an already high comparable base, as the first quarter of 2021 had benefited from sanitary constraints
(widespread working from home and restaurant closures). Carrefour continued to gain market share in its key
countries, thanks to the improvement of customer satisfaction, a Group priority.
In a context of general consumer price increases, Carrefour is committed to preserving the purchasing power of
its customers thanks to its differentiating advantages in terms of offer and formats. In the face of potential
tensions on supply chain, Carrefour teams are fully mobilized to ensure availability of products at affordable
prices.
To remain at the side of its customers, while continuing to consolidate its economic model, Carrefour is
strengthening its cost savings plan, which will exceed €900m in 2022, within the framework of the €2.7bn to be
achieved over three years by 2023.
The target of generating net free cash flow in excess of €1bn in 2022 is confirmed.
This performance, driven by food, also reflects a sequential acceleration over the last two quarters of 2021.
LFL Q1 21 Q2 21 Q3 21 Q4 21 Q1 22
Group +4.2% +3.6% +0.8% +0.7% +3.4%
In France, Q1 2022 LFL sales were stable (+0.8% LFL in food and -5.9% LFL in non-food) in a market that was
slightly down, given a high comparable base and significantly lower inflation than in the rest of Europe. Market
share continued to grow over the quarter1. The transformation continues, with the transition to lease-
management of 8 hypermarkets and 6 supermarkets since the start of the year; the balance of the 43 stores
announced for 2022 (16 hypermarkets and 27 supermarkets) will be transferred in the coming months.
1
Market share based on NielsenIQ RMS data for total food and non-food sales for the 13-week period ending 03/04/2022 for Carrefour Group vs
the total French retail market (Copyright © 2022, NielsenIQ)
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Q1
LFL 2020 2021 2022
Hypermarkets +0.9% +3.3% -1.1%
Supermarkets +8.1% +7.0% -2.9%
Convenience/other formats +6.8% -2.7% +9.4%
o/w Convenience +11.0% -2.8% +3.8%
France +4.3% +3.5% 0.0%
In Europe, LFL sales were up +0.7% over the quarter. This performance reflected growth in almost all countries:
In Spain (+3.4% LFL), trends remained very solid, notably thanks to continued market share gains.
Supersol stores posted good growth
In Italy (+0.5% LFL), Carrefour continued its transformation with a third consecutive quarter of LFL sales
growth. This performance reflected the continuous improvement in customer satisfaction and price
image, resulting in strong growth in NPS®, in a context of pressure on purchasing power
In Belgium (-7.0% LFL), sales were down in Q1, after two years of marked growth (+6.2% in Q1 2020 and
+2.9% in Q1 2021), in an environment that remains very competitive
In Poland (+5.5% LFL), Carrefour confirmed its commercial momentum in a dynamic market
In Romania (+1.6% LFL), the Group posted a clear recovery, benefiting during the quarter from the end
of sanitary restrictions that limited access to shopping malls
Q1
LFL 2020 2021 2022
Spain +6.6% +1.7% +3.4%
Italy +2.5% -11.3% +0.5%
Belgium +6.2% +2.9% -7.0%
Poland +8.8% -2.3% +5.5%
Romania +9.7% -1.8% +1.6%
Europe (excl. France) +6.1% -1.6% +0.7%
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review. Completion of the transaction is still expected by June 2022. As a reminder, the
synergies target was recently raised to more than BRL 2.0bn
In Argentina (+62.2% LFL), sales rose sharply in both food and non-food, in a strongly inflationary
context. Carrefour continues to increase volumes and gain market share
In Taiwan (Asia), Q1 LFL sales were down -0.6%, penalized by sanitary measures linked to the pandemic. The
Wellcome stores, now all converted to the Carrefour banner, posted a good performance.
Following this cancellation of shares, the number of shares making up the capital of Carrefour S.A. will amount
to 754,663,786 shares and the number of treasury shares, consequently, will be 6,859,495 shares, representing
approximately 0.9% of the share capital. The number of voting shares will be 747,804,291 shares.
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AGENDA
Annual General Meeting: June 3, 2022
Second-quarter sales and first-half 2022 results: July 27, 2022
Presentation of Carrefour’s new strategic plan: fall 2022
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CONTACTS
Investor Relations
Sébastien Valentin, Anthony Guglielmo and Louise Brun Tel : +33 (0)1 64 50 82 57
Shareholder Relations Tel : 0 805 902 902 (toll-free in France)
Group Communication Tel : +33 (0)1 58 47 88 80
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APPENDIX
First-quarter 2022 sales inc. VAT
The Group's sales amounted to €20,239m pre-IAS 29. The foreign exchange effect in the first quarter was a favorable
+1.9%, mainly due to the appreciation of the Brazilian Real. The petrol effect was a favorable +3.3%. The calendar
effect was an unfavorable -0.5%. Openings contributed +1.1%. The effect of acquisitions was +0.8%. The impact of the
application of IAS 29 was +€23m.
Variation ex petrol ex Total variation inc.
Sales calendar petrol
inc. VAT
at current at constant
(€m) LFL Organic exchange exchange
rate rates
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Foreign
Calendar Petrol
exchange
Application of IAS 29
The impact on Group sales is presented in the table below:
2022 at 2022 at 2022 at
constant current current
Scope rates rates rates
2021 and pre-IAS pre-IAS post-IAS
Sales incl. VAT (€m) pre-IAS 29 LFL(1) Calendar Openings others(2) Petrol 29 Forex 29 IAS 29(3) 29
Q1 18,564 +3.4% -0.5% +1.1% -0.0% +3.3% +7.1% +1.9% 20,239 +23 20,261
Notes: (1) excluding petrol and calendar effects and at constant exchange rates; (2) including transfers; (3) hyperinflation and foreign exchange
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