It's too bad....Carrefour is absolutely gorgeous. If I recall correctly, they never got past a couple pilot stores near Philly...I wonder if the concept would work differently and perform better in some different markets now.

On one hand, I don't think the world needs more hypermarts. I would never enter one operated by Walmart, for example. (Kansas City had the Walmart hypermart pilot - same era that Carrefour tried Philly - and it also failed.) On the other hand, I love Carrefour and wish they had some kind of implementation here - even if it was just the grocery operation.