• The partnership with Aster cements Carrefour’s marketplace as a one-stop-shop for all your food, essentials and lifestyle needs
  • Carrefour’s Connected Retail Partner programme now hosts Aster Pharmacy store online 

Dubai, UAE : Owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim in the UAE, Carrefour has partnered with Aster Pharmacy, the leading pharmacy chain in the UAE, to deliver health and wellness across the UAE through its online marketplace platform. Carrefour customers can now have over-the-counter medication, health supplements, nutritional products and personal care items delivered alongside their grocery orders, answering all their food, lifestyle, health and wellness needs with one knock at the door.

Carrefour will be leveraging its extensive express fleet to process and deliver orders from over 200 Aster Pharmacies in less than 90 minutes across the UAE. All non-prescription products are now available through the digital Aster Pharmacy store on Carrefour marketplace, ensuring safety and credibility with each purchase.

“Carrefour’s online marketplace now homes Aster Pharmacy, bringing us one step closer to becoming a comprehensive, one-stop-shop for food and lifestyle,” said Hani Weiss, Chief Executive Officer at Majid Al Futtaim Retail. “With Carrefour marketplace sales tripling between Q1 and Q2, this partnership represents the shift towards online shopping that retail has experienced over the past year. Our marketplace solution drives our Connected Retail Partnership programme by allowing other businesses to connect with Carrefour customers and revolutionising operations in the region. The new, virtual drugstore will ensure that Carrefour can meet all of its customers’ needs as we continue to provide a digital e-commerce platform for sellers across the UAE.”

Commenting on the partnership Alisha Moopen, Deputy Managing Director of Aster DM Healthcare said, “Aster Pharmacy is driven by the philosophy of ‘Healthiness is Happiness’ which is reflected in its efforts to make its health and wellness offerings easily available at the doorsteps of people in UAE. The partnership is in alignment with our digital and e-commerce plan to make our rich inventory of over 25,000 products easily accessible to our customers at the click of a button. We are glad to collaborate with Carrefour on our shared goal of providing a comprehensive lifestyle and wellness solution that enhances our customer’s lifestyle.”

Spreading happiness, good health and great value across the UAE, Carrefour’s collaboration with Aster Pharmacy will provide a one-stop solution for everyday essentials and make online shopping experience easier than ever. Customers can head to https://www.carrefouruae.com/  to find out more and order all of their health and wellness essentials alongside their groceries today.

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About Carrefour

Carrefour was launched in the region in 1995 by UAE-based Majid Al Futtaim, which is the exclusive franchisee to operate Carrefour in over 30 countries across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, and fully owns the operations in the region. Today, Majid Al Futtaim operates over 375 Carrefour stores in 17 countries, serving more than 750,000 customers daily and employing over 37,000 colleagues.

Carrefour operates different store formats, as well as multiple online offerings to meet the growing needs of its diversified customer base. In line with the brand’s commitment to provide the widest range of quality products and value for money, Carrefour offers an unrivalled choice of more than 500,000 food and non-food products, and a locally inspired exemplary customer experience to create great moments for everyone every day. Across Carrefour’s stores, Majid Al Futtaim sources over 80% of the products offered from the region, making it a key enabler in supporting local producers, suppliers, families and economies.

About Majid Al Futtaim 

Founded in 1992, Majid Al Futtaim is the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

A remarkable business success story, Majid Al Futtaim started from one man’s vision to transform the face of shopping, entertainment and leisure to ‘create great moments for everyone, every day’. It has since grown into one of the United Arab Emirates’ most respected and successful businesses spanning 17 international markets, employing more than 43,000 people, and obtaining the highest credit rating (BBB) among privately-held corporates in the region.

Majid Al Futtaim owns and operates 29 shopping malls, 13 hotels and four mixed-use communities, with further developments underway in the region. The shopping malls portfolio includes Mall of the Emirates, Mall of Egypt, Mall of Oman, City Centre malls, My City Centre neighbourhood centres, and five community malls which are in joint venture with the Government of Sharjah. The Company is the exclusive franchisee for Carrefour in over 30 markets across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, operating a portfolio of more than 375 outlets including City+, the region’s first checkout-free store, and an online store.

Majid Al Futtaim operates more than 500 VOX Cinemas screens as well as a portfolio of world-class leisure and entertainment experiences across the region including Ski Dubai, Ski Egypt, Dreamscape, Magic Planet, Little Explorers and iFLY Dubai. The Company is parent to a Fashion, Home and Specialty retail business representing international brands such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, AllSaints, lululemon athletica, Crate & Barrel, Maisons du Monde, LEGO and THAT, a Majid Al Futtaim fashion concept store and app. In addition, Majid Al Futtaim operates Enova, a facility and energy management company, through a joint venture operation with Veolia, a global leader in optimised environment resource management.

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About Aster Pharmacy

Established in 1989, Aster Pharmacy is one of the largest and the most awarded pharmacy chains in the UAE. With a retail footprint of over 200 stores in the UAE and other countries in the Middle East, Aster Pharmacy also has a range of health and wellness brands under its umbrella like Megafoods, Dr. Gummies, Country Life to name a few. In the last 5 years, the organization has made constant improvements in various departments to deserve this prestigious DQA award in 2015 and is a 4-time winner of the DSES Award under the Best Performance Brand Category.

Aster Pharmacy is a part of the Aster DM Healthcare network, one of the largest integrated private healthcare service providers in GCC and India, delivering primary to quaternary care through 27 hospitals, 115 clinics and 223 pharmacies in seven countries.

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