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Walmart Acquires Bompreco S.A.

On March 1, 2004, Walmart acquired retailer Bompreco S.A. from Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize for 300M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Walmart’s 3rd transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Walmart’s 9th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Walmart’s 1st transaction in Brazil.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-03-01
Target Bompreco S.A.
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Walmart
Sellers(s) Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 300M USD

Target

Bompreco S.A.

Recife, Brazil
Bompreco is a supermarket and hypermarket chain in Brazil’s Northeast region. In nine states across the Northeast region of Brazil, Bompreco operates a number of different formats including Hiper Bompreco hypermarkets ranging in size between 4,000 and 12,500 square meters, and offering 45,000 lines including clothing and electronics. Bompreco supermarkets have a sales area of up to 3,200 square meters, offering around 10,000 lines. Bompreco also operates mini-markets and Balaio discount stores, as well as a small number of ’Hiper Magazine’ stores.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Walmart

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1945
Sector Retail
Employees2,100,000
Revenue 681.0B USD (2025)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Walmart's corporate campus in Bentonville, Arkansas.
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Walmart is a discount retailer with operations across the globe. Walmart was formed in 1945 and is based in Bentonville, Arkansas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 23
Sector: Retail M&A 3 of 7
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: Brazil M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2004 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 9 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-05-02 McLane Company

Temple, Texas, United States

McLane Company, Inc., is a supply chain services, providing grocery and foodservice supply chain solutions for convenience stores, mass merchants, drug stores and chain restaurants throughout the United States.

Sell $1.5B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-12-14 Sonae - Retail Operations

Brazil

Sonae - Retail Operations in Brazil, which include 140 hypermarkets, supermarkets and wholesale units.

Buy €635M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize

Zaandam, Netherlands
Category Company
Founded 1867
Sector Retail
Employees390,000
Revenue 89.4B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize is an international retailing group. Ahold is built on a solid foundation, with strong and trusted local consumer brands, millions of loyal customers, leadership in our markets and proud associates. Operating supermarkets and selling great food has been our core business for over 125 years. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize was founded in 1887 and is based in Zaandam, Netherlands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 6
Sector: Retail M&A 1 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 5
Country: Brazil M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2004 M&A 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-12-12 Bruno s Supermarkets

Brimingham, Alabama, United States

Bruno's Supermarkets, Inc. is a prominent food retailer in the Southeastern U.S.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-12-01 DinoSol Supermercados

Canaria, Spain

DinoSol Supermercados operates a chain of supermarkets that offers food products. DinoSol Supermercados was formed in 1998 and is based in Canaria, Spain.

Sell €685M
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