Supermercados Gigante

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{{short description|Mexican supermarket chain}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Gigante, S.A. de C.V.
| logo = L gigantet.png
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| image = Gigante Torreon Store.jpg
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| type = Subsidiary of [[Grupo Gigante]]
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| fate = Purchased by [[Organización Soriana]]
| foundation = 1962
| founder = Angel Lozada Ramirez
| defunct = 2008
| location_city = [[Mexico City]]
| location_country = [[Mexico]]
| location =
| locations = 199 (2008)
| area_served = [[Mexico]]
| key_people = Angel Lozada (CEO, 2008)
| industry = [[Retail]]
| products =
| services = Grocery, bakery, clothing, footwear, home supplies, office supplies, hygiene and personal products, appliances, electronics, music, car supplies, pharmacy, and toys|
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| owner = [[Organización Soriana]]
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| homepage = {{url|www.gigante.com.mx}}
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[[File:Grupo Gigante's store.JPG|thumbnail]]
'''Supermercados Gigante''' was a large [[supermarket]] chain in Mexico. The chain expanded north of the border as well, as it also had locations in predominantly [[working-class]] [[Mexican-American]] communities of the United States.

The supermarket chain was owned by parent company [[Grupo Gigante]], which also operates the restaurant chain [[Toks]], and US retail chains such as [[RadioShack]] and [[Office Depot]] in [[Mexico]].

Supermercados Gigante competed with several other chains, such as [[Soriana]], [[Comercial Mexicana]], [[Chedraui]], [[Wal-Mart]], [[H-E-B]], [[Falabella (retail store)|Falabella]], [[Cencosud]] and [[Distribución y Servicio|D&S]]. It was not uncommon to see Wal-Mart receipts around the store touting the fact that said items are cheaper at Supermercados Gigante.

==Supermercados Gigante in pop culture==
The chain appeared on the ''[[Ahí Viene Verónica]]'' film, and on miscellaneous [[TV Azteca]] shows.

==Store closures==
On February 28, 2006 Gigante closed some stores in Mexico (1 in Torreon, 7 in Monterrey, 1 in Matamoros, 2 in San Luis Potosí and 1 in Puebla).
<gallery mode=packed>
File:FormerlyGiganteinGomezPalacio.jpg|Gómez Palacio, circa 2004
File:FormerGiganteTorreon.JPG|Torreon, circa 2006
</gallery>

==Sale of Gigante==
As of Dec. 6, 2007 Supermercados Gigante was acquired by [[Organizacion Soriana]] for US$1.35 billion. The supermarket and hypermarket retail formats of Supermercados Gigante, including its seven US stores, will disappear and the stores will adopt the [[Soriana]] formats. The US stores were acquired by Bodega Latina Corp., the US subsidiary of [[Grupo Comercial Chedraui]], and these stores were converted to Bodega Latina's ''El Super'' store banner (Bodega Latina changed its name in 2022 to Chedraui USA). Grupo Gigante will remain in business as a company separate from [[Soriana]], operating the Mexican [[Radio Shack]] and [[Office Depot]] locations, as well as the [[Toks]] restaurant chain.

==External links==
* [http://www.gigante.com.mx Grupo Gigante website]—{{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.giganteusa.com Gigante USA]—{{in lang|en}}
* [http://www.chedraui.com.mx Grupo Comercial Chedraui website]—{{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.chedrauiusa.com Chedraui USA website]—{{in lang|en}}

[[Category:Supermarkets of Mexico]]
[[Category:Retail companies established in 1962]]
[[Category:Retail companies disestablished in 2008]]
[[Category:Mexican companies established in 1962]]
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in Mexico]]

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