Carrefour to launch 50 drive stores across Belgium

Carrefour has unveiled its ‘Drive’ click & collect service at two outlets in Belgium, as part of…

Carrefour has unveiled its ‘Drive’ click & collect service at two outlets in Belgium, as part of its plans to popularise the concept across Europe.

The retail giant reportedly will aim to open three more such outlets by the end of 2013, and said it eventually plans to have around 50 Drive outlets in Belgium.

The first Drive click-and-collect point - Drive is the term used for click-and-collect in France - opened on Friday at Carrefour's store in Auderghem in a suburb in the south east of Brussels.

A second point will open this week in at an outlet in Evere, a north-eastern suburb of the Belgian capital.

Carrefour Belgium, which charges 4.5 for orders below 150, has launched a dedicated website (www.drive.be) for the service.

Additionally, it has developed an application for the iPhone and is working on a version for Android smartphones.Carrefour plans to open a third next month and has four more lined up.