13 Facts About Big C

Big C, is a grocery and general merchandising retailer headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.

Big C is as of 2016 Thailand's second-largest hypermarket operator after Lotus's .

Company was founded by Central Group in 1993 and the first Big C opened on Chaengwattana Road in Bangkok in 1994, prior to the company becoming listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in 1995.

Big C extended its business hours from 08:00 to midnight daily and launched the Big C website in 2000.

Two years later, Big C launched a hard-discount supermarket chain, "Leader Price by Big C", an affiliate store similar to the Leader Price brand of Groupe Casino.

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Big C Foundation was launched in 2002, with its main objectives including providing necessary assistance and support for children in terms of education, and offering opportunities for education to those suffering as a result of social abuses or the drug trade.

Big C developed and expanded the "Compact Store" store concept in 2005.

In May 2005, the "Big C Shopper Card" was launched, which was a hire-purchase card.

In 2006, Leader Price by Big C was remodeled into "Mini Big C", a proximity store format offering 24-hour service.

Big C launched yet another new brand store format in July 2010 called "Big C Junior", which is sized midway between a compact store and a supermarket.

In 2010, Big C announced in Thailand that it would open its first store in Laos, inside The New Taladsao Shopping Mall in Vientiane, in late 2012.

Big C opened its first Cambodian store in Poipet on 4 December 2019.

Big C invested 300 million baht to build Big C Poipet on 20 rai.