Hypercacher (pronounced [ipɛʁkaʃɛʁ]; also Hyper Cacher or HyperCacher; translated as "Hyper Kosher") is a chain of kosher supermarkets in France and Italy.
There are branches in and around Paris (Porte de Vincennes, rue de Manin, rue de l'Ourcq, La Villette, rue Bayen, rue Jean-de-la-La-Fontaine, Montreuil, Créteil, Sarcelles, Saint Gratien), as well as in Nice and Rome.
History
The first branch was opened in March 1992 in Montreuil, and branches have been opened from that date until 2013. The company's president is Michel Emsalem.
On 9 January 2015, Islamist terrorist Amedy Coulibaly held several hostages at gunpoint at the Porte de Vincennes branch in the eastern suburbs of Paris. Four hostages were murdered by Coulibaly, who was then killed by police.
Some of those saved were saved by Lassana Bathily, a Muslim of Malian descent, who hid them in the basement of the shop.
References
- ^ Buchanan, Rose Troup (9 January 2015). "Paris attacks: Armed gunman takes hostage in Kosher grocery shop in east of city". Independent. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- "Le mois hallucinant??". uniconsocachere.wordpress.com. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- "HyperCacher". yelp.com. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Hypercacher: Présentation de l'entreprise". manageo.fr. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- Mezzofiore, Gianluca (9 January 2015). "Paris Jewish supermarket siege: Muslim 'Bonnie and Clyde' Hayat Boumeddiene and Amedy Coulibaly wanted by police". International Business Times. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- "Charlie Hebdo hunt: Police storm two hostage sites". BBC. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- "France attacks: 'Hero' Lassana Bathily gets citizenship". BBC News. 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
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