Colruyt, a family company from Lembeek in Flemish Brabant, first appeared about 80 years ago. Today, we have grown from a small company into a whole family of companies: Colruyt Group.
Colruyt Group consists of over forty brands for individuals and businesses. We are most famous for our food retailing, but we are also active in non-food and fuel, wholesale and foodservice. To know more about all our shops, webshops, services and private labels in Europe, visit our Group website.
Colruyt Group is an umbrella brand comprising of a vast number of companies ranging from food and non-food products and services. All of these brands share a common identity, which translates into one mission statement and nine values in which all store formulas, brands, and services can recognize themselves.
"Together, we create sustainable added value through value-driven craftsmanship in retail"
Together : We value all our employees, customers, suppliers, manufacturers, shareholders, etc.
Sustainable : Sustainable entrepreneurship is in our DNA. We use a minimum of raw materials, energy and human effort. That’s how we make the difference, for following generations too.
Added Value : We aim for maximum added value for the economy, people and the environment.
Value-Driven Craftsmanship : We see expertise as more than just executing a job correctly. People who have the necessary Skills, Attitude and Knowledge, emanate professional pride and are inspired by the group values.
Retail : We focus on retail and wholesale
Each of our core value is linked to a focus point which we want to draw attention to in practice.
Respect : Everyone is equal. Each individual can be themselves and develop further.
Togetherness : We encourage cooperation at all levels and we connect with one another as a team.
Simplicity : Our employees keep things as simple as possible. We work quickly, (cost-) efficiently and avoid doing the same job twice.
Readiness to Serve : Helping is one of our qualities. We are committed to serving our customers and colleagues.
Faith : We believe in one another. Mutual trust gives people positive energy.
Hope : We all hope that we will succeed in everything we undertake. Our employees get the resources they need to deliver good work.
Space : We consciously give and take the time to pause in our work and, together, look at what we’re doing.
Courage : We encourage entrepreneurship. Everyone gets the opportunity to take initiatives.
Strength : Employees who can fully develop their potential get fulfilment from their jobs, and this leads to job satisfaction.
In the year 2007, Colruyt Group established its IT Engineering Center in Hyderabad and has a strength of more than 450 coworkers currently. Colruyt India is an engineering arm of Colruyt Group specialized in multiple facets of IT such as Consult, Build, Innovate and Operate backed by strong engineering & QA practices. The focus on capability development and skilled workforce has helped us add value to the goals of Colruyt Group. The importance towards learning, work life balance and values, have been instrumental in creating a conducive work environment at Colruyt India.
As an organization, we are committed towards community development and improvement of the quality of life in the society we live in. Colruyt Group lays great emphasis on sustainable and responsible entrepreneurship and is driven by three important principles: People Empowerment, Environment Sustainability and Product Consciousness. The Corporate Social Responsibility team, which is known as Colruyt India Social Responsibility (CISR), operates with the support of enthusiastic volunteers who play an active role in all the sustainability initiatives organized towards fulfilling our organizational commitment.
We have collaborated with various charitable organizations dedicated to provide education and upliftment of children deprived of fundamental opportunities or people who are differently abled. We work together with Ashray Akruti – an NGO that works for the hearing-impaired children, Sankalp Foundation – an NGO that supports daily needs and education of several orphan children, Nayi Disha Foundation – a support group to help people with intellectual and developmental disability.
Few years ago, we launched the National Digital Literacy Mission center in partnership with NASSCOM Foundation to provide digital literacy to more than 2000 students. This is an ongoing project and year on year, we engage with our Partners to provide means to support these students in their journey of digital education and empowerment. Apart from the larger projects, we also organize blood donation drives, plantation drives, excursions with children from orphanages and many more as a part of our annual CISR calendar.
Hari Subramanian | Chairman |
Peter Vanbellingen | Member |
Stefaan Vandamme | Member |
Anuradha Sharma | Secretary to the Committee |
During the financial year 2020-2021 Company has contributed towards CSR programs for the following activities listed in schedule VII to the Companies Act, 2013: