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| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1993[1] |
| Founder | Central Group |
| Headquarters | Bangkok, Thailand |
Area served | Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong |
Key people | Aswin Techajareonvikul, President[2] Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, Chairman |
| Products | Discount Stores, Grocery Stores, Hypermarkets |
| Revenue | 140 billion baht (2018)[3] |
 6,976 million baht (FY2013) | |
Number of employees | 27,000[4]: 14 |
| Parent | TCC Group (Thailand, Laos and Cambodia) Central Group & Nguyen Kim Group (Vietnam) |
| Website | bigc.co.th |
Big C, operated by Big C Supercenter Public Company Limited under Big C Retail Corporation Public Company Limited, is a grocery and general merchandising retailer headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.[5] Big C is as of 2016 Thailand's second-largest hypermarket operator after Tesco Lotus.[6] It has operations in five countries, namely Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Hong Kong.
The company was founded by Central Group in 1993 and the first Big C opened on Chaengwattana Road in Bangkok in 1994. As of 2019[update] Big C operates 153 hypermarkets, 63 Big C markets, and 1,018 Mini Big C stores.[3]
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- ^ "Message from the Chairman". Retrieved 9 October 2019.[full citation needed]
- ^ a b Jitpleecheep, Pitsinee (5 December 2019). "Big C spreading hypermarkets around". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
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- ^ Kostov, Nick (2016-02-07). "Groupe Casino to sell stake in Thai grocer Big C". MarketWatch. Retrieved 10 February 2016.