why investigating judges are investigating the Bernard Hayot Group, chief in large-scale distribution abroad | EUROtoday

For a very long time, Bernard Hayot restricted himself to following his mantra: “Noise does no good, good does not make noise.” At 91, the businessman from a household of békés – the descendants of the settlers who arrived in Martinique within the seventeenth^e century – continues to be president of the group bearing his identify, GBH. From a rooster farm launched in 1960, the agency has turn into a conglomerate of 300 corporations and 18,000 staff, exceeding 5 billion euros in turnover in 2024, with its two sons and son-in-law as normal managers. Mainly situated abroad, their companies vary from mass distribution (52% of turnover, together with Carrefour franchises, M^r DIY, Decathlon) to cars (37%, together with Renault dealerships) together with the manufacturing of rum, yogurt and concrete.

Targeted throughout demonstrations towards “high cost of living” within the fall of 2024 – INSEE observes a distinction of 42% between the costs of meals merchandise in France and Guadeloupe – the Bernard Hayot Group has, nonetheless, moved to all-out communication. Last episode, Thursday December 18, with the revelations of Release on the opening of a judicial investigation focusing on the group for “agreement”, “abuse of dominant position” and “organized gang fraud” on August 29, on the request of the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office. From now on, the investigation is within the palms of two investigating judges.

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