Further attacks were reported in the industrial cities of Campana and Zarate, in Buenos Aires province, in Resistencia in the north and outside a Carrefour supermarket in San Fernando, on the outskirts of the capital.
Eight buyers at Carrefour, a French supermarket chain, are under investigation for accepting kickbacks from suppliers.
This year, the group is focusing on a joint venture with French supermarket company Carrefour to open "hypermarkets" in the coastal city of Tianjin.
Wal-Mart competition in Brazil has hurt French supermarket behemoth Carrefour.
French supermarket chain Carrefour has also been focusing more than ever on cutting prices under a new chief executive, but analysts polled by Reuters still expect it to post a second-quarter sales decline of around 2%.
Six French supermarket chains - Carrefour, Monoprix, Auchan, Casino, Cora, and Picard - have also withdrawn ready-meals from Findus and Comigel.
Bleak warnings have sounded from such broad-based supermarket groups as Carrefour in France and Metro in Germany, from Federated Department Stores in America and from specialists such as Dixons, a British electronics chain.
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Carrefour was the No. 1 supermarket retailer in Brazil until 2010, when CBD took over.
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Carrefour, Europe's biggest supermarket chain, says the year ahead will be tricky as recessions in Italy and Spain have hit demand.
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You say that the supermarket chains, Tesco, Walmart and Carrefour, should invest in India in order to set up a network where food stays fresh and less is wasted.
Meanwhile, Britain's Tesco supermarket group is boldly expanding into America and other foreign markets in a bid to overtake France's Carrefour (sorry, Monsieur l'Empereur) to become the world's second-biggest retailer behind Wal-Mart (see article).
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