爲對抗亞馬遜 樂購與家樂福達成戰略合作

Two of the world's biggest grocery chains, Tesco PLC and Carrefour SA, have struck a deal to collaborate on how they buy from suppliers in an effort to cut prices amid mounting competition from Inc. and other rivals.

全球兩家最大的食雜連鎖公司樂購和家樂福，已就如何從供應商那裏進行採購達成合作協議。在來自亞馬遜公司和其他競爭對手的競爭日趨激烈之際，此舉旨在降低價格。

Tesco, Britain's largest grocery chain, and Carrefour, the French giant, said they would jointly source certain products to lower prices, raise quality and broaden their product offerings.

英國最大的食雜連鎖公司樂購和法國巨頭家樂福稱，兩家公司將聯合採購某些商品，以降低價格、提高質量和擴大產品供應。

The agreement, which the companies said would initially last three years, will give the pair more scale in negotiations with global suppliers. It will cover joint purchasing of own-brand products and goods not for resale, like cleaning products or pallets.

兩家公司表示，這項協議初步期限爲三年，將使兩家公司在與全球供應商談判時更具規模優勢。該協議將覆蓋自有品牌產品和非轉售商品的聯合採購，比如清潔用品或托盤等。

Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to be formally agreed within the next two months, weren't disclosed.

該協議的財務條款沒有披露，預計雙方將在兩個月內達成正式協議。

"We are light on detail," said a Tesco spokeswoman. "The details are very much still being worked out."

樂購的一位發言人稱：“目前還沒有太多細節，大部分具體細節仍在擬定。”

The deal is the latest in a string of moves by traditional grocers the world over as they race to find new ways to compete with Amazon's growing food ambitions and fast-changing shopper behavior.

這樁交易是全球傳統食雜公司一系列舉措中的最新一例，這些公司正爭相尋找新途徑來應對亞馬遜日益增長的食品業務野心，以及消費者不斷快速變化的購物行爲。

Online shopping, discounters and meal-delivery services are all eating into once reliable profit margins.

網上購物、折扣商以及食品快遞服務都正在蠶食傳統食雜公司一度非常穩定的利潤率。

In the U.K., like the U.S., Amazon has also ramped up its fresh food delivery service, recently expanding outside London. In France, Amazon earlier this year signed a deal with Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA to deliver items from its Monoprix chain.

與在美國市場一樣，亞馬遜也已在英國加強了生鮮食品運送服務，且近來服務範圍已擴大到倫敦以外地區。在法國，亞馬遜今年早些時候與Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA簽署了一份協議，從後者的Monoprix連鎖店遞送商品。