Discount signs are displayed at a food section in a Carrefour hypermarket in Brive-La-Gaillarde, central France, July 8, 2013. France is the biggest country in Europe for hypermarkets and the store's growth mirrors Carrefour's past global expansion. But that growth masks the gradual decline of the format. The hypermarket - an out-of-town warehouse of more than 2,500 square metres which offers everything from camembert cheese to lawn mowers - is shrinking as online vendors, convenience shops and discounters meet many of the needs of a cash-strapped, increasingly fragmented population. Picture taken July 8, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD)