What is "marjane"

This article is about the Moroccan supermarket chain. For the Iranian-French graphic novel author see Marjane Satrapi.

Marjane (also Marjane holding) is a Moroccan hypermarket chain. It is a wholly owned by SNI, the holding company of king Mohammed VI. The chain opened its first supermarket in 1990 in Rabat.

In 2008, the company had 33 Hypermarkets around Morocco. Its total turnover in 2007 was 6,78 billion Dirhams and employs 5.144 people. With more than 18 million customers per annum (2007), Marjane is the leader on the Moroccan market in front of the hypermarket METRO AG Morocco and Aswak Assalam, its principal competitors.

On August 2007, French Auchan sold its 49% stake to Omnium nord Africain that already held 51% of Marjane holding.