What is "monoprix"

Monoprix S.A. is a major French retail chain with its headquarters in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France, near Paris. The company's stores combine food retailing with hardware, clothing, household items and gifts.

It was a joint subsidiary of the Casino Group and Groupe Galeries Lafayette, with both partners holding 50% of the company each from 2000, until June 2012 when Casino acquired Galeries Lafayette's stake. The Monoprix group had more than 300 stores and employed around 20,000 people in France at the end of 2008. Monoprix is present in approximately 85% of all French towns with a population of more than 50,000. In 2005, Monoprix had €3.3 billion in revenue.

In 1997, Monoprix purchased its main rival, the Prisunic chain.

Société Nouvelle Maison de la Ville de Tunis, or SNMVT Monoprix , is a chain of grocery stores in Tunisia, with its head office in Mégrine. They are operated by the Groupe Mabrouk, which in 2007 had a 38% marketshare in Tunisia.

Historically the company had ties with the Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali government.