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Monoprix S.A. ((:mɔnɔpʁi)) is a major French retail chain with its headquarters in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France, near Paris.〔"(Informations légales )." Monoprix. Retrieved on 4 February 2010. "Siège social : 14 - 16 rue Marc Bloch 92116 CLICHY Cedex"〕 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.〔http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7e032c72-c203-11e1-bffa-00144feabdc0.html Financial Times article〕 The Monoprix group had more than 300 stores and employed around 20,000 people in France at the end of 2008.〔(Overview of the Monoprix group ) (in French)〕 It is considered an up-scale chain and its business model was the inspiration for Waitrose in the early 2000s. 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.〔 The closest comparison to Monoprix for American and British customers might be the old-style Woolco /Woolworths stores in both countries, which combined Woolworth's non-food range with a supermarket offering, or the Fred Meyer chain in the United States' Pacific Northwest. In 1997, Monoprix purchased its main rival, the Prisunic chain. ==See also== * Monoprix (Tunisia) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monoprix」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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