page_title: Groupe Casino
section_title: Growth in France: affiliates and partnerships (1992 – 1997)
hierarchical_section_title: Groupe Casino / History / Growth in France: affiliates and partnerships (1992 – 1997)
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Devanture d'un magasin Franprix
context_page_description: Casino Group or Casino Guichard-Perrachon is a French mass-market retail Group. It was founded on 2 August 1898 by Geoffroy Guichard under the corporate name Guichard-Perrachon & Co.
  Casino Group is the source of many innovations such as the first distributor's brand in 1901, the first self-service store in 1948 or even the display of a sell-by date on consumer products in 1959.
  As an historical player in mass-market retail in France, the Group also started to grow internationally at the end of the 90s. It acquired GPA and Grupo Éxito in 1999, major companies in mass-market retail in Brazil and in Colombia. ·
  Casino Group operates across all food and non-food formats: hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores, discount stores and wholesale stores. Other than the eponymous "Géant Casino" and "Casino Supermarchés", Casino Group owns other brands such as Monoprix, Franprix, Leader Price, Cdiscount, Vival, Spar, Sherpa and Le Petit Casino.
  Casino Group, currently managed by Jean-Charles Naouri, is quoted on the Paris Stock Exchange, with the Rallye company as a majority shareholder. In 2017, its total revenue was €37.8 billion.
context_section_description: In order to increase its presence in France, Casino Group continued its wave of acquisitions by signing many agreements with national distributors. Corse Distribution Group became affiliated with Casino in 1992. Many hypermarkets and supermarkets then became Casino stores. Between 1995 and 1996, Casino took majority ownership in the different companies of Corse Distribution, enabling the development of many new franchise names. En décembre 1996, le groupe Casino et Monoprix, filiale des Galeries Lafayette, signent un accord de partenariat pour les achats et la logistique In December 1996, Casino Group and Monoprix, branch of Galeries Lafayette, signed a partnership agreement for purchasing and logistics. Less than a year later, Casino supported Monoprix financially in the total acquisition of Prisunic's capital and became therefore, shareholder at 21.6% of the capital of this new Group. In September 1997, Casino Group took majority ownership in the Franprix and Leader Price brands and their network of 650 stores.
caption: A Franpix front-of-store
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