Monoprix

Monoprix, formally Société Nouvelle Maison de la Ville de Tunis and also known as SNMVT Monoprix, is a Tunisian chain of grocery stores. The brand operates in Tunisia rather than representing the separate French Monoprix retail business. Its head office is in Mégrine, an industrial and commercial suburb of Tunis. The chain is operated by Groupe Mabrouk, a Tunisian business group with interests in retail and other sectors. The company is part of Tunisia’s organized food-retail sector, serving consumers through grocery stores under the Monoprix name. Available reference material identifies food and household retail as the core scope of the business, but does not provide a complete current store count, detailed format breakdown, product catalogue, or geographic list of outlets. Accordingly, the brand’s assortment is best described at a category level rather than through unsupported claims about specific private-label ranges or flagship products. SNMVT Monoprix has been listed on the Bourse de Tunis since April 1995. This makes the company a publicly traded Tunisian retailer, although no ticker symbol, current market capitalization, financial results, or ownership percentages are established in the supplied sources. Reference material states that Groupe Mabrouk operated the chain and that the group held a 38% share of the Tunisian market in 2007; the cited figure is historical and its precise definition is not specified. The company’s history also intersects with Tunisia’s political and economic environment. Reference material notes that Monoprix Tunisia historically had ties with the government of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. The supplied sources do not provide enough detail to characterize the nature, legal status, or consequences of those ties, so they should be treated as historical context rather than a fully documented scandal record. Monoprix Tunisia should not be conflated with Monoprix, the French urban retail chain. The parenthetical Wikipedia designation is authoritative for this entry and identifies the Tunisian company. Publicly available reference material supplied for this dossier is limited, leaving several corporate details—including founding date, founders, current executives, website, store count, product launches, campaigns, and recent news—unconfirmed.

Société Nouvelle Maison de la Ville de Tunis, commonly identified as SNMVT Monoprix, is a Tunisian grocery-retail company operating under the Monoprix name. Its head office is located in Mégrine. The business belongs to the organized retail sector and is distinct from the French company commonly known simply as Monoprix; the Wikipedia disambiguation in this entry specifically refers to the Tunisian chain. The available reference material does not establish the company’s original founding date, founder, first store, or the precise development of its retail network. It does, however, identify the company as an established Tunisian chain and states that it has been listed on the Bourse de Tunis since April 1995. The listing indicates that the business has operated as a public company for several decades, although the supplied material does not include a ticker symbol, historical shareholding table, financial statements, or current trading information. Monoprix Tunisia is operated by Groupe Mabrouk. In 2007, reference material associated Groupe Mabrouk with a 38% share of the Tunisian market. The source does not define whether this percentage refers to all grocery retail, a particular retail segment, or another market measure, and it should therefore be retained only as a historical contextual figure rather than treated as a current market position. The chain’s business scope is grocery retail, with stores intended to supply food and everyday household goods. The supplied sources do not provide sufficient detail to document specific store formats, private-label brands, customer programs, campaign history, product generations, or expansion milestones. No verified executive roster or current corporate website was supplied for this entry. The company’s historical context includes reported ties to the government of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. The reference material does not explain whether these ties involved ownership, commercial relationships, political patronage, or other forms of association. It also does not provide a detailed investigation, court finding, regulatory decision, or documented corporate response. The matter is therefore recorded as historical political context and not expanded into a definitive allegation. Because the available material is limited to a short reference description, the present dossier confirms the company’s identity, Tunisian market, Mégrine headquarters, Groupe Mabrouk affiliation, public listing, and broad retail activity, while leaving unsupported corporate and historical details blank.

• 2007

  Historical market-share reference

  [1]Monoprix (Tunisia)en.wikipedia.org

  Reference material stated that Groupe Mabrouk held a 38% share of the Tunisian market in 2007; the scope of the market measure is not specified.

• 1995

  Bourse de Tunis listing

  [1]Monoprix (Tunisia)en.wikipedia.org

  Société Nouvelle Maison de la Ville de Tunis was listed on the Bourse de Tunis in April 1995.

A Tunisian organized grocery retailer serving everyday food and household consumption needs through stores operating under the Monoprix name.

• Food retail

  Grocery and food assortment

  The chain’s core offering is grocery retail for everyday consumption, including food and packaged supermarket merchandise. The supplied reference does not provide a verified item-level assortment, named private-label range, or complete category catalogue.

• Household retail

  Household consumer goods

  Monoprix Tunisia is also described as serving routine household-shopping needs. Specific brands, departments, and service propositions are not documented in the supplied material.

• 2026

  Monoprix: French authorities order ANSSI investigation into supermarket refrigeration cyberattack

  French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu instructed the National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) to investigate a large-scale cyberattack on connected refrigeration systems at major French food retailers. The Paris prosecutor's office confirmed that the incident resulted in food losses and fires. Officials also coordinated with European counterparts to assess whether businesses in other countries could be vulnerable. The event involved Monoprix as one of the affected French food retailers.

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• Unconfirmed

  Reported2026.10.13

  Cyberattack disrupts refrigeration at French supermarkets, heating fridges to 50°C[6]网络攻击致法国超市联网制冷系统升温至50°C并造成大范围中断infotechlead.com

  A large-scale cyberattack on connected refrigeration systems disrupted hundreds of French supermarkets, raising temperatures to as high as 50 degrees Celsius for about six hours overnight, spoiling food and causing fires. Intermarche reported approximately 150 affected stores, Carrefour 80 affected supermarkets, Cooperative U 80 of roughly 2,000 stores, and Monoprix about 25 locations (5 percent of its approximately 490 French stores). Retailers discarded affected food to eliminate health risks; potential losses were put at up to €200,000 at a larger hypermarket, with Intermarche's CEO estimating tens of millions of euros in nationwide losses in a single day. ANSSI identified a vulnerability in software supplied by Danfoss, which said the affected units were running outdated firmware, and a threat-intelligence analyst said Spain, Portugal, Poland, Germany and Belgium had also been affected.

• 2026.10.12

  Reported2026.10.13

  Cyberattack disrupts refrigeration at French supermarket chains, forcing disposal of spoiled food[7]网络攻击扰乱法国连锁超市制冷系统，门店被迫丢弃变质食品hindustantimes.com

  A cyberattack reported on Monday (2026-10-12), affecting Cooperative U's refrigeration systems since Sunday night, remotely triggered forced defrosting of refrigeration systems in hundreds of French stores, causing temperatures to rise and forcing retailers to discard spoiled fresh and frozen food; Paris prosecutors confirmed the attack and said fires had also been sparked. E. Leclerc, Intermarche, Netto and Cooperative U confirmed being targeted, with at least 300 Intermarche and Netto stores, more than 100 Cooperative U outlets and several E. Leclerc stores affected; an industry website reported Carrefour Market and Monoprix were also hit, which those chains had not confirmed. The targeted controls were Danfoss refrigeration regulators including the AK-SM800 and AK-SC355, most belonging to an older generation that no longer receives software or security updates, and France's cyber security agency identified a vulnerability in the Danish company's software and contacted the vendor.

  Weekdays and relative dates follow the original report; their exact calendar dates have not been verified.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2026.10.13

  French PM orders ANSSI to investigate supermarket refrigeration cyberattack[3]Monoprix: French authorities order ANSSI investigation into supermarket refrigeration cyberattackgrenadachronicle.com

  The cyberattack on connected refrigerators at major French food retailers prompted Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to order France's National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) to investigate, according to a person in his office. France is coordinating with European counterparts because other countries could also be affected, and authorities are assessing whether other French companies are at risk.

• 2026.10.12

  Reported2026.10.13

  Cyberattack overheats fridges at French supermarkets including Intermarché and Coopérative U, spoiling food[8]网络攻击致法国多家超市(含Intermarché与Coopérative U)冰箱过热、食品变质cnbc.com

  Hackers targeted hundreds of French supermarkets in a cyberattack that caused refrigerators and freezers to overheat to as much as 50 degrees Celsius overnight, spoiling food and producing smoke in some stores, though Les Mousquetaires said no fires had been reported. Chains affected included Carrefour, Monoprix, Les Mousquetaires-owned Intermarché and Coopérative U, and the attack reportedly affected several European countries including Spain, Portugal, Poland, Germany and Belgium. Les Mousquetaires said around 180 stores were affected and it expected losses of several million euros after the cyberattack hit a service provider responsible for managing refrigeration systems inside some stores; Intermarché and Netto removed and disposed of affected products to ensure consumer safety, and Coopérative U's CEO confirmed that cyberattacks had affected refrigeration facilities at several stores.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2026.10.12

  French prosecutors open cyber-crime investigation into supermarket fridge hack[5]Monoprix: French authorities order ANSSI investigation into supermarket refrigeration cyberattackbbc.co.uk

  French prosecutors opened a specific cyber-crime investigation into the attack that disrupted supermarket refrigeration, with the Paris prosecutor's office calling it a large-scale cyber-attack affecting the refrigerators of several major food retail chains across France.

• 2026.10.12

  Reported2026.10.12

  Cyber attack heats fridges at hundreds of French supermarkets, spoiling food[5]Monoprix: French authorities order ANSSI investigation into supermarket refrigeration cyberattackbbc.co.uk

  Overnight into 12 October 2026, hackers took control of refrigeration-management software provided by Danish engineering firm Danfoss, forcing fridges and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to heat up and spoiling fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros. More than 100 Coopérative U supermarkets, 180 Intermarché and Netto stores, 80 Carrefour stores, about 5% of Monoprix stores and E.Leclerc shops were hit. Retailers discarded or removed affected food from sale and disconnected further stores from the internet; Danfoss said the affected cold units were older models whose security software could not be updated.

• 2026.10.11

  Reported2026.10.13

  Cyberattack disrupts refrigeration at French supermarkets, causing food losses and fires[3]Monoprix: French authorities order ANSSI investigation into supermarket refrigeration cyberattackgrenadachronicle.com

  A large-scale cyberattack remotely triggered the forced defrosting of connected refrigeration systems at hundreds of supermarkets in France, disrupting refrigeration from Sunday night, raising fridge and freezer temperatures to as high as 50 degrees Celsius, destroying stocks of fresh and frozen products, and causing fires at several stores. At least 300 Intermarche or Netto shops, more than 100 Cooperative U outlets, 80 Carrefour supermarkets, about 5 percent of Monoprix's roughly 490 stores and several E Leclerc stores were affected; Intermarche CEO Thierry Cotillard estimated losses of tens of millions of euros nationwide in a single day. ANSSI identified a vulnerability in software supplied by Danish company Danfoss, which said the affected units were running outdated firmware, and an analyst said Spain, Portugal, Poland, Germany and Belgium were also affected.

  Weekdays and relative dates follow the original report; their exact calendar dates have not been verified.

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1. 1Monoprix (Tunisia)en.wikipedia.org
2. 2Monoprix: French authorities order ANSSI investigation into supermarket refrigeration cyberattackmoneycontrol.com
3. 3Monoprix: French authorities order ANSSI investigation into supermarket refrigeration cyberattackgrenadachronicle.com
4. 4Monoprix: French authorities order ANSSI investigation into supermarket refrigeration cyberattackitechpost.com
5. 5Monoprix: French authorities order ANSSI investigation into supermarket refrigeration cyberattackbbc.co.uk
6. 6网络攻击致法国超市联网制冷系统升温至50°C并造成大范围中断infotechlead.com
7. 7网络攻击扰乱法国连锁超市制冷系统，门店被迫丢弃变质食品hindustantimes.com
8. 8网络攻击致法国多家超市(含Intermarché与Coopérative U)冰箱过热、食品变质cnbc.com
9. 9‘Unprecedented’ cyberattack hits French supermarkets, causing food losses - Dominican Republic Post – Caribbean News, Business, Travel & Culturedominicanrepublicpost.com
10. 10France’s Supermarket Cyberattack Is A Warning For NATO’s Food Security - OpEd - Eurasia Revieweurasiareview.com
11. 11French Supermarket Cyberattack Exposes Potential Risks for U.S. Grocerssecurityinfowatch.com
12. 12French Supermarket Cyberattack Sends Fridges to 50°C, Destroying Food Stocks Across Hundreds of Storesibtimes.co.uk
13. 13French Supermarkets Hit By Fires And Food Losses After Cyberattack | ESM Magazineesmmagazine.com