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Prisunic (Société Française des Magasins à Prix Uniques) was a French variety store chain that closed in 2003. Its stores were generally located in downtown areas. Over their existence they also operated stores in Andorra, Greece and the French possessions and colonies.

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1931-01-01
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2003-00-00
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Prisunic (Société Française des Magasins à Prix Uniques) was a French variety store chain that closed in 2003. Its stores were generally located in downtown areas. Over their existence they also operated stores in Andorra, Greece and the French possessions and colonies.

== History == thumb|Affiche informant de l'ouverture du magasin Prisunic de Saint-Quentin, en 1933. The Prisunic stores were founded by Maurice Farhi Pierre Lanuionie, and Henry Reichenbach, however accounts vary as to the exact details. At the end of 1931, Pierre Laguionie, majority shareholder of the Printemps department stores in Paris, created Prisunic chain of stores in order to compete with the Uniprix chain of stores, created in 1928 by the Nouvelles Galeries.

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